Hotel35: Watch the Film Hero

A centered serif headline settles in word by word above a framed preview film that loops silently, grows from 86% to full width and loses its rounded corners as it scrolls in, and carries a large pulsing play button with the film's length that opens a full-screen player with native controls.

Installation

Swap YOUR_EMAIL and YOUR_KEY for the email and license key on your account. Find your license key on your account page.

Radix flavor

npx shadcn add "https://beste.dev/r/hotel35?email=YOUR_EMAIL&license_key=YOUR_KEY"

Base UI flavor

npx shadcn add "https://beste.dev/r-base/hotel35?email=YOUR_EMAIL&license_key=YOUR_KEY"

This installs the block to components/beste/block/hotel35.tsx plus the text1 word stagger used for the headline.

Quick start

The installed file exports hotel35Demo alongside the block: the exact props behind the preview above. Spread it to get a working section in one line.

import { Hotel35, hotel35Demo } from "@/components/beste/block/hotel35";

export default function Page() {
  return <Hotel35 {...hotel35Demo} />;
}

Then replace the demo with your own props. Written out, a trimmed setup looks like this:

import { Hotel35 } from "@/components/beste/block/hotel35";

export default function Page() {
  return (
    <Hotel35
      eyebrow="A short film"
      heading="Supper on the terrace, as the candles take over."
      description="One ordinary evening at Ostria on Paros, from the first candle to the last glass."
      preview={{
        src: "https://oud.pics/b/hotel/ostria-video-dining-terrace.mp4",
        poster: "https://oud.pics/b/hotel/ostria-dining-terrace.webp",
        label: "Candles on a long table under a vine pergola at dusk",
      }}
      film={{
        src: "https://oud.pics/b/hotel/ostria-video-dining-terrace.mp4",
        poster: "https://oud.pics/b/hotel/ostria-dining-terrace.webp",
        title: "An evening at Ostria",
        length: "0:08",
      }}
      labels={{ watch: "Watch the film", close: "Close the film" }}
    />
  );
}

Props

type Preview = {
  src: string;
  poster: string;
  label: string;
};

type Film = {
  src: string;
  poster: string;
  title: string;
  length: string;
};

type Labels = {
  watch?: string;
  close?: string;
};

Behavior notes

• As the frame travels from the bottom of the viewport to its center, it scales from 0.86 to 1 and its corner radius shrinks from 24px to 6px.
• The preview plays muted in a loop, pauses while the full-screen player is open and resumes when it closes. Hovering the frame zooms the preview slightly and deepens the overlay.
• The play button opens a role="dialog" overlay labeled by film.title, with a native <video> that autoplays with controls. The page scroll is locked while it is open.
• Esc or the round close button closes the player, and the body scroll style is restored on close.
• The play button and its length line only render when film is set, so preview alone gives a silent looping frame with no player.
• The frame is 4:5 on a phone and 16:9 from sm.
• With reduced motion the preview stays paused on its poster, the scroll scale and radius stay fixed, and the ping ring around the play button is not rendered.