# Tropereel > Tropereel is a free, browser-based video maker that turns an author's own cover and words into short vertical videos for TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts. ## Facts - Who it is for: authors, especially self-published romance, romantasy and fantasy authors who post on TikTok and Instagram. - Formats: trope reel, quote reel, first line reel. - Output: MP4, 1080 by 1920 pixels, 30 frames a second, under ten seconds, silent. - How it works: the video is drawn and encoded in the visitor's browser. The cover image and the video are never uploaded. - It does not use AI imagery or AI voices, and it does not ask for a manuscript. - Price: free with a small "made with tropereel.com" line on each video. A paid plan at $19 a month that removes the line is planned and not open yet. - Browsers: Chrome and Edge on a computer write MP4. Other browsers may get a WebM file. ## Pages - [Video maker](https://tropereel.com/): make a video now, no account. - [Facts](https://tropereel.com/facts): the details above, in full. - [Trope list](https://tropereel.com/tropes): 36 book tropes with definitions. ## Tropes - [Enemies to lovers](https://tropereel.com/tropes/enemies-to-lovers): Enemies to lovers is a romance trope in which two characters start out opposed, as rivals, opponents or sworn enemies, and fall in love as the story forces them to see each other clearly. - [Friends to lovers](https://tropereel.com/tropes/friends-to-lovers): Friends to lovers is a romance trope in which two long-time friends realise their feelings have changed, and must risk the friendship to find out if it can be more. - [Forced proximity](https://tropereel.com/tropes/forced-proximity): Forced proximity is a trope in which two characters are made to share a space, such as a road trip, a snowed-in cabin or a mission, so they cannot avoid each other. - [Only one bed](https://tropereel.com/tropes/only-one-bed): Only one bed is a trope in which two characters who are not yet together must share a single bed, turning forced closeness into tension. - [Fake dating](https://tropereel.com/tropes/fake-dating): Fake dating is a romance trope in which two characters pretend to be a couple for a practical reason, and the pretence slowly becomes real. - [Grumpy and sunshine](https://tropereel.com/tropes/grumpy-sunshine): Grumpy and sunshine is a romance trope that pairs a gruff, guarded character with a warm, cheerful one, so each softens or steadies the other. - [Slow burn](https://tropereel.com/tropes/slow-burn): Slow burn is a romance trope in which attraction builds gradually over most of the book, with the first kiss or confession held back until late. - [Second chance romance](https://tropereel.com/tropes/second-chance-romance): Second chance romance is a trope in which former partners meet again years later and must face what ended things the first time. - [Found family](https://tropereel.com/tropes/found-family): Found family is a trope in which unrelated characters, often outcasts, form a bond as close as family and choose to protect one another. - [He falls first](https://tropereel.com/tropes/he-falls-first): He falls first is a romance trope in which the male lead is in love long before the heroine notices, and shows it through what he does. - [Forbidden love](https://tropereel.com/tropes/forbidden-love): Forbidden love is a trope in which a relationship is barred by family, law, duty or rank, so being together carries a real cost. - [Marriage of convenience](https://tropereel.com/tropes/marriage-of-convenience): Marriage of convenience is a trope in which two characters marry for a practical reason, such as money, safety or an inheritance, and fall in love afterwards. - [Childhood friends](https://tropereel.com/tropes/childhood-friends): Childhood friends is a trope in which two people who grew up together find their bond changing into romance as adults. - [Rivals to lovers](https://tropereel.com/tropes/rivals-to-lovers): Rivals to lovers is a trope in which two characters competing for the same prize, such as a job, a title or a trophy, fall for each other along the way. - [Touch her and die](https://tropereel.com/tropes/touch-her-and-die): Touch her and die is a trope in which a dangerous or powerful lead becomes fiercely protective of the heroine and makes clear that harming her has consequences. - [Who did this to you](https://tropereel.com/tropes/who-did-this-to-you): Who did this to you is a trope moment in which a character finds the person they love hurt and asks, with quiet fury, who is responsible. - [Morally grey hero](https://tropereel.com/tropes/morally-grey-hero): A morally grey hero is a lead who does harmful or ruthless things for reasons the reader can understand, so they are neither clearly good nor clearly evil. - [The chosen one](https://tropereel.com/tropes/chosen-one): The chosen one is a fantasy trope in which a character is singled out by prophecy, birth or power to face a threat no one else can. - [Reluctant hero](https://tropereel.com/tropes/reluctant-hero): A reluctant hero is a lead who does not want the task in front of them and takes it on only because no one else will or can. - [Hidden identity](https://tropereel.com/tropes/hidden-identity): Hidden identity is a trope in which a character conceals who they really are, and the story builds toward the moment the truth comes out. - [Secret royal](https://tropereel.com/tropes/secret-royal): Secret royal is a trope in which a character hides, or does not know, that they are royalty, and the truth changes every relationship around them. - [Love triangle](https://tropereel.com/tropes/love-triangle): A love triangle is a trope in which one character is torn between two possible partners, and the choice drives the plot. - [Age gap](https://tropereel.com/tropes/age-gap): Age gap is a romance trope in which the two adult leads are separated by a notable difference in age, which shapes how they and others see the relationship. - [Small town romance](https://tropereel.com/tropes/small-town-romance): Small town romance is a setting-led trope in which the love story unfolds in a close community where everyone knows everyone. - [Brother's best friend](https://tropereel.com/tropes/brothers-best-friend): Brother's best friend is a romance trope in which the heroine falls for her brother's closest friend, a relationship both of them believe is off limits. - [Workplace romance](https://tropereel.com/tropes/workplace-romance): Workplace romance is a trope in which colleagues, or a boss and an employee, fall for each other while trying to keep it out of the office. - [Arranged marriage](https://tropereel.com/tropes/arranged-marriage): Arranged marriage is a trope in which families or rulers decide a match, and the couple must find out whether love can follow the wedding. - [Magic school](https://tropereel.com/tropes/magic-school): Magic school is a fantasy trope set in an academy that trains students in magic, with lessons, rivalries and secrets inside its walls. - [Heist crew](https://tropereel.com/tropes/heist-crew): Heist crew is a trope in which a group of specialists, each with one skill, is assembled to pull off a theft that should be impossible. - [Unreliable narrator](https://tropereel.com/tropes/unreliable-narrator): An unreliable narrator is a storyteller whose account the reader learns not to trust, because they lie, forget or misread what happened. - [Locked room mystery](https://tropereel.com/tropes/locked-room-mystery): A locked room mystery is a crime story in which the act seems impossible, because it happened in a place no one could enter or leave. - [Amnesia](https://tropereel.com/tropes/amnesia): Amnesia is a trope in which a character loses their memory, and must work out who they were and whom they can trust. - [Opposites attract](https://tropereel.com/tropes/opposites-attract): Opposites attract is a romance trope in which two people with clashing personalities, habits or backgrounds are drawn together by their differences. - [Single parent](https://tropereel.com/tropes/single-parent): Single parent is a romance trope in which one lead is raising a child alone, so falling in love means letting someone into the whole family. - [Bodyguard romance](https://tropereel.com/tropes/bodyguard-romance): Bodyguard romance is a trope in which a protector and the person they guard fall for each other, although the job forbids it. - [Fated mates](https://tropereel.com/tropes/fated-mates): Fated mates is a trope in which two characters are bound to each other by magic or destiny, whether or not they want the bond.