Creating video with AI — Resources
The most essential rules for writing prompts for quality video, on a single page: structure, camera, shot, duration and models. Save it or print it.
AI video — prompt rules
1Video-prompt structure
- Scene — place, object, atmosphere
- Motion — what happens
- Camera — how it is shot
- Style — mood and quality
2Camera movement
- pan — turn to the side
- zoom in/out — closer/farther
- dolly — the camera slides forward
- tracking — following the object
3Shot types
- wide shot — general plan
- close-up — a close plan
- aerial / drone — from above
- POV — the first person's eye
4Duration and pace
- Many models — 3–10 seconds
- slow motion — slow speed
- timelapse — sped up
- One scene — one motion
5Style and atmosphere
- cinematic, realistic, anime
- golden hour, neon, foggy
- vintage, film grain
- State the color palette
6Popular models
- Sora (OpenAI) — long, quality
- Runway — editing + generation
- Kling, Veo (Google)
- Pika — fast and simple
7Consistency
- One character — the same description
- Attach a reference image/frame
- Split scenes into short pieces
- Then join them by editing
8Typical mistakes
- Too complex a motion — it breaks
- Many events in one frame — confusion
- A long scene — consistency is lost
- Retry the result and pick the best