A Toc Toc dance prompt for Veo you can copy, with no names in it
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Short answer
Paste the prompt below into Veo with your photo as the starting image. It is a single paragraph that flows from the hop and knock through the turns, the glare and the heel kicks to the final freeze. Names and brands are left out because video tools filter them. If you'd rather not, just use Tip Toe AI.

The prompt
A photorealistic vertical video, one locked-off take from a phone on a tripod at chest height, set in an empty room with light grey walls and a warm wooden floor. A white door frame runs along the left edge, a small white chest of drawers stands against the right wall, and soft, even daylight fills the space. From head to feet, the dancer stays in frame, and no readable text or logo shows anywhere. The dancer is whoever or whatever appears in the attached photo, and keeps that face, hair, skin tone and clothing (an animal stays its species, rises onto its hind legs and uses its front paws like arms). With a completely serious, deadpan expression, the dancer keeps moving for 11 seconds. It opens facing the camera: the right leg hops while the left knee rises to hip height, and the right fist raps twice on an invisible door at head height as the body swings toward the right side. Next the dancer pivots back to the front, flicks the right heel forward low, and throws both arms out wide and down. Then the left side faces the camera, with hops on the right foot and small forward kicks from the pumping left knee. After that the dancer shows the back to the lens, keeps hopping and knocking at head level, snaps the head over the shoulder in a glare, and knocks one more time in profile. Turning front once more, the dancer lands wide and bounces from foot to foot, heels flicking forward and arms held low and open. In the last second the dancer freezes with the feet apart and both arms stretched down and out, palms open, staring into the lens with no smile. Audio: a cheesy, bouncy party track of accordion and synth at roughly 124 BPM, with a steady four-on-the-floor kick and a soft knock-knock whenever there is a knock. No singing, no lyrics, nobody talks. No text, no logos, no watermark.
Using it
- Pick one clear photo of the dancer and attach it. Then see if your tool holds the face steady, and generate a few times.
- Names do not belong in the paragraph. Veo can turn down prompts naming real people or brands, so say what happens in the room instead.
- Tools keep changing, so look up the length and aspect ratio yours supports and cut the paragraph down where necessary.
Questions people ask
Will naming the trend make the result closer?
Probably not. Names can be filtered, and the description is what gives the clip its look. Spelling out the action does more.
Will I get the trend's exact look?
Not exactly. Different Veo versions behave differently, and your photo shifts the face, the motion and the timing. Treat the prompt as a rough draft and edit it.
Does Google have anything to do with this page?
No. Tip Toe AI stands on its own, with no ties to Google or to whoever posted the trend.
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