The late-night snack: campus chat template
A ready iMessage-look chat for the campus and study life gallery, eight messages and about 21 seconds as a video. Open it, change the words and export it as a labelled, fictional mock-up.
Preview in the iMessage look
The cafe closed at midnight.
I saw a vending machine.
It only sells soup.
What kind?
"Mystery".
Buy it. We are studying.
It is hot.
Mystery is the best flavour.
The full script (8 messages)
The first four messages open on the Free plan; the rest need a paid plan.
The template: The late-night snack
Load The late-night snack and you get eight messages. Jo opens with "The cafe closed at midnight.", Kim closes with "Mystery is the best flavour.", and the read-through runs roughly 21 seconds.
Look at message 1, "The cafe closed at midnight.", which runs 5 words, then at message 5, "'Mystery'.". One of the lines is a question and each pulls a reply out of the other side.
Using it in the iMessage look
Finish on the next deadline appearing in a new message. iMessage is one of the looks open to everyone on the Free plan. Extras in this look: typing dots, read marks and reactions; missing: an online status. Keep every character an adult student, and invent the course, the professor and the building. A small "Delivered" or "Read" line sits under the last bubble you sent, so a story can end on a message that was read and never answered.
What the Free plan shows
The Free plan opens the first four messages and two people, so The late-night snack would stop at "What kind?". The other four, through "Mystery is the best flavour.", need a paid plan with a higher message limit and up to four people.
Tips
- Hold message 5, "'Mystery'.", a beat longer than the rest.
- Start on "The cafe closed at midnight." and let viewers read it twice before Kim replies.
- Let one student be calm and one panicking. The contrast does the work.
- Change one word of Kim's closing "Mystery is the best flavour." so the ending is yours, then caption the video as a fictional chat.
- Rename Jo and Kim to keep the story original, and keep every character an invented adult.
Questions
Can I use The late-night snack 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 late-night snack as a video?
About 21 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 Jo and Kim, 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.