Quietly brilliant – thank you boss video template

Charcoal and champagne with an italic serif, for a measured, sincere thank-you to a manager. With your photos and message it runs about 20 seconds over 5 scenes, and grows a little with every extra photo you add.

On screen it reads “To …”, “Thank you”, “for …” and “the best kind of boss”, set in Playfair Display. The words arrive letter by letter and the words arrive word by word. The colours are black, cream and orange; under Style you can swap them for cream, black and orange.

When you open it, a short form asks for who it’s for, what it’s for, a few words of your own and who it’s from, and puts the answers straight onto the design; every word can still be changed afterwards under Text. There are 2 frames ready for your own pictures, and you can add up to 30 photos or short clips in all; extra ones get scenes of their own.

It opens in Vertical 9:16 and also fits Portrait 4:5, Square 1:1 and Landscape 16:9; switch under Format without starting again. Export it as an MP4 with sound; it starts with the gentle piano track (soft arpeggios), or pick another built-in track or a song from your device, or save a short GIF.

People pick it for boss, manager, mentor, formal and charcoal. Everything is made on your device: nothing is uploaded, there is no sign-up and no watermark. For ideas, wording and timing, see employee appreciation video.