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title: "Video format ideas for reels | Chockstone"
description: "Chockstone names the format your clips fit, such as Myth check, and lists more that suit them. Describe one that is not listed."
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# Video format ideas for reels, named from your clips.

A format is a repeatable shape for a video. Chockstone looks at the clips you picked, names the one they fit and lists more that could work.

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![Make a video, step 2 of 3: Looks like a Myth check, a bread-scoring video preview, 26 s, 2 cuts, and a Use this button](https://chockstonelabs.com/assets/captures/make-format.webp)

## A shape you can *repeat.*

Myth check, Day in the life and Before and after are formats. Each has a usual length, a number of cuts and a way of opening. The same bakery clips can become a Myth check one week and a Day in the life the next.

Ideas for you shows formats as posters at the top of Make, before you pick a clip.

![Make a video, step 1 of 3: three idea cards (Myth check, Day in the life, Before and after) above three numbered bakery clips and a Next, 3 clips button](https://chockstonelabs.com/assets/captures/make-clips.webp)

*Idea posters above the clips: Myth check, Day in the life, Before and after.*

## After the clips, *one* answer.

Pick your clips and the next screen says Looks like a Myth check, with the length and cuts, such as 26 s, 2 cuts. Use this takes it.

Under it, More formats that fit your clips lists others. Filter them by All, Short (under 20 s), Talking, No talking or Trending. Each carries a label: Best fit, Good fit or Could work.

Not seeing yours? Describe it in one line, and Make uses your words.

- All
- Short (under 20 s)
- Talking
- No talking
- Trending

## Your own posts *and* accounts you watch.

The Ideas screen starts from a sentence about what you post, such as You post about sourdough and pastry for home bakers, which you can change. Formats appear as posters with a caption hook on each.

Add accounts you watch, and a format that works for one of them shows a From @handle tag. The posters carry the format, not their footage.

![Ideas screen: You post about sourdough and pastry for home bakers, three watched accounts, and a grid of bread and pastry reels with caption hooks and From @rival.bakes tags](https://chockstonelabs.com/assets/captures/ideas.webp)

*Ideas: a topic line, accounts you watch and format posters.*

## The format is *applied* to your clips.

A list of format ideas leaves you to film, cut and caption each one yourself. Here you pick the format and the plan follows from it: cuts, order and captions, with a reason for each.

See it end to end on the [Make page](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/make/).

## Read the *dated* comparisons.

- **OpusClip**Formats here are chosen for clips you filmed yourself. [Read Chockstone and OpusClip](https://chockstonelabs.com/compare/opusclip/)
- **Cardboard**Formats here come with the plan and a reason for each cut. [Read Chockstone and Cardboard](https://chockstonelabs.com/compare/cardboard/)
- **Captions**You pick a format first, then see the plan before the edit. [Read Chockstone and Captions](https://chockstonelabs.com/compare/captions/)

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- [Styles](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/styles/)
- [Graphics](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/graphics/)
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## Questions people *ask.*

**What is a video format?**

A repeatable shape for a video, such as Myth check, Day in the life or Before and after. Each has a usual length, a number of cuts and a way of opening.

**How does Chockstone pick one?**

After you pick clips, Make names the format they look like, with a length and a cut count, and lists more that fit. Each one is labeled Best fit, Good fit or Could work.

**What if my format is not listed?**

Describe it in a line on the format screen. Make uses your description when it plans the video.

## The facts, in *one* place.

- **Does:** Names the video format your clips fit, with its usual length and number of cuts, and lists others that could work.
- **Plans:** Included on every plan: Starter, Creator and Studio.
- **Limits:** Brands: Starter 1, Creator 5, Studio 25. Connected accounts: Starter 3, Creator 15, Studio 75.

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