How to Make the Cutting the Branch AI Meme Video

Cutting the branch you are sitting on is the old proverb turned into a fail clip: someone squats on a thin branch over a river, chops it with a hatchet, and falls in when the branch snaps. RemixMeme has a locked template for this look.

Use one photo of an adult you have the right to use. Do not upload photos of children, or of anyone who has not agreed.

On RemixMeme, open the Cutting the Branch template, upload that photo, and generate a vertical 9:16 clip. The template is listed as 15 seconds. Download a watermark-free MP4 from the site.

RemixMeme does not include the commercial trend song. When you post to TikTok or Instagram Reels, add the original sound yourself, and label the clip as AI if the platform asks you to.