Want your bot to just do the thing — no voiceover, no dialogue? You can make any Imagine video silent, or mix silent and spoken scenes inside a single video.
The quick version
- Open your Imagine video in the editor.
- Tap Edit Script at the bottom.
- Open the Dialogue field for the scene you want silent.
- Delete the text.
- Tap the check mark to save.
- Generate the video.
The scene plays silent. The action prompt still drives what your bot does.
How it works
Every Imagine scene has two fields:
- Dialogue — what your bot says
- Action Prompt — what your bot does (and any ambient sound you want)
Both are auto-generated when Imagine writes the script for a new scene. They work independently:
- Delete the Dialogue → the scene plays silent.
- Keep the Action Prompt → your bot still moves through the scene the way you described.
The Action Prompt is what gives your bot direction — keep it in place. You can always edit it to refine what your bot does.
Add ambient sound if you want it
A scene with empty Dialogue plays without a voiceover. If you want ambient sound — rain on a window, café chatter, soft music — describe it in the Action Prompt below the dialogue window. The action prompt drives both motion and the soundscape.
Examples of ambient sound in an action prompt:
- "Carl sips his coffee while soft rain patters on the window outside."
- "Carl walks through the busy market, vendors calling out and city traffic in the background."
- "Carl leans back at the bar, soft lounge music playing under the clink of glasses."
Mix silent and spoken scenes in the same video
Each scene in a multi-scene video is independent. You can:
- Keep dialogue on Scene 1, go silent on Scene 2, more dialogue on Scene 3.
- Open with a silent moment, end with a voiceover.
- Make the whole video silent.
- Whatever the story calls for.
Clear the dialogue per scene. Save each. Generate.
When to go silent
Silent scenes work well for:
- Establishing shots — a slow camera move across a setting before your bot speaks.
- Reaction beats — a look, a gesture, a held expression that's stronger without words.
- Mood pieces — atmosphere-driven scenes where the visuals carry everything.
- Soundtrack-led videos — if you're planning to add music later and don't want a voiceover competing.
- Just because — some videos land harder without speech.
Examples for you to try
Open the Action Prompt for the scene you want, swap in your bot's name (or just describe what's happening), and clear the Dialogue field.
Quiet moment:
[Your bot] walks slowly across an empty room, pauses at the window, looks out at the rain.
Reaction beat:
[Your bot] reads the letter, jaw tightens, eyes drop to the floor.
Mood piece with ambient sound:
[Your bot] sips coffee at a quiet café, soft rain patters on the window outside, distant chatter in the background.
Establishing shot:
Wide view of a sunlit kitchen — [Your bot] steps in, sets down a grocery bag, glances around.
Drop any of these into the Action Prompt, leave the Dialogue blank, and generate.
Keep going
- Selfies as Scene Anchors — the multi-scene video workflow that uses chat selfies as the visual foundation for each scene.
- Action Prompting — How to write the part of your prompt that drives motion, camera moves, and transformations.
- Using Imagine to Create Videos — step-by-step for creating an Imagine video.
- Captions on your video — for the scenes where your bot does speak, customize the caption font, size, or color.
- Fast Videos vs Imagine Videos — which video tool to use for which job.
- Cantina Glossary — quick reference for product terms.
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