Prompts

Silent vlog rough cut prompts

These prompts cut raw footage into a silent vlog (30-90s, 5 beats in order), with the pacing and the usual mistakes written in.

By Sulan Zhang, co-founder of Vyra · Updated 2026-09-24

Format: Silent vlog
Step: Rough cut
Length: 30-90s short, 10-25 min long
Aspect: 9:16 or 16:9
Platforms: YouTube, Reels, TikTok

Real examples from @sulansart

At a glance


Target length	30-90s
Beat order	0-4s: a still shot with the day's premise as text; 4-30s: morning, few cuts; 30-60s: the activity, hands and details; 60-80s: one shot with no text; 80-90s: evening, closing text
Pacing	3-6 seconds per shot, even
Hook	A quiet shot with one line of text
Avoid	Cutting too fast; Text too long; Music over the ambient sound

Prompt it in Vyra

Minimal:

Make a 90-second silent vlog from these clips. Best takes only.

Standard:

Cut my clips into a 90-second silent vlog for Reels. Follow this order.
- 0-4s: a still shot with the day's premise as text
- 4-30s: morning, few cuts
- 30-60s: the activity, hands and details
- 60-80s: one shot with no text
- 80-90s: evening, closing text
Pacing: 3-6 seconds per shot, even.
Keep the strongest clip or take for each part and cut the rest. No captions or music yet.

Full:

Cut my clips into a 90-second silent vlog for Reels. Follow this order.
- 0-4s: a still shot with the day's premise as text
- 4-30s: morning, few cuts
- 30-60s: the activity, hands and details
- 60-80s: one shot with no text
- 80-90s: evening, closing text
Pacing: 3-6 seconds per shot, even.
Keep the strongest clip or take for each part and cut the rest. No captions or music yet.
Open with this. A quiet shot with one line of text.
Avoid these. Cutting too fast. Text too long. Music over the ambient sound.
Export 9:16. When you're done, list what you cut with timestamps so I can check.

Why these settings

A numbered beat list gives the agent an order to follow. Leave it out and it picks one for you.
Silent vlogs usually run 30-90s as short-form and 10-25 min as long-form on YouTube, Reels, and TikTok.
The pacing line (3-6 seconds per shot, even) sets how long each clip stays on screen.
The full prompt names the common mistakes up front, so you're less likely to see them in the first cut.
Asking for a list of cuts with timestamps makes the first pass quick to check.

Fixes

Too long. "Cut it to 70 seconds. Drop the weakest part first."
Parts out of order. "Follow the order from my first message exactly."
Wrong clip in a part. "For the 4-30s part, show me other clips I could use, with timestamps."
Something you wanted got cut. "Put back the part where [describe it]." It can find the moment from a description.

FAQ

How long should a silent vlog be? Short versions run 30-90s and long ones run 10-25 min. Put the number in the first sentence of the prompt so the cut is built around it.

Do I need to trim my clips before uploading? No. Upload the raw clips. Vyra transcribes and describes every scene on upload, so it can find the part that fits each beat.