01The reference index
Less, but
better references.
refPort is a free index of shots from advertising and music videos — searchable by meaning, color, sound, and rhythm. Every frame is a record, and every record links back to its source.
7,111 pieces — ads & music videos only
133,902 shots indexed, each with sound
1 link to the original film, per shot
02Selected plates
From the index — frames at reduced resolution
03The shot record
One specimen, verbatim from the index
A shot is not a thumbnail. It is a record — description, timing, sound, and color, structured so it can be searched. This is one of 133,902.
Also in the index — “A man with dreadlocks wearing a red Arsenal football jersey, sitting at a table with microphones and cameras in front of him.” Adidas × Arsenal, “This Is Home”, 2019.
04Principles
Four working principles
Fewer filters, sharper ones
One sentence replaces thirty dropdowns. Describe the shot you are looking for; the index understands it.
“dynamic commercial following the car at sunset”
Semantic searchAudio is metadata
Every shot carries its sound — voiceover transcript and language, music genre, BPM, and key. You can search the silence, too.
122 BPM · F minor
VO — English · transcripted
Color is a query
Pick a value on the Lab field and find shots that share its light — not its filename, not its tags.
Draw the rhythm
Sketch the pace of the edit with one hand. The curve itself becomes the search.
05Specifications
The whole product, on one sheet
06Access
Free, for people
who make things.
No tiers, no credits, no seat licenses. Open the index and start with a sentence, a color, or a curve.
Open the index