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HookThe payoff
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.
48 templates · 29 built for the payoff
Clear filtersSticker Pop
One huge subject cut out like a sticker on a loud colour, with two or three giant words.
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 thisFirst Contact
A colossal alien craft hanging over a tiny figure: the moment everything changes.
Start with thisRobot
A huge robot face close up, eyes glowing, half its plating open on the circuits.
Start with thisThe Moment
The best second of the video, frozen as it happens, with the time it happens stamped on it.
Start with thisBig Stakes
A giant yellow number with a hard 3D edge, and the thing it belongs to right beside it.
Start with thisThen → Now
The same thing twice, dull and grey then bright and finished, with a fat arrow between.
Start with thisBoss Fight
A colossal monster over a tiny hero, with a boss health bar and name across the top.
Start with thisRank Up
A grey rank, a fat arrow, a glowing gold rank, and the hero standing tall beside them.
Start with thisMission Log
An astronaut at a window onto an alien planet, a mission-day tag and the title beside them.
Start with thisYear 3000
Today on one side, the far future on the other, a fat arrow and two year tags.
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 thisHoard
A chest bursting with gold and gems in a cavern, an optional giant gold number above.
Start with thisLight vs Dark
A golden champion and a shadow creature on a split of gold and violet, VS between them.
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 thisBefore / After
Two states of one thing. The before is washed out, the after is in full colour.
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 thisRed Arrow
A vivid photo, a fat red arrow and a circle on the one thing you need to see.
Start with thisTreasure Map
An old painted map, one spot circled in red and a fat red arrow pointing at it.
Start with thisLook Closer
A wide, quiet picture with one tiny detail circled in red pencil. The click is to see it up close.
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 thisThe Question
One object, large and real, and one short question beside it. The video gives the verdict.
Start with thisCross-Section
The subject cut cleanly open, lit like a specimen and marked up like an engineering drawing.
Start with thisConfession
One stark colour, a short admission in big condensed capitals, and you beside it.
Start with thisVersus
Split frame, two things, one hard line between them and a badge where they meet.
Start with thisThe Ranking
A tier strip from S to D under a blunt title. Made for lists, and readable at phone size.
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 thisQuiet Desk
Low contrast, lots of air, one small object in sharp focus, a calm serif title.
Start with thisCutout
One object on a flat, loud colour with a round sticker. A shop window, not a photo.
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