The group project deadline: campus chat template
A ready WhatsApp-look chat for the campus and study life gallery, eight messages and about 27 seconds as a video. Open it, change the words and export it as a labelled, fictional mock-up.
Preview in the WhatsApp look
The report is due at midnight.
I wrote my part.
I wrote half of my part.
Which half?
The half with the title.
We have a title and a plan.
At least it is a good title.
It is the best title in the building.
The full script (8 messages)
The first four messages open on the Free plan; the rest need a paid plan.
The template: The group project deadline
A 27-second campus chat template: Wes, Xia and Yan, eight messages, opening on "The report is due at midnight." and closing on "It is the best title in the building.".
Look at message 8, "It is the best title in the building.", which runs 8 words, then at message 4, "Which half?". One of the lines is a question and each pulls a reply out of the other side.
Using it in the WhatsApp look
End with a small win: a found file, a saved seat, a coffee delivered. WhatsApp is one of the looks open to everyone on the Free plan. Switch on typing dots, read marks, reactions and an online status when you build the scene. Keep every character an adult student, and invent the course, the professor and the building. Double check marks turn blue once a message is read, so a pair of grey ticks next to the last line says delivered but unseen, which is an easy way to show someone being ignored.
What the Free plan shows
The Free plan opens the first four messages and two people, so The group project deadline would stop at "Which half?". The other four, through "It is the best title in the building.", need a paid plan with a higher message limit and up to four people.
Tips
- Hold message 5, "The half with the title.", a beat longer than the rest.
- Start on "The report is due at midnight." and let viewers read it twice before Xia replies.
- Anchor each chat to one deadline. A countdown gives the scene its pressure.
- Change one word of Yan's closing "It is the best title in the building." so the ending is yours, then caption the video as a fictional chat.
- Rename Wes, Xia and Yan to keep the story original, and keep every character an invented adult.
Questions
Can I use The group project deadline on the Free plan?
Yes for the look, with limits. The WhatsApp look is on the Free plan, and the editor loads the first four of the eight messages and two people. The rest needs a paid plan. Exports on Free carry a visible ChatsRat watermark.
How long is The group project deadline as a video?
About 27 seconds at a comfortable reading pace, counting eight messages with a short beat between them. Add a second or two for the ending card.
Is this campus chat chat a real conversation?
No. It is an invented chat between Wes, Xia and Yan, made as a mock-up. ChatsRat is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any messaging app, and look names describe a style only. Label what you publish as fiction.
Can I change the names and lines?
Yes. Open the template in the editor, replace any line or name and export your own version. Keep the characters invented, and keep the content free of real people and anything sexual.
This is fiction. The people in this template are invented. ChatsRat makes mock-ups and fictional conversations for creators, designers and teachers. Do not use it to pass off a made-up conversation as a real one, to impersonate a real person, or as proof of anything. See the Acceptable Use policy.
About the watermark. Exports on the Free plan carry a visible ChatsRat watermark, and every export carries an invisible mark that the verify page can read. Plans list what changes on paid plans.
ChatsRat is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any messaging app. App names on this page describe a style only.