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