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Reels and shorts

Vertical videos of 15 to 30 seconds for Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts and TikTok. You describe the idea in a few sentences, and Vishot splits it into shots, draws the character, brings them to life, voices them and edits the video.

  • A night street with paper lanterns and a ramen stall in the rainAI-generated

    Ramen at MidnightFood, 22 sA made-up late-night ramen stall in Tokyo and a verdict to camera.

  • A sea cave with a sandy beach and turquoise waterAI-generated

    Hidden CoveTravel, 23 sA beach in a sea cave on the Portuguese coast, as the model imagined it.

  • A man in glasses holds a manual coffee grinder next to his faceAI-generated

    The $40 UpgradeReview, 25 sA made-up unbranded manual coffee grinder and a hook to camera.

  • A dark bedroom, a hand reaching for a phone alarmAI-generated

    5 A.M. ClubFitness, 19 sA sunrise run over a bridge.

  • A red-haired guy in bed grimacing at his alarmAI-generated

    Five More MinutesSkit, 19 sA guy bargains with his alarm clock and loses.

  • A woman with a clear umbrella on a neon street in the rainAI-generated

    Main CharacterTrend, 18 sA walk through rainy neon Tokyo, no dialogue.

AI-generated with Vishot. Subtitles are burned in.

What works today. We made these six reels on our own PC with a separate script; LTX-2.5 did the motion and the lines to camera. Studio and the plugin don't have the vertical frame yet; it's in progress. Right now you can shoot 16:9 mini-films yourself on a Windows PC with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX, through the app that comes with the Unreal plugin (by invitation). Mac isn't supported yet.

How a reel is made

This is how Vishot will make a reel once the vertical frame is in Studio and the plugin. The six videos above went through the same steps with a separate script.

  1. Idea

    A few sentences: what the video is about, who is in frame and what hooks the viewer in the first two seconds.

  2. Shots

    Vishot splits the idea into a few short shots. You can place the character and the camera in Unreal or in Vishot Studio, but you don't have to.

  3. Frames and motion

    A model draws the first frame of each shot, a video model brings it to life. The character looks the same in every shot. Only use a photo of a real person with their consent.

  4. Voice and subtitles

    A model voices the line. Subtitles come as a separate .srt file for now; burned-in captions are planned.

  5. Video

    An MP4 at 1080×1920. When you post it, turn on the platform's AI label.

AI label

A Vishot reel is AI-generated. Instagram, YouTube and TikTok require you to label realistic AI video, and the model licenses require you to say it was made by a machine. Don't present a reel as real footage or as a real customer's review, and mark an ad with an AI host both as an ad and as AI.

Mini-film and reel side by side

The same models, two formats. A mini-film tells a story, a reel holds attention in the feed.

Mini-film and reel compared
What we compareMini-filmReel or short
Frame16:9, 1920×10809:16, 1080×1920
Length46–60 s in our eight15–30 s, 18–25 s in our six
What's in itSeveral shots, characters, dialogueOne idea and a hook in the first seconds
Where people watchA website, YouTube, a client screeningInstagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, TikTok
On your PCNo credits, on a card with 24 GB or moreThe same, once the format is ready
In the cloud on CreatorAbout 4 a monthAbout 8 a month once the format is ready
StatusReady Eight mini-filmsIn progress Six examples

Cloud estimates use the Creator plan credits: 250 seconds of video a month at the price of the cheapest cloud video model, MiniMax H3 at 768p, a 55-second mini-film and a 30-second reel, with every shot right on the first take. Every retake uses seconds too, and other models give fewer: the same credit buys 153 seconds of Veo 3.1 Fast without sound. Cloud video works through MCP agents today; in the plugin and Studio it is still in progress. All plans

We'll email you when reels work

One email, when the vertical frame is in Studio and the plugin. Meanwhile you can create a free account and stage scenes in Vishot Studio in the browser.