# Duolingo — Mosquito song

A 10-second vertical social cut in which the Duolingo owl, drawn as a mosquito, sings a nonsense lyric that builds line by line over a music staff. It teases Duolingo Music by turning song lyrics into on-screen word chips.

- Code: SO-0098
- Kind: Social cut
- Format: 2D character animation
- Brand: Duolingo
- Length: 10.1s · 9 beats · 53.7 beats/min · 6 hard cuts
- Industry: Consumer apps, Education, Music
- Style: Characters, Mascot, Flat 2D, Captions, Fast cutting, Beat-synced edit, Humorous, Music-led
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRrKvRVtvr8
- Full breakdown: https://cutmap.co/v/duolingo-mosquito-song

## The breakdown

The full breakdown has eleven sheets: Snapshot, Opening, Structure, Timeline, Rhythm, Look, Movement, Sound & words, Why it works, Production, Build brief. It is available to Cutmap Pro members at https://cutmap.co/v/duolingo-mosquito-song.