Whiteboard Doodle or Paper Cutout
Use a whiteboard doodle to teach a concept. Use paper cutout when you want pieces on one wooden board. Do not mix them.
Choose a whiteboard doodle or a paper cutout before you generate a frame. A doodle is marker on a board, good for a concept. A paper cutout is snipped pieces on one wooden craft board, good when the idea should feel assembled. A reel that switches halfway looks like two tools, not one lesson.
Doodle for explanations
Arrows, simple people, one object per beat. The voice carries the reason. If you need the object to feel like a thing you could pick up, you are already in cut-out territory.
Cut-out for assembly
Prices, parts, and steps that stack belong on the board as pieces. Keep the same board in every clip. The hero piece stays in colour so the eye has a subject.
Commit for the series
Part two uses the same look as part one. A doodle sequel to a cut-out reel breaks the memory of the character and the board.
A worked example
A pricing lesson stays doodle: six tags drawn, then one. A "what is in the box" lesson stays cut-out: each part is a piece placed on the same wood board. They are two reels.
Before you post
- You picked before the first frame.
- The board or the marker stays consistent.
- Part two does not change look.
Where Scro fits
Scro has both explainer looks. Pick one in the storyboard, approve stills that match it, and export 9:16. The opening can carry a title when on-screen text is on.
Pick one explainer look. Finished samples are on the examples page.
Related: Title Card in the First 3 Seconds.