The group photo: group chat template
A ready iMessage-look chat for the group chat chaos gallery, eight messages and about 22 seconds as a video. Open it, change the words and export it as a labelled, fictional mock-up.
Preview in the iMessage look
Group photo at 5?
My hair is not ready.
It never is.
Rude.
It is a photo, not a runway.
I will bring a mirror.
Bring a bigger mirror.
Photo at 6.
The full script (8 messages)
The first four messages open on the Free plan; the rest need a paid plan.
The template: The group photo
Load The group photo and you get eight messages. Bo opens with "Group photo at 5?", Bo closes with "Photo at 6.", and the read-through runs roughly 22 seconds.
Pacing numbers: the longest bubble is message 5 at 7 words, the shortest is message 4. One question gives 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
Give each person one habit. A character who always asks a question and one who always sends a single emoji are easy to follow in a fast scene. Free accounts can use iMessage without paying. Extras in this look: typing dots, read marks and reactions; missing: an online status. Alternate short lines with one long one. The long line sounds like a speech at a crowded table. Green bubbles mean plain text messages in the real app, but ChatsRat draws one look, so keep the colours in mind if your story depends on blue versus green.
What the Free plan shows
Four messages is the Free limit, so Cat's "Rude." is where the preview stops. Paid plans carry the remaining four messages, up to "Photo at 6.", and allow more people in the scene.
Tips
- Give "It is a photo, not a runway." (message 5) an extra half second on screen.
- Leave Bo's "Group photo at 5?" alone on screen for a full second at the start.
- A 4:5 or square crop fits a long thread on a feed better than a tall phone video.
- Rewrite the last line, "Photo at 6.", in your own voice and mark the post as fiction.
- Swap Bo and Cat for two invented names of your own; shorter names make tighter bubbles on a phone.
Questions
Can I use The group photo 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 group photo as a video?
About 22 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 group chat chat a real conversation?
No. It is an invented chat between Bo, Cat and Dev, 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.