Templates
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Each one comes in both formats. Choose the frame you want to start from: the wide one for YouTube, the tall one for Shorts, Reels and TikTok. You can switch later.
HookAny
The catch the cover is built around. Templates built for it come first; none are hidden.
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- The payoffShow the best second of the video before they click.
- Out of placeOne ordinary thing where it should not be.
- The big numberOne figure so large (or small) it stops the scroll.
- The tiny detailSomething too small to make out, marked.
- Before and afterTwo states of one thing, split by a hard cut.
- Head to headTwo things and a verdict still to come.
- The correctionA claim struck through and the truth written over it.
- Too strong to be trueAn absolute claim, with a footnote that admits the twist.
- The unfinished sentenceA line that stops just before the answer.
- Cut openThe inside of something nobody has seen.
- The questionOne short question that promises a verdict.
- Where does it landA ranking the viewer wants to argue with.
27 of 48 templates
Clear filtersSticker Pop
One huge subject cut out like a sticker on a loud colour, with two or three giant words.
Start with thisBig Stakes
A giant yellow number with a hard 3D edge, and the thing it belongs to right beside it.
Start with thisReaction
A big face reacting in the corner, the thing they react to beside it, and one giant word.
Start with thisNeon Night
A dark scene lit in neon magenta and cyan, with glowing words and a glowing frame.
Start with thisClutch
The hero dead centre with an explosion blasting behind, and giant words on top.
Start with thisRank Up
A grey rank, a fat arrow, a glowing gold rank, and the hero standing tall beside them.
Start with thisFirst Contact
A colossal alien craft hanging over a tiny figure: the moment everything changes.
Start with thisMission Log
An astronaut at a window onto an alien planet, a mission-day tag and the title beside them.
Start with thisThe Quest
A small band on a ridge, a far castle on a mountain, golden light: the journey begins.
Start with thisSpellcast
A burst of violet and gold magic exploding from a caster's hands toward the camera.
Start with thisThe Moment
The best second of the video, frozen as it happens, with the time it happens stamped on it.
Start with thisWrong Place
One ordinary thing where it should not be, shot flat and deadpan, laid on the table as a print.
Start with thisPull Quote
One line someone said, set large as a quotation and cut off just before the answer.
Start with thisCorrection
One word struck through in red pencil and the truth set right after it. A correction slip.
Start with thisFootnote
A claim too strong to be true, set huge, with a red asterisk and a footnote that admits the twist.
Start with thisConfession
One stark colour, a short admission in big condensed capitals, and you beside it.
Start with thisBig Number
One figure, very large: a price, a weight, a count of days. Everything else steps back.
Start with thisDay One of Thirty
A tear-off calendar page on every episode of a series. Only the day changes.
Start with thisField Notes
A handwritten paper label on a wide landscape, with the place stamped above it.
Start with thisFront Page
A tabloid front page: your masthead, a heavy serif headline, the picture boxed like a news photo.
Start with thisCutout
One object on a flat, loud colour with a round sticker. A shop window, not a photo.
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