Supplementary footage layered over the main shot (A-roll) to illustrate a point, hide cuts, or maintain visual interest.
Last verified · 2026-05-29 · by Moe Ameen
B-roll is everything that isn't the primary speaker shot. In a talking-head video, A-roll is the face on camera; B-roll is the laptop close-up, the product shot, the city skyline, the screen recording. B-roll serves three jobs: illustrate what the narrator is saying, hide jump cuts, and add visual variety so the brain doesn't tune out the static shot.
Tutorial videos lean heavily on B-roll (screen captures, product close-ups). Vlogs use B-roll for travel and lifestyle shots. Podcast clips use B-roll to hide unflattering frames or to illustrate references the host makes.
Kompozy's Persona Shorts can auto-pull Pexels B-roll based on keywords extracted from the script — search "modern office, laptop, coffee" and the worker downloads matching stock clips, then ffmpeg overlays them at the moments the script references them.
B-roll is supplementary footage layered over the main shot to illustrate a point, hide cuts, or maintain visual interest. In a talking-head video, A-roll is the face on camera and B-roll is everything else — the laptop close-up, the product shot, the city skyline, the screen recording.
B-roll serves three jobs: it illustrates what the narrator is saying, hides jump cuts, and adds visual variety so the brain doesn't tune out the static shot.
Tutorial videos lean heavily on B-roll like screen captures and product close-ups. Vlogs use it for travel and lifestyle shots, and podcast clips use it to hide unflattering frames or illustrate references the host makes.
Yes. Kompozy's Persona Shorts can auto-pull Pexels B-roll based on keywords extracted from the script — searching terms like 'modern office, laptop, coffee' downloads matching stock clips.
After the worker downloads matching stock clips, ffmpeg overlays them at the moments the script references them, so the visuals line up with what the narrator is saying.