Thomas Rizzo

i make apps move. 10-second vertical films for app makers, built with AI. sharing the whole process from marseille.

[Thomas Rizzo @studio916thomas]

i make 10-second films that show what an app does before you've even read its name.

no agency, no team. just a laptop in marseille and a pile of AI tools that almost work.

here are 5, made for apps i like. none of them asked me to.

[Thomas Rizzo @studio916thomas]

@Sam4Jef thanks! stealing that "their own words" trick. what are you building btw?

[Thomas Rizzo @studio916thomas]

your first 10 users won't come from an algorithm. they'll come from you talking to people.

[Thomas Rizzo @studio916thomas]

@OddEggsStudio fair, launch first. good luck today 🥚 i'll mock up one frame for the founder, zero hours sunk. coo

[Thomas Rizzo @studio916thomas]

drop your app, round 4.

this week tell me who it's for in 5 words. i'll pick 3 and show how i'd open the video.

[Thomas Rizzo @studio916thomas]

@aroido_bigcat yes, the opener's free and it's yours to use. only ask: tag @studio916thomas when you post it. if it lands, i can build the full 15s around it for your launch. i'll send it here by sunday

[Thomas Rizzo @studio916thomas]

@virtualAIads makes sense, direction should never leave the house. that's exactly the slot i fill: you keep the creative call, i deliver the motion parts as finished mp4s. mind if i dm you 2 pieces so you have a name next time volume spikes?

[Thomas Rizzo @studio916thomas]

AI made the first draft of motion design almost free.

the last 20% (taste, timing, knowing what to cut) costs exactly what it always did.

[Thomas Rizzo @studio916thomas]

app store preview videos can be 30 seconds long.

nobody watches 30 seconds of anything on the app store. 10 is plenty.

change my mind.

[Thomas Rizzo @studio916thomas]

@aroido_bigcat "less sweet next time" is the whole app in 4 words. i'd open on it: you walk up to a café, phone buzzes, your old note pops up before you order. you're one of my 3 picks this round, want me to animate that opener?

[Thomas Rizzo @studio916thomas]

@virtualAIads exactly, the decision is the job. curious, do you guys do motion in-house or farm it out when volume spikes?

[Thomas Rizzo @studio916thomas]

@frankzinko makes sense. so the video shouldn't replace screenshots, it should be the challenger in the test. are you running a product page test on your app right now?

[Thomas Rizzo @studio916thomas]

which app has the best app store screenshots right now?

looking for good ones, not famous ones.

[Thomas Rizzo @studio916thomas]

@OddEggsStudio the coffee line is the hook then. i'd open at 5:59pm: a receipt flies into the phone, one swipe, day closed, and the coffee you forgot is already logged. you're one of my 3 picks, want me to animate it?

[Thomas Rizzo @studio916thomas]

@BellaandPan 5-9 changes everything, the buyer is the parent scrolling muted. here's how i'd open: 0s a kid taps 7+5, the numbers snap into a bridge and bella runs across it. no text needed. want me to animate those first seconds? free, just to show you

[Thomas Rizzo @studio916thomas]

designers: what's your rule for knowing an animation is done?

[Thomas Rizzo @studio916thomas]

the app you're embarrassed to launch is probably ready.

[Thomas Rizzo @studio916thomas]

@jose_rivas28 accountability partner apps live or die on retention. how do you match people?

[Thomas Rizzo @studio916thomas]

@BellaandPan math through adventures is how it should be taught tbh. how old are the kids using it most?

[Thomas Rizzo @studio916thomas]

@justonedev ublishing straight from the chat is smart, the build→measure→improve loop is the real sell. are most of your users on Claude or ChatGPT?

[Thomas Rizzo @studio916thomas]

@OddEggsStudio Closing the day at 6pm is such a clean hook. what made you pick 6 and not 5 or 7?"

[Thomas Rizzo @studio916thomas]

what's an app that made you think "why didn't i build that?"

[Thomas Rizzo @studio916thomas]

the most underrated thing to show in an app video: the price.

"free" or "$3" at the end answers the question everyone has.