# Demo video script — Orion's Cottage (80–85s cut)

**Record on:** https://huggingface.co/spaces/donniefi/orionscottage

**Pre-flight**
- Full-screen, no devtools. **Modal GPU polish** ON.
- **Cottage (Rural)** · target **Orion** (or Cassiopeia if score looks better).
- **Orion** = the AI cottage journal (Ask Orion, field notes) — not just the constellation. Say that once in the hook.

**Target:** 80–85 seconds. Get to **Plan observation** fast; let the UI carry detail.

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## Tight shot list (primary)

### 0:00–0:12 — Hook

**Screen:** Planner · title bar · **Cottage (Rural)**.

**Say:**
> Hi everyone — I'm building for rural Nova Scotia cottage skies. Too many apps, cold nights, and I just want one simple field journal.
>
> **Orion's Cottage** uses real astronomy code for the best nights to head outside, then three tiny models turn the same facts into family English, Québec French, or a technical brief. Small models — fast, cheap, runnable when the internet is spotty.

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### 0:12–0:22 — Target + Ask Orion (quick)

**Screen:** Target **Orion** · optional: type in **Ask Orion** `Best weekend in July for Cassiopeia?` · show date/target fill · or skip Ask and just pick Orion.

**Say:**
> Pick a constellation from the list — or ask **Orion** in plain English for a date and target. Hit **Plan observation**, and every journal pulls from the same Skyfield facts.

*(If you show Ask Orion live, add one line: "Deterministic — no hallucinated rise times.")*

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### 0:22–0:28 — Sky tease (one breath)

**Screen:** Scroll to **Sky view — zenith** (no orange yet).

**Say:**
> This chart isn't an LLM guess — Skyfield for what's overhead, starplot drawing it. Plan once and your target lights up in orange.

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### 0:28–0:45 — Plan + three models

**Screen:** **Plan observation** · talk over spinners if Modal is cold · click **MiniCPM** → **Aya** (pause on French) → **Nemotron** · point at `✓ LLM narrative · modal`.

**Say:**
> One click. Three small specialists on the exact same facts.
>
> **MiniCPM** — warm family summary.
>
> **Aya** — full guide in Québec French. We're in Canada.
>
> **Nemotron** — tight observatory brief: RA, Dec, seeing, eyepiece.
>
> Python owns every score and rise time. The models only polish the journal.

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### 0:45–0:52 — Modal

**Screen:** Modal toggle ON · status badges visible.

**Say:**
> At home these three queue on my 3060. On Modal they run in parallel across GPUs — one Plan fills every tab while you watch. That's the runtime win.

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### 0:52–0:58 — Sky pay-off

**Screen:** **Sky view — zenith** · **Orion in orange**.

**Say:**
> There — Orion highlighted. Same target you picked upstairs.

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### 0:58–1:05 — Off Grid

**Screen:** Toggle **Off Grid** · weather chip · Modal greys out.

**Say:**
> **Off Grid** skips weather APIs — ephemeris still runs. Perfect when cottage signal drops.

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### 1:05–1:15 — Close

**Screen:** Brand bar.

**Say:**
> Orion's Cottage — Build Small Hackathon. Skyfield does the real work; MiniCPM, Aya, and Nemotron under four billion each. Clear skies. Link in the description. **#BuildSmallHackathon**

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## Cut first (if still long)

1. Ask Orion beat (mention in close / description only)
2. Off Grid (YouTube description only)
3. ~~Red-light~~ — cut from primary (bonus B-roll only)
4. ~~Targets tab flash~~ — cut

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## Red-light (bonus B-roll only — not in 85s cut)

Toggle **Red-light mode** · **SCOTOPIC MODE ACTIVE** · optional **↻ Refresh Zenith**.

> Scotopic palette for outside — no white glare on dark-adapted eyes.

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## Full draft (reference — ~110s if you use everything)

<details>
<summary>Expand longer version with Targets + Ask Orion expanded</summary>

Use the tight list above first. Only add these if you have time after a clean 85s take.

**Ask Orion (expanded):** `Best weekend in July for Cassiopeia?` → review sidebar → Plan.

**Targets flash:** **Open constellation guides →** · finder steps · **Plan this target →**

**Modal (longer):** "That's the hackathon angle too — Modal for real runtime polish, not a bullet on a slide."

</details>

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## One-paragraph (YouTube description + X)

> Orion's Cottage is a single field journal for rural stargazing. Skyfield + starplot give accurate zenith charts and rise times. Three small models (<4B each) turn the same facts into family English, Québec French, or a technical observatory brief. Runs great on Modal for speed, or fully Off-Grid. Built for the Build Small Hackathon.

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## YouTube

**Title:** `Orion's Cottage — Nova Scotia stargazing planner (Build Small Hackathon)`

**Description:** paste one-paragraph above +

```
Try it: https://huggingface.co/spaces/donniefi/orionscottage
Hackathon: https://huggingface.co/build-small-hackathon

#BuildSmallHackathon #HuggingFace #Gradio #Stargazing #Skyfield #MiniCPM #Nemotron #Modal
```

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## Social — one post on X

Paste post URL into README `📣 Social post (X)` after publishing.

```
Orion's Cottage 🌌 — one field journal for rural Nova Scotia cottage skies.

Skyfield + starplot for real zenith charts (your target highlights in orange after Plan). Three models <4B each on the same facts: MiniCPM, Aya (FR), Nemotron. Parallel on Modal.

Demo: [link]
https://huggingface.co/spaces/donniefi/orionscottage

#BuildSmallHackathon #HuggingFace #Gradio #Stargazing
```

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## Models (on-camera cheat sheet)

| Model | Say |
|-------|-----|
| MiniCPM ~4.6B | Warm English, family |
| Aya ~3.4B | Full Québec French |
| Nemotron 4B | Technical — RA/Dec, seeing, eyepiece (not "verbose") |

**Orion naming:** AI persona = cottage journal / Ask Orion. Constellation = sky target (e.g. pick Orion).

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## Capture notes

- Landscape 16:9. Narrate **while** clicking — UI does the talking.
- Pause on **Aya** long enough for one French sentence.
- Product name: **Orion's Cottage** — not Midnight Oasis.
- Honest badges if polish fails — don't hide `✗`.