Cinema Stories, Designed Pattern, Pattern Paste Canonical: https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/cinema/ Designed Patterns (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/) Hero (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/?category=hero) Needs the plugin # Cinema Stories A cinematic split story slider with monumental titles, immersive photography and a numbered reader-controlled index for an independent film journal. ## All patterns Search patterns Loading patterns… About this pattern ## Where Cinema Stories fits The top of a film, photography or journal home page, where a few lead stories take turns in one full frame chosen by the reader. ### Use it for - Film journal home page - Documentary studio hero - Photo essay landing page What you can edit ## Every word, image and link is a WordPress block Select any of them in the block editor and change it in place. Colours, type and spacing use the blocks’ own controls. The layout stays protected while you edit. Unlock layout, in the section’s settings, lets you insert, move and remove any block. - 3 images all required - 4 headings all required - 9 text lines all optional - 3 buttons all optional - 3 items Add item or Remove last item; 1 always stays ### Section settings - Appearance: Designed or Use my theme - Animate changes - Unlock layout How it behaves ## It still works when things are switched off Numbered tabs choose the story; the new slide wipes in over the last. Arrow keys, Home and End move between tabs, and nothing changes until the reader asks. Motion off or reduced motion It shows its final state at once; anything a visitor can press or drag still works. JavaScript off All content stays visible and readable; controls the script adds are hidden. Plugin missing or older It pastes as plain WordPress blocks, in reading order, without the designed layout. Questions ## Cinema Stories: common questions What is Cinema Stories for? The top of a film, photography or journal home page, where a few lead stories take turns in one full frame chosen by the reader. Typical uses: film journal home page, documentary studio hero and photo essay landing page. Does Cinema Stories need a plugin? Yes. Designed Patterns come with a subscription, which includes the Pattern Paste plugin that runs them; Cinema Stories arrived in plugin 0.25.0. Without the plugin, or on an older version, it pastes as plain WordPress blocks: the content reads in order, without the designed layout. What can I edit in Cinema Stories? As pasted it has 3 images, 4 headings, 9 text lines and 3 buttons, 12 of them optional and removable. The items are a repeatable set: the item controls add one or remove the last. The layout stays protected while you edit. Unlock layout, in the section’s settings, lets you insert, move and remove any block. Will Cinema Stories match my theme? Choose Designed to keep its own palette and type, or Use my theme to let it follow your theme’s colours and fonts. Either works in any block theme on WordPress 7.0 or later. Choose Use my theme in the preview above to see it follow a theme before you copy. Can the motion be switched off? Yes. Turn off Animate changes in the section settings, and visitors who ask their device for reduced motion get the same: the section shows its final state at once and anything they can press or drag still works. With JavaScript off, all content stays visible. Back to Designed Patterns (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/?category=hero) One-time setup ## Install once, then paste Install and activate the Pattern Paste plugin on your WordPress site. Then paste this section into the block editor. Get the plugin (https://patternpaste.com/account/#themes)Installation guide (https://patternpaste.com/docs/install-pattern-paste/) ## Specifications Section Hero, Gallery, Editorial Needs Pattern Paste plugin Since Plugin 0.25.0 Appearance Designed or your theme Motion Optional, off for reduced motion Themes Any block theme WordPress 7.0+ Tested In WordPress, 10 checks (https://patternpaste.com/how-we-test/) Continue exploring ## More in Hero Explore this category (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/?category=hero) Hero Needs the plugin ### Open Horizons An expansive destination hero of visual panels that open on reader input to reveal editable place stories and links. Preview pattern (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/horizon/) Hero Needs the plugin ### Before and After A photographic colour-grade study with editable native images and an elastic divider that bends under your hand, carries a flick and springs straight. Preview pattern (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/compare/) Hero Needs the plugin ### Product Launchpad A spatial product feature explorer with a numbered command rail, detailed workspace panels, proof points and a full hero call to action in navy, paper and signal orange. Preview pattern (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/launchpad/)