Educational Short

Single-take science short over forest video: hook, fact, example, poetic takeaway.

Type
Video
Format
Instagram Reel · 9:16
Orientation
Portrait
Duration
14s
Scenes
1
Render cost
$0.0035 / render
Variablesvideo
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Educational Short is a ready-to-render Education / EdTech video design formatted for Instagram Reel · 9:16 with 1 scenes and support for variables, video. Open it in the editor to replace its copy and media, then render variations through the Zvid API.

9 variables: Every value below is a variable you can override — send them in the variables field of the render request (or edit them in the editor) to generate on-brand versions at scale.

channelNameText
60-SECOND SCIENCE
topicTagText
BIOLOGY
hookLineText
Trees can talk. Sort of.
factBodyText
Forests share nutrients and warning signals through underground fungal networks — scientists call it the 'wood wide web'.
exampleText
When one tree is attacked by insects, its neighbors start producing defensive chemicals before the bugs even arrive.
takeawayText
A forest isn't a crowd of trees. It's one conversation.
ctaTextText
New fact every morning
forestVideoMedia URL
musicUrlMedia URL

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{
  "name": "edu-educational-short",
  "resolution": "instagram-reel",
  "frameRate": 30,
  "backgroundColor": "#0F1A14",
  "outputFormat": "mp4",
  "variables": {
    "channelName": "60-SECOND SCIENCE",
    "topicTag": "BIOLOGY",
    "hookLine": "Trees can talk. Sort of.",
    "factBody": "Forests share nutrients and warning signals through underground fungal networks — scientists call it the 'wood wide web'.",
    "example": "When one tree is attacked by insects, its neighbors start producing defensive chemicals before the bugs even arrive.",
    "takeaway": "A forest isn't a crowd of trees. It's one conversation.",
    "ctaText": "New fact every morning",
    "forestVideo": "https://videos.pexels.com/video-files/29792619/12800366_1080_1920_60fps.mp4",
    "musicUrl": "https://cdn.pixabay.com/audio/2025/04/21/audio_ed6f0ed574.mp3"
  },
  "scenes": [
    {
      "id": "short",
      "duration": 14,
      "backgroundColor": "#0F1A14",
      "visuals": [
        {
          "type": "VIDEO",
          "src": "{{forestVideo}}",
          "width": 1080,
          "height": 1920,
          "position": "center-center",
          "resize": "cover",
          "volume": 0,
          "track": 0,
          "enterBegin": 0,
          "exitEnd": 14
        },
        {
          "type": "SVG",
          "width": 1080,
          "height": 1920,
          "track": 1,
          "enterBegin": 0,
          "exitEnd": 14,
          "svg": "<svg width='1080' height='1920' viewBox='0 0 1080 1920' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'><defs><linearGradient id='eesShade' x1='0' y1='0' x2='0' y2='1'><stop offset='0' stop-color='#0F1A14' stop-opacity='0.55'/><stop offset='0.4' stop-color='#0F1A14' stop-opacity='0.2'/><stop offset='1' stop-color='#0F1A14' stop-opacity='0.82'/></linearGradient></defs><rect width='1080' height='1920' fill='url(#eesShade)'/></svg>"
        },
        {
          "type": "TEXT",
          "x": 540,
          "y": 165,
          "anchor": "top-center",
          "track": 2,
          "enterBegin": 0.2,
          "enterEnd": 0.55,
          "enterAnimation": "smoothdown",
          "exitEnd": 14,
          "style": {
            "fontFamily": "Space Grotesk"
          },
          "html": "<div style='display:inline-block; background:rgba(15,26,20,0.8); border:1.5px solid rgba(148,222,180,0.6); color:#94DEB4; border-radius:999px; padding:14px 36px; font-size:25px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:4px;'>🔬 {{channelName}} · {{topicTag}}</div>"
        },
        {
          "type": "TEXT",
          "x": 540,
          "y": 760,
          "width": 920,
          "anchor": "top-center",
          "track": 4,
          "enterBegin": 0.5,
          "enterEnd": 0.9,
          "enterAnimation": "circleopen",
          "exitBegin": 3.6,
          "exitEnd": 4,
          "exitAnimation": "fade",
          "style": {
            "fontFamily": "Space Grotesk"
          },
          "html": "<div style='text-align:center; color:#FFFFFF; font-size:100px; line-height:1.05; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:-2px; text-shadow:0 8px 40px rgba(15,26,20,0.9);'>{{hookLine}}</div>"
        },
        {
          "type": "TEXT",
          "x": 540,
          "y": 730,
          "width": 880,
          "anchor": "top-center",
          "track": 5,
          "enterBegin": 4.2,
          "enterEnd": 4.6,
          "enterAnimation": "smoothup",
          "exitBegin": 8.4,
          "exitEnd": 8.8,
          "exitAnimation": "fade",
          "style": {
            "fontFamily": "Space Grotesk"
          },
          "html": "<div style='text-align:center; background:rgba(15,26,20,0.72); border-radius:28px; padding:36px 40px; color:#EAF6EE; font-size:44px; line-height:1.4; font-weight:500;'>{{factBody}}</div>"
        },
        {
          "type": "TEXT",
          "x": 540,
          "y": 730,
          "width": 880,
          "anchor": "top-center",
          "track": 6,
          "enterBegin": 9,
          "enterEnd": 9.4,
          "enterAnimation": "smoothup",
          "exitBegin": 11.6,
          "exitEnd": 12,
          "exitAnimation": "fade",
          "style": {
            "fontFamily": "Space Grotesk"
          },
          "html": "<div style='text-align:center; background:rgba(15,26,20,0.72); border-radius:28px; padding:36px 40px; color:#C9E9D4; font-size:40px; line-height:1.45; font-weight:500;'>{{example}}</div>"
        },
        {
          "type": "TEXT",
          "x": 540,
          "y": 800,
          "width": 880,
          "anchor": "top-center",
          "track": 7,
          "enterBegin": 12.2,
          "enterEnd": 12.6,
          "enterAnimation": "circleopen",
          "exitEnd": 14,
          "style": {
            "fontFamily": "Playfair Display"
          },
          "html": "<div style='text-align:center; color:#94DEB4; font-size:58px; line-height:1.25; font-style:italic; text-shadow:0 6px 30px rgba(15,26,20,0.9);'>{{takeaway}}</div>"
        },
        {
          "type": "TEXT",
          "x": 540,
          "y": 1700,
          "anchor": "center-center",
          "track": 3,
          "enterBegin": 12.4,
          "enterEnd": 12.8,
          "enterAnimation": "fade",
          "exitEnd": 14,
          "style": {
            "fontFamily": "Space Grotesk"
          },
          "html": "<div style='display:inline-block; background:#94DEB4; color:#0F1A14; border-radius:999px; padding:16px 44px; font-size:27px; font-weight:700;'>{{ctaText}} →</div>"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "audios": [
    {
      "src": "{{musicUrl}}",
      "volume": 0.15,
      "track": 0
    }
  ]
}

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