Quick answer
Upload a standing photo and paste the prompt below into an image-to-video tool. Its first job is the angle (from floor level, tilted up); then it lists the moves with “first” and “then” so they come out in order. Generators won’t reproduce the song, so add it in TikTok. Toc Toc AI has the hallway and timing built in.
Ask a video tool for “the Toc Toc dance” and you’ll usually get a person bouncing at eye level in a living room. The tool doesn’t know the trend; what it can follow is a camera position and a list of actions. This prompt gives it both. It’s written for general tools, not the one our template runs.
The prompt
Vertical 9:16 video, 10 seconds, one continuous shot. A narrow, nearly empty apartment hallway, filmed from floor level by a phone propped at one end and angled upward; the camera never moves. First, the person in the photo marches toward the lens with big high knees until their knees and face fill the frame. Then they hop backwards down the hallway, hop on one foot and knock twice on the air, and shrug with palms up. Then they strut sideways with one heel kicking back, turn to the camera and open their arms wide: ta-da. Keep the face and outfit exactly as in the photo. Bright indoor light, no text.
Choose vertical and the longest clip length on offer. Five beats in a short clip means some get skipped.
The angle is the trend
Without the floor-level camera this is just someone dancing in a corridor. Put the angle in the first sentence, add “the camera never moves”, and generators stop gliding around the dancer. “Knees and face fill the frame” then gives you the oversized close-up that makes people laugh.
- “One continuous shot”: the real ones have no cuts, and asking for one stops the tool jumping between angles.
- “First… Then… Then”: order words keep five moves from merging into a vague bounce.
- “Knock twice on the air”: the move in the name. Skip it and the clip is a walk.
- “Open their arms wide: ta-da”: a clear ending, so the clip doesn’t trail off mid-strut.
Pet, office, duo
Your pet
Swap the person sentence for this; keep the angle.
the dog in the photo walks toward the lens on its hind legs, hops back, taps the air twice with a front paw and opens both front legs for the ta-da
Office corridor
Same moves, carpet and glass doors.
a long office corridor with grey carpet and glass meeting-room doors
Duo
Two dancers, one behind the other.
two people do every move one behind the other, perfectly in step
What about the song?
Searches like “Toc Toc AI song” and “Toc Toc Patrick Sébastien AI” are often hoping the video comes with the music. It won’t: tools that generate sound make their own, not a specific record. Pick the Toc Toc sound inside TikTok or Reels when you post, which is also what lists your video on the sound’s page.
No prompt needed
On Toc Toc AI the hallway, the low angle and the order of moves are fixed, for a person or a pet. 100 credits, refunded if the run fails.
- 1Open Toc Toc AI and choose you or your pet.
- 2Add a standing, head-to-toe photo and check the price on the button.
- 3Make it, then download the MP4 from Assets.
Common problems
The camera is at eye level
Lead with the angle: “filmed from floor level, angled upward; the camera never moves”.
The moves come out of order or get skipped
Keep first and then, choose the longest clip, and cut the shrug if the tool still runs short.
The pet turns into a person in a dog suit
Say “the dog in the photo, with its own fur and paws” and avoid “dancer” or “person” anywhere in the prompt.
FAQ
What is the prompt for the Toc Toc AI trend?
Describe a phone on a hallway floor angled up, then the moves in order: march in with high knees, hop back, knock twice on the air, shrug, strut, arms-wide ta-da. The full prompt is above.
Can the AI make the Toc Toc song?
Video generators don’t reproduce specific songs. Add Patrick Sébastien’s “Toc Toc” as the sound in TikTok or Reels.
Does it work with a pet photo?
Yes, with the pet sentence instead of the person one. Results vary more, so expect extra tries in general tools.
Is this what Reelfie’s template uses?
No. The template has its own setup for its model. This prompt is for other generators.
Make your first one
Toc Toc AI: Knock knock, ta-da.
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