Video · SoundNO.079 / 166

Watch: The first half is full of sound, then all at once it's sucked out and the waveform becomes a flat line. Going quiet exactly where there should be the most sound is what hits hardest.A line-art demo that only illustrates the technique, not finished footage.

Video · Sound

Silence静默

Pull out all the sound and let the emptiness hit.

Category: Sound
Group: Advanced
Medium: Video
Library: 079 / 166

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Prompt templates are written from how generation models usually behave and have not yet been verified one by one with real generations. “Common pitfalls” are judgment from experience, not official limits.

When to use it

The instant before an explosion, after terrible news, subjective deafness.

Prompt template

full-band silence, no ambience or music, only faint breathing or high-frequency tinnitus, lasting one to two seconds before sound slams back.

Sample prompt · generate a video directly

The technique comes first, followed by the scene, action, performance and duration. Paste it straight into a video model and swap in your own characters and plot.

Full-spectrum silence: the first half is a noisy street protest crowd and megaphones, then all sound suddenly drops out, leaving only very faint breathing. A girl in the crowd stops when she sees her brother in the crowd opposite, and the world goes quiet. 6 seconds, total silence, no ambience, no music.

Common pitfalls

It says silence, but a music bed is still there.
Silence held too long makes the audience think playback broke.

Parameter tips

1 to 2 s is best; bring the sound back suddenly, not with a fade.