Top marks – thank you teacher video template

An exercise-book page with a red margin, a shiny apple, a yellow pencil and an A+ stamp. With your photos and message it runs about 23 seconds over 6 scenes, and grows a little with every extra photo you add.

On screen it reads “THANK YOU”, “…”, “Gold star teacher” and “Thank you for”, set in Archivo Black and Caveat. The artwork is an apple, a pencil and a star. The apples bob, the words arrive word by word and the stars pulse. The colours are cream, deep blue and red.

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 uplifting track (bright plucks, steady pulse), or pick another built-in track or a song from your device, or save a short GIF.

People pick it for apple, pencil, exercise book, primary and school. Everything is made on your device: nothing is uploaded, there is no sign-up and no watermark. For ideas, wording and timing, see thank you teacher video and messages.