The library seat: campus chat template
A ready iMessage-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 iMessage look
Where are you?
Third floor, by the window.
I saved you a seat.
I saved you one too.
Which one is mine?
The one with the very sad plant.
I am sitting at a very sad plant.
That is mine. Yours is the other one.
The full script (8 messages)
The first four messages open on the Free plan; the rest need a paid plan.
The template: The library seat
The library seat is a eight-message template for a campus chat chat: Uma and Vic trade lines from "Where are you?" to "That is mine. Yours is the other one.", about 27 seconds as a video.
Pacing numbers: the longest bubble is message 7 at 8 words, the shortest is message 1. Two questions give the chat its back-and-forth. You can change any line or name once the sample is open in the editor.
Using it in the iMessage look
Add one study joke that only makes sense in context, then repeat it once. Extras in this look: typing dots, read marks and reactions; missing: an online status. Free accounts can use iMessage without paying. A light, simple look works best; dark mode suits late-night chats. iMessage-style chats show your own bubbles on the right in blue and the other person on the left in gray, which makes who is speaking readable at a glance, even in a one-second frame.
What the Free plan shows
Four messages is the Free limit, so Vic's "I saved you one too." is where the preview stops. Paid plans carry the remaining four messages, up to "That is mine. Yours is the other one.", and allow more people in the scene.
Tips
- Give "Which one is mine?" (message 5) an extra half second on screen.
- Leave Uma's "Where are you?" alone on screen for a full second at the start.
- Short vertical videos of around twenty seconds fit this subject very well, and they leave room for a Part 2.
- Rewrite the last line, "That is mine. Yours is the other one.", in your own voice and mark the post as fiction.
- Swap Uma and Vic for two invented names of your own; shorter names make tighter bubbles on a phone.
Questions
Can I use The library seat on the Free plan?
Yes for the look, with limits. The iMessage 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 library seat 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 Uma and Vic, 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.