How do I make one with Jellypod?

Pick the Paper Mache or Almanac style in Magic Video or Shorts. Start from a PDF, slide deck, URL, or topic. Jellypod writes the narration, generates collage scenes timed to it, and adds word-synced captions. Keep the original pages instead with PDF to video.

Can I make full videos and short clips?

Both. Magic Video renders a full episode as a 1080p MP4, up to 25 minutes. Shorts generates a standalone 30 to 60 second video in portrait, landscape, or square for TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts.

Is Jellypod affiliated with Vox?

No. Jellypod has no connection to Vox Media. We use “Vox-style” only to name a widely recognized explainer genre, the way “whiteboard video” describes a look rather than a brand.

Vox-Style Videos

Make Vox-Style Explainer Videos and Shorts

The layered cut-paper collage look, without an animator. Upload a PDF or slide deck, or start from a topic. Sales teams use it for a leave-behind. Educators use it for a lecture people can replay. L&D uses it for an SOP that is easier to watch than read.

Want the original pages on screen? Use PDF to video or convert PowerPoint to video.

The look

What makes an explainer feel Vox-style

Tactile collage art

Layered cut-paper shapes, archival textures, and printed grain instead of flat vector graphics.

One idea per scene

Every scene makes one point around a single bold focal subject, so the argument is easy to follow.

Documentary tone

A calm narrator working through the subject, with scenes cut to the pace of the script.

Built for silent feeds

Word-synced captions on by default, so the video works with the sound off.

How it works

From document to collage explainer

1
Start from a PDF, slide deck, or topic
Upload a PDF or slide deck, paste a URL, or type a topic. Jellypod writes the narration from that source.
2
Pick a collage style
Paper Mache and Almanac are the two cut-paper collage styles, available in Magic Video and Shorts. Jellypod generates each scene to match the narration.
3
Download the MP4
Render a full video in 1080p, up to 25 minutes, or a 30 to 60 second vertical Short, with word-synced captions.

A vertical Short frame in the Paper Mache collage style

The styles behind it

Paper Mache and Almanac

Both belong to the 16-style lineup in Magic Video and Shorts, so you can switch looks without rewriting your script or regenerating your audio.

Paper Mache

Layered cut-paper collages with archival photographs, screen-printed textures, and torn edges. The closest match to the classic collage explainer look.

Almanac

Hand-drawn paper cutouts on aged parchment, in an earthy documentary palette that suits historical subjects.

All 16 styles on the Magic Video page Keep the PDF pages with PDF to video Make a vertical Short in this style

Frequently asked questions

Your questions answered.

It is the collage-driven explainer look popularized by Vox’s documentary videos: layered cut-paper art, archival textures, one bold focal point per scene, and a calm narrated argument. Jellypod is not affiliated with Vox Media.

Jellypod is not affiliated with Vox Media. “Vox-style” describes a visual genre their explainers popularized.

Ready to make one?

Turn your next topic or document into a collage explainer, as a full video or a Short.

Pricing on your terms

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