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Hook-first shorts, authored tall.

Social Short writes for the scroll: the hook is on screen from the first frame, every sentence gets its own shot, and the last beat lands back on the first so the video loops. Pictures, captions and safe zones are made for a 9:16 phone screen from the start — nothing is cropped from a landscape render.

~20–60 s9:16Looping endingSpotlight captions

What it does

The detail that makes it work.

Native 9:16

Every picture, caption and animation is made for the tall frame, with the platforms’ safe zones kept clear.

Short-form pacing

Brisk narration, a shot change on every sentence and Spotlight captions that light each word as it is spoken.

Try other openings

On Pro, generate alternative first scenes for the same short and keep the one that stops the scroll.

Real renders

Made with Social Short

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Pairs well with these.

X-Ray ReelsA researched vertical explainer of about 40 or 70 seconds that opens with a question, draws the real thing, opens it up and moves each part on the word that names it.PictureMotion ReelsThe reel built on a realistic picture of the subject: its parts light up, pull out and change state on the words.Kinetic WordsA typography-only short: every sentence condensed to a few big words that rise as they are spoken, with one key word marked.Stickman films & a saved castComic-panel films with a cast you design once in Assets — the same characters in every scene, as moving images or animated.Wacky ExplainerA loud, playful explainer with a new visual every couple of seconds — the facts stay accurate while the delivery does not sit still.Split PresenterYour AI presenter fills the bottom of a vertical reel while the visuals play in a square above — nothing cropped.

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