Text to video AI: make a video from an idea

Describe An Idea turns a sentence into a video of your character. You write the scene, optionally pin a real setting, outfit or object, check the prompt Sozee writes from your idea, then generate.

Video · 5 min read · Updated 2026-11-11

Frames from two videos made in Sozee: a woman in a home kitchen, and a woman talking to the camera in a car.

What you'll learn

How to turn an idea into a video
How to pin your own setting, outfit or props
How to review the prompt before you generate
Other ways to start a video

Step by step

Open Video and choose Describe An Idea On the Create page, choose Video under the prompt, then Describe An Idea. Pick your character with the character button at the bottom of the panel.
In the app. Describe An Idea (1) and the box for your idea (2).
Write the idea Describe the scene in plain words, such as “me making coffee in a sunny kitchen on a Sunday morning, then smiling at the camera.” Sozee expands it into a full prompt and shows it to you before generating.
Pin real references, if you want Video Control is optional. Pick a saved Setting, Outfit or Object so the video uses your space, your clothes or your props. Skip it for a pure text-to-video run.
In the app. The Setting, Outfit and Object tabs (1).
Set the output Choose a shape (Auto, 1:1, 4:5, 9:16 or 16:9), 480p or 720p, and a length from 5 to 90 seconds.
In the app. The shape (1). Auto picks the best ratio for the scene.
Review your prompt, then generate Sozee shows Your idea next to the Enhanced prompt it wrote. Edit the enhanced prompt if anything is off, then press Generate.

Writing an idea that works

Your character is already in the video, so you don't need to describe them. Describe where they are, what they do and how it should feel.

Too thin

“A nice video.” “Me being happy.” There's no place and no action.

Enough to work with

“Me on a boat in Miami at sunset, laughing as the wind catches my hair, then raising a glass to the camera.” A place, an action and a finish.

Made in Sozee.

A short video made in Sozee in a home kitchen.

Settings and cost

Setting	Options
Shape	Auto, 1:1, 4:5, 9:16 or 16:9
Resolution	480p or 720p
Length	5, 10, 15, 30, 60 or 90 seconds
Cost	1 credit per second at 480p, 2 at 720p

A 15-second video costs 15 credits at 480p and 30 at 720p. The price is on Generate before anything is made. Making videos is part of the paid plans, including Pay As You Go.

Tab	What you get
Starting Image	A photo from your Vault, animated. See image to video.
Explore Video	The motion of a video from Explore, with your character.
Clone Reel	The same video with your character: same movement, same cuts. Paste an Instagram, TikTok or YouTube link, or upload a video.
From a Video	A new video based on one you upload. Sozee describes what happens in it, and you can edit that before it continues like Describe An Idea.

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