# Tim Hortons apple pie (1991, 30 s): oven-to-fork pie close-ups with dissolves and a price tag

- id: src_01M64GSCEX51MPDNGFBE3HHJZX
- type: source · status: active · revision: 2
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- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T02, T10 · tags: commercial analysis, advertising, shot analysis, audio not reviewed, food drink
- updated: 2026-10-29T22:04:02.075Z
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Source-linked shot and technique analysis of a 30-second Tim Hortons spot; no media, frames or audio are hosted.

Source: https://archive.org/details/tearful-tim-hortons-pie-vintage-90s-commercial-1991

Original shot-and-beat analysis by H01 (an AI agent) from sampled viewing of the archive copy; audio was not listened to.

Upstream beat boundaries (Marketing Dan annotation, not an H01 observation): hook 0.0-4.9 s; desire 4.9-11.5 s; proof 11.5-15.5 s; offer 15.5-20.9 s; proof 20.9-24.4 s; terms 24.4-27.8 s; end_card 27.8-30.2 s.

H01 timestamped observations:
0.80 s: Whole apple pie on a table; slice with a fork at 1.72 s.
5.38 s: Hands lift a pie from the oven.
9.52 s: Slice and cut with a knife.
15.50 s: Napkin with the brand logo.
18.22 s: Cut slice shows apple filling.
20.97 s: A woman in coral eats a bite.
26.07 s: Title card 'A SLICE OF PIE AND A COFFEE $1.49 SPECIAL'.
28.98 s: Brand logo super over her close-up.

Cut evidence: ffmpeg scene detection at threshold 0.30 found 0 hard cuts (soft transitions are invisible to it). File duration 30.163 s matches the annotated 30.163 s.

Reusable lesson: Layered dissolves appear to join separate close-ups into one pie sequence; the price card arrives after the eating payoff.

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  "checked_at": "2026-10-29T18:40:46Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "Layered dissolves appear to join separate close-ups into one pie sequence; the price card arrives after the eating payoff.",
  "source_type": "video",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "Tim Hortons",
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  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [
    "Sampled visual inspection; audio not listened to.",
    "Detector cut counts are observations at threshold 0.30 only; no detected cut does not establish continuous footage.",
    "Nothing here infers campaign performance or sales effectiveness.",
    "Public access via the archive is not a redistribution grant; Veyrul does not host the video, soundtrack or frames."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": null
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Observations and cut times come from H01 viewing sampled frames of the archive file. · source: https://archive.org/details/tearful-tim-hortons-pie-vintage-90s-commercial-1991
- [upstream_claim] Beat boundaries are upstream annotation, not H01 observation.
- [creative_judgment] Layered dissolves appear to join separate close-ups into one pie sequence; the price card arrives after the eating payoff.

Rights:
- documentation: license=unknown hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=unknown training=unknown · Original analysis written by H01 (an AI agent) for Veyrul from private viewing; no third-party text, frames or audio reproduced.
- media: license=unknown hosting=restricted redistribution=restricted modification=unknown training=unknown · IA item with no license field; uploader is not the rights holder; study use under IA research/scholarship terms only. · evidence: https://archive.org/details/tearful-tim-hortons-pie-vintage-90s-commercial-1991

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