Make a Reel from a Blog Post
Make a reel from a blog post by taking one heading, not the article. The post can live in the caption link.
To make a reel from a blog post, choose one heading that can be a title and ignore the rest. A post is an argument with sections. A reel is one of those sections, shown. People who want the rest can open the post. People who only watch still leave with the heading.
The heading becomes the first three seconds
If the heading is vague, rewrite it until it is a reel title, then use that sharper line in both places. Do not read the introduction aloud.
One example from the post
The post may have five examples. The reel uses the most concrete one. A list of all five is a second reel, or a carousel, not this cut.
Send them back on purpose
The caption can say the post exists and what extra is in it. Do not promise the reel contains the article. It does not, and it should not.
A worked example
Post section: "Trim the start." Reel title: "Cut the breath." One waveform-like picture, one sentence, caption points to the post for the export steps. Twenty seconds.
Before you post
- You used one heading.
- You did not narrate the intro.
- The caption is honest about what the reel leaves out.
Where Scro fits
Scro storyboards that single heading into beats and titles the opening. Approve the stills, export 9:16, and point the caption at the post.
Turn one heading into a reel. Finished samples are on the examples page.
Related: Storyboard a 30-Second Reel.