This Alight Motion edit is a beautiful combination of 3D camera movement, oversized typography, cutout portraits, handwritten lyrics, flowers and a textured background. I watched the reference video you uploaded and the important thing about this edit is that it does not depend on effects or complicated transitions. The main attraction is the way the different elements are placed at depths and then moved together using camera-style motion. The video is 27 seconds long in 16:9 format and the scenes keep changing roughly every 3–3.5 seconds. The blue textured background stays consistent throughout the edit while the person, flowers, large text and handwritten lyrics change position to create an editorial-style music-video feeling.
Start by creating an Alight Motion project in 1920 × 1080 16:9. For the background use a dark-to-cyan gradient or a blue textured image. The reference has a grainy paper-like texture so a completely flat blue background will not give the same result. Add a texture or noise layer over the background and keep its opacity low. The background should remain simple because the main focus is the typography and subject. At the beginning of the reference there is a black section before the actual design appears. After that the first lyric/title screen comes in with the text "You're" a sunflower in the middle and "Hangava" on the right. This opening works like a title card so keep the animation slow and clean rather than using a fast transition.
The next important element is the white typography behind the person. This is one of the reasons the edit looks professional. Create a bold text layer and type the required word or lyric in capital letters. Use a condensed heavy font so the letters occupy almost the entire height of the composition. Make the text white. Place it behind the subject. In the reference the person overlaps the letters, which creates the illusion that the subject is standing inside the typography. You can also use a mask or layering technique so some parts of the subject appear clearly in front of the letters. The handwritten lyric is then placed over or between the letters using a thin script font. Keep this script text smaller, elegant and slightly transparent if necessary. This contrast between bold typography and thin handwritten text is one of the strongest visual features of the edit.
Now prepare your portrait images. The reference uses individual cutout photos of the boy and girl than full rectangular photographs. Remove the background from each image before importing it into Alight Motion. Once the background is removed, place the person above the typography layer. Add a thin white stroke/outline around the cutout. This white outline is visible around the subject in scenes and gives the portrait a sticker/editorial cutout appearance. Do not make the outline extremely thick. A subtle 3–6 px style outline is enough at 1920 × 1080. You can also add a soft shadow behind the subject to separate them from the background.
The reference also uses flowers as foreground elements. Sunflowers and large white flowers appear from the sides and corners of the composition. Import transparent PNG flower. Place them at different positions. Some flowers are very large and partially outside the frame while smaller flowers are placed closer to the subject. This is important because keeping every object inside the frame will make the design look flat. Allowing a flower to extend outside the screen gives the composition depth. You can slightly blur some background flowers while keeping the flower sharp. That creates a depth-of-field feeling without needing a complicated effect.
For the camera effect first create your background, large typography, handwritten lyrics, flowers and subject as separate layers. Turn the required layers into layers and create a Camera layer. The idea is to give every element a different Z-depth. Keep the background behind place the large text slightly closer keep the flowers at another depth and position the portrait toward the front. Now animate the camera than manually moving every layer. At the beginning of a scene keep the camera at one position. Then slowly change its X, Y or Z position. A small camera movement is enough. If you move the camera much the design will look like a normal zoom instead of the smooth 3D/parallax movement seen in the reference.
The easiest way to make the camera movement feel cinematic is to use Move & Transform keyframes with easing. Place one keyframe at the beginning of the scene and another around the end. Slightly zoom the camera forward move it horizontally or change the position. Then apply an easing curve so the movement starts slowly becomes slightly faster and finishes smoothly. You can combine a Z-axis camera push with a horizontal movement. Because the layers are separated in space, the foreground subject and flowers move differently from the background typography producing the parallax effect. This is what gives the edit its 3D-camera feeling.
For each scene don't simply cut from one image to another. Start with the subject slightly smaller. Then use the 3D camera to push toward the composition. At the transition point change the portrait, flower arrangement and handwritten lyric while keeping the background and typography style consistent. You can also briefly scale the element from around 95% to 100% while the camera moves. Add Motion Blur to moving elements if necessary. Keep it subtle. The reference has a graphic look, so excessive blur, glow or shake will reduce the premium appearance.
For the scene use the blue-shirt portrait holding the pink flowers. Place the white typography behind him add the sunflower toward the lower-left side and keep the handwritten lyric toward the lower-right area. Give the camera a forward movement and allow the subject to remain the sharpest element. A small amount of grain over the composition can help all the separate PNG elements feel like they belong together. Finally export the video at 1920 × 1080 30 FPS, using a high-quality bitrate.