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Reels (9:16)

The same pipeline renders vertical video for Instagram Reels, TikTok and YouTube Shorts.

---
title: France, October 17
format: reel
burn_captions: true
---
  • format: reel renders at 1080×1920 instead of 1920×1080.
  • burn_captions: true burns word-highlighted captions into the video, because most reels autoplay muted. White Source Sans sits on a dark box, with the spoken word in red.

Aim for 30–60 seconds.

Layout

Scenes use .stage-reel instead of .stage. Platform buttons sit on the right edge, and the caption, handle and audio line take the bottom ~480px, so keep both clear.

Area Position
Content box (.stage-reel) x 72–1008, y 220–1180
Caption band y 1220–1440. Don't put content here
Photos May run full-bleed behind everything, under an ink gradient so type stays legible

Minimum sizes: headline 88px, body 52px, label 30px, byline 26px.

Writing for reels

  • One statement per screen.
  • Cut every 3–6 seconds, on the narration's cues.
  • Get the striking fact on screen in the first second.

Start from format: reel in a new script: studio new stubs scenes from the same templates, and sync switches them to .stage-reel.