01Ask first, then cast
The defender is the person being dunked on, so they should be in on the joke. Use photos of yourself or of people who have agreed to appear, and skip anyone who would not find it funny. The clip works best when the rivalry is light and shared: a boast settled, a bet paid, a running joke between people who know each other. It is not a tool for embarrassing someone who did not say yes.
02Who goes in which slot
Both player slots are required. Put the winner of the rivalry in the Attacker slot: they are seen face-on in both celebrations. Put the friend being teased in the Defender slot. Because the defender is filmed mostly from behind during both dunks, choose a photo where their hair, build and clothes are easy to see, so people still recognise them from the back. Leave the optional Court slot empty for the floodlit night court, or add a location photo if the rivalry belongs somewhere specific.
03Captions timed to the beats
The clip has four moments worth a caption. Open with the setup, such as "Me vs my brother after he said he'd never lose", over the first drive (0 to 1.4 seconds). Let the first dunk at about 1.5 seconds play clean. Put the punchline on the first celebration, about 3.5 to 5.8 seconds, when the attacker is standing still facing the camera. Save a second line, such as "Best of three", for the slow-motion dunk from about 7.2 seconds. Keep text in the upper part of the frame during the dunks so it does not cover the rim or the ball.
04Make the location part of the joke
The Court slot replaces the setting with a location photo, so the dunk can happen where the rivalry lives: the office kitchen, the garage, the backyard, the gym you both go to. The template is set up to keep the players, ball, hoop and action and change the environment. A wide photo of the place with clear floor space and no people in it is the easiest starting point. We have not reviewed a generated result for every kind of location, so check the hoop, the floor and the spectators in yours.
05The rematch
If your friend wants revenge, make a second video with the two photos swapped between the Attacker and Defender slots. Posting the two side by side, labelled "Round 1" and "Round 2", is a fair way to settle it. Each video is a separate generation, so read the studio quote for both before you start.
06Post it as a joke, clearly
Say that the video is AI-made, so nobody mistakes it for a real game. Oakgen's template asks for a playful "number one" raised index finger as the celebration toward the camera, which keeps the tease friendly; it is an instruction to the model, not a guarantee, so watch the celebration frames before posting. If you show the source clip alongside yours, credit it to @scrambledai and label the two clips separately. The source has no speech, and its sound is labelled "original sound - Scrambled.ai"; do not present it as a named song.