# Duolingo — Pop songs in the music course

A 26-second 3D-animated launch film that moves through five stylised stage worlds, each with a dancing Duolingo character and the same on-screen piano lesson. It ends on a white card with one line of copy and the logo.

- Code: LN-0459
- Kind: Launch film
- Format: Feature tour
- Brand: Duolingo
- Length: 26.4s · 17 beats · 38.6 beats/min · 7 hard cuts
- Industry: Education, Consumer apps, Music
- Style: Characters, Flat 2D, Gradients, Beat-synced edit, Music-led, Playful, No voiceover, Match cuts
- Original: https://x.com/duolingo/status/1824084462809858331
- Full breakdown: https://cutmap.co/v/duolingo-pop-songs-in-the-music-course

## 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-pop-songs-in-the-music-course.