Commerce

Us vs Them

A column growing in first, then four rows arriving in turn with their ticks and crosses drawn on beside them.

Duration
5s
Frame
1080 × 1080
Export
MP4, GIF, MOV (alpha)
Resolution
Up to 4K

About the Us vs Them animation

The switch pitch for a category with an obvious incumbent, laid out as the table people already expect. Four rows is the whole grid, so pick the four differences that survive a sceptical read, and keep each to three or four words — both columns share the width and a long row crowds its own tick. Write claims you can evidence: a comparison graphic is the one piece of creative competitors screenshot back at you.

Where it fits

  • As the switch pitch for a category with an obvious incumbent.
  • In a paid ad aimed at a competitor's customers.
  • On a landing page, as the looping comparison table.

Filling it in

Four rows is the whole grid, so pick the four differences that survive a sceptical read, and keep each to three or four words: Free returns, Ships in 24h. Write claims you can evidence, since a comparison graphic is the one piece of creative competitors screenshot back at you. The column colour is the US column.

Format and timing

Us vs Them is built at 1080 × 1080, a square frame, which sits in a feed post without cropping and centres neatly over wider footage, and runs 5 seconds at 30 frames per second. It arrives in 1.7 seconds, holds for 2.5 and clears in 0.8, so cue it a beat before the moment it labels. Export it as an MP4 for a timeline or a feed, a GIF where video will not embed, or a MOV with an alpha channel to lay it over footage with nothing behind it. Renders go up to 4K, and the free plan exports at 720p with a watermark.

What you can edit

  • Headlinetext
  • Our columntext
  • Their columntext
  • Row 1text
  • Row 2text
  • Row 3text
  • Row 4text
  • Column colourcolor

Questions about Us vs Them

Can I name the competitor?

The column header is a field, so you can. THEM is safer and usually reads as the obvious rival anyway. A named brand invites a reply.

Do the ticks and crosses change per row?

No. The US column gets ticks and the THEM column gets crosses on every row. Only put rows where that is true.

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