diff --git a/registry/components/filmed-screen/README.md b/registry/components/filmed-screen/README.md
index 16bd1a9746..efe94b00c3 100644
--- a/registry/components/filmed-screen/README.md
+++ b/registry/components/filmed-screen/README.md
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ HFFilmedScreen.mount({
 | fadeOut    | true    | Fades to black over the last 0.4 s of the owning composition.           |
 | zIndex     | 10      | z-index of the lens output canvas.                                      |
 
+**Previous look.** Before these defaults the lens used `blur: 0.9`, `rack: 0.7`, `vignette: 0.42`,
+`aberration: 1`, `led: 0.9` and `curve: 0`; pass those to get close to it. Two changes have no
+option and can't be restored: the LED grid now fades in only once a cell spans about 4 output
+pixels, and a quarter of the fringing stays on the focused element.
+
+`curve` is clamped at 0, and the vignette never darkens past black, so very large values are safe.
+
 Pass `document.querySelectorAll(...)` from your own snippet rather than a selector string. The
 library initialises once per page, so its own `document` belongs to whichever copy loaded first;
 your query is scoped to your composition, which is what keeps two instances (or the same
diff --git a/registry/components/filmed-screen/demo.html b/registry/components/filmed-screen/demo.html
index 80930c7c5b..75b0bdf5e7 100644
--- a/registry/components/filmed-screen/demo.html
+++ b/registry/components/filmed-screen/demo.html
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ void main() {
   col *= mix(vec3(1.0), led * 1.3, ledAmt * uLed * (1.0 - 0.7 * sharp));
   col = col * (1.0 + uCut * 1.1) + uCut * 0.06;
   vec2 v = s0 * vec2(0.85, 1.15);
-  col *= 1.0 - uVig * dot(v, v);
+  col *= max(0.0, 1.0 - uVig * dot(v, v));
   col *= 1.0 - (0.035 - 0.035 * sin(coord.y * 0.9 - uTime * 55.0));
   col += (hash(coord + frameSeed * 1.31) - 0.5) * 0.06;
   col *= 1.0 - uOut;
@@ -781,7 +781,8 @@ void main() {
             gl.uniform1f(loc.uVig, opts.vignette == null ? 1.0 : opts.vignette);
             gl.uniform1f(loc.uCA, opts.aberration == null ? 2.2 : opts.aberration);
             gl.uniform1f(loc.uLed, opts.led == null ? 0.45 : opts.led);
-            gl.uniform1f(loc.uCurve, opts.curve == null ? 0.15 : opts.curve);
+            // A negative curve would sample outside the frame and fold over.
+            gl.uniform1f(loc.uCurve, Math.max(0, opts.curve == null ? 0.15 : opts.curve));
             gl.drawArrays(gl.TRIANGLE_STRIP, 0, 4);
             fs = null;
             return true;
diff --git a/registry/components/filmed-screen/filmed-screen.html b/registry/components/filmed-screen/filmed-screen.html
index 7d6c66719f..c5f66e7e06 100644
--- a/registry/components/filmed-screen/filmed-screen.html
+++ b/registry/components/filmed-screen/filmed-screen.html
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ void main() {
   col *= mix(vec3(1.0), led * 1.3, ledAmt * uLed * (1.0 - 0.7 * sharp));
   col = col * (1.0 + uCut * 1.1) + uCut * 0.06;
   vec2 v = s0 * vec2(0.85, 1.15);
-  col *= 1.0 - uVig * dot(v, v);
+  col *= max(0.0, 1.0 - uVig * dot(v, v));
   col *= 1.0 - (0.035 - 0.035 * sin(coord.y * 0.9 - uTime * 55.0));
   col += (hash(coord + frameSeed * 1.31) - 0.5) * 0.06;
   col *= 1.0 - uOut;
@@ -628,7 +628,8 @@ void main() {
         gl.uniform1f(loc.uVig, opts.vignette == null ? 1.0 : opts.vignette);
         gl.uniform1f(loc.uCA, opts.aberration == null ? 2.2 : opts.aberration);
         gl.uniform1f(loc.uLed, opts.led == null ? 0.45 : opts.led);
-        gl.uniform1f(loc.uCurve, opts.curve == null ? 0.15 : opts.curve);
+        // A negative curve would sample outside the frame and fold over.
+        gl.uniform1f(loc.uCurve, Math.max(0, opts.curve == null ? 0.15 : opts.curve));
         gl.drawArrays(gl.TRIANGLE_STRIP, 0, 4);
         fs = null;
         return true;
diff --git a/registry/components/filmed-screen/filmed-screen.test.mjs b/registry/components/filmed-screen/filmed-screen.test.mjs
index 25d7b5ceba..9074ad9dab 100644
--- a/registry/components/filmed-screen/filmed-screen.test.mjs
+++ b/registry/components/filmed-screen/filmed-screen.test.mjs
@@ -10,12 +10,15 @@ const library = html.match(/<script>([\s\S]*?)<\/script>/i)[1];
 // enough canvas/WebGL surface for mount() to build a lens. Draws are counted per lens.
 function page() {
   const draws = [];
+  const uniforms = {};
   const gl = (id) =>
     new Proxy(
       {},
       {
         get: (_, key) => {
           if (key === "getShaderParameter") return () => true;
+          if (key === "getUniformLocation") return (_, name) => name;
+          if (key === "uniform1f") return (name, v) => (uniforms[name] = v);
           if (key === "drawArrays") return () => draws.push(id);
           if (key === "getExtension") return () => null;
           if (typeof key === "string" && /^[A-Z0-9_]+$/.test(key)) return 1;
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ function page() {
       setAttribute: (k, v) => attrs.set(k, v),
     };
   };
-  return { sandbox, draws, armVfx, canvas, captures: () => vfxCaptures };
+  return { sandbox, draws, uniforms, armVfx, canvas, captures: () => vfxCaptures };
 }
 
 const shots = [{ until: 10, palette: null }];
@@ -166,3 +169,11 @@ test("a draw before the scene's first paint waits for the paint instead of loggi
   assert.deepEqual(errors, []);
   assert.equal(p.draws.length, 1, "redrawn once the paint landed");
 });
+
+test("a negative curve is clamped to flat instead of folding the frame", () => {
+  const p = page();
+  p.sandbox.HFFilmedScreen.mount({ canvas: [p.canvas()], shots, curve: -1 });
+  p.sandbox.__hf.seek(0.5);
+  p.sandbox.__hf_page_composite_resolve();
+  assert.equal(p.uniforms.uCurve, 0);
+});
diff --git a/registry/components/filmed-screen/registry-item.json b/registry/components/filmed-screen/registry-item.json
index 7c67eaab09..afedf4caed 100644
--- a/registry/components/filmed-screen/registry-item.json
+++ b/registry/components/filmed-screen/registry-item.json
@@ -23,5 +23,9 @@
       "target": "compositions/components/filmed-screen.html",
       "type": "hyperframes:snippet"
     }
-  ]
+  ],
+  "preview": {
+    "video": "https://static.heygen.ai/hyperframes-oss/docs/images/catalog/components/filmed-screen.mp4",
+    "poster": "https://static.heygen.ai/hyperframes-oss/docs/images/catalog/components/filmed-screen.png"
+  }
 }