Video Prompts
Prompts for scripts, shot lists, and AI video generation. Plan a clip end to end before you spend credits on renders.
You are a screenwriter known for sharp dialogue. Write a two-character scene. Character A: {{character_a}} Character B: {{character_b}} What they want from each other: {{conflict}}...
You are an art director defining a video aesthetic for Runway. Target look: {{look}} Subject of the clip: {{subject}} Write a prompt that locks the aesthetic: color palette, contra...
You are an aerial cinematographer writing a drone shot prompt. Subject below: {{subject}} Landscape: {{landscape}} Goal of the shot: {{goal}} Describe the move precisely: starting...
You are a short-form video specialist writing for a 9:16 vertical feed. Topic: {{topic}} Goal (views, follows, saves): {{goal}} Length: {{length}} seconds Write the script with a 1...
You are a first assistant director building a shot list from a script. Script: {{script}} Break it into numbered shots. For each: shot number, scene, shot size, angle, camera movem...
You are a motion designer creating a seamless looping video in Kling. Subject and scene: {{scene}} Loop feel: {{feel}} Write a prompt for a clip designed to loop: the motion must b...
You are a trailer editor and copywriter. Project: {{project}} Genre: {{genre}} Key selling points: {{selling_points}} Write a trailer script in three rising movements: the calm set...
You are a colorist writing a grade brief. Footage or scene: {{scene}} Emotional target: {{emotion}} Reference palette: {{palette}} Describe the grade: overall contrast and exposure...
You are a camera operator translating real rig moves into video model prompts. Rig or move I want: {{rig_move}} Subject: {{subject}} Scene: {{scene}} Explain how that rig move actu...
You are a music video director writing a treatment. Track mood and genre: {{track_mood}} Tempo feel: {{tempo}} Artist vibe: {{artist}} Write a treatment with: a one-line creative c...
You are a cinematographer writing a Sora prompt for a light transition within one continuous shot. Scene: {{scene}} Light goes from: {{from_light}} Light ends at: {{to_light}} Writ...
You are a voiceover scriptwriter. Video subject: {{subject}} Narrator persona: {{persona}} Target read time: {{read_time}} Write narration written for the ear: short sentences, nat...
You are an action director designing a sequence. Action premise: {{premise}} Location and obstacles: {{location}} Stakes: {{stakes}} Break it into clear beats. For each beat: what...
You are a video editor writing a continuation prompt to extend an existing clip in Runway. What the existing clip shows at its final frame: {{last_frame}} What should happen next:...
You are a cinematographer writing a first-person POV shot. Whose POV: {{character}} What they are doing: {{action}} Setting: {{setting}} Write a prompt for a head-mounted POV: desc...
You are a content director setting up a talking-head shot. Speaker and topic: {{speaker}} Brand or vibe: {{vibe}} Where it will be shot: {{location}} Specify: framing (shot size, h...
You are an editor brainstorming transitions between two scenes. Scene A ends with: {{scene_a_end}} Scene B opens with: {{scene_b_start}} Tone of the piece: {{tone}} Propose 6 disti...
You are a high-speed cinematographer writing a slow-motion prompt for Kling. Action to slow: {{action}} What detail to reveal: {{detail}} Write a prompt that sells slow motion: emp...
You are a documentary director preparing interview questions. Subject of the film: {{subject}} Interviewee role: {{interviewee}} Story we are telling: {{story}} Write 12 open quest...
You are a crowd director writing a Sora prompt for a populated scene. Setting and event: {{setting}} Crowd mood: {{mood}} Time of day: {{time}} Write a prompt that produces a belie...
You are a video opener specialist. Video topic: {{topic}} Audience: {{audience}} Promise of the video: {{promise}} Write 3 distinct cold-open hooks, each 1 to 2 sentences of VO plu...
You are a macro cinematographer writing an extreme close-up prompt. Subject: {{subject}} Texture to feature: {{texture}} Write a prompt for an extreme macro shot: razor-thin depth...
You are a previz artist converting storyboard panels into generation-ready video prompts. Panels (one per line): {{panels}} Target model: {{model}} Shared style for the whole seque...
You are a tutorial producer scripting a screen-recording walkthrough. Tool or task: {{task}} Viewer skill level: {{level}} Outcome they will achieve: {{outcome}} Write a step-by-st...
You are an atmospheric effects cinematographer writing a Runway prompt. Base shot: {{base_shot}} Weather to add: {{weather}} Write a prompt that integrates the weather realisticall...
You are a director staging a character's first appearance. Character: {{character}} What we should instantly understand about them: {{impression}} Setting: {{setting}} Design the i...
You are a UGC creator scripting an authentic-feeling video ad. Product: {{product}} Real problem it solves: {{problem}} Platform: {{platform}} Write a selfie-style, hand-held scrip...
You are a director planning a continuous one-take oner for Sora. Journey of the shot: {{journey}} Setting: {{setting}} Action along the way: {{action}} Write a prompt for a single...
You are an editor planning reaction and cutaway coverage for a scene. Scene summary: {{scene}} Main emotional beats: {{beats}} List the reaction shots and cutaways to capture: for...
You are a creature animator writing a Kling prompt. Creature concept: {{creature}} Action it performs: {{action}} Environment: {{environment}} Write a prompt that grounds the creat...
You are an editor mapping a montage to music. Music energy across the track: {{energy_map}} Footage available or planned: {{footage}} Total length: {{length}} Build a beat map: div...
You are a product cinematographer writing a Runway prompt. Product: {{product}} Surface and backdrop: {{backdrop}} Mood: {{mood}} Write a prompt for a clean product shot: a slow sm...
You are a director blocking a scene. Scene: {{scene}} Number of characters: {{characters}} Space layout: {{space}} Write a blocking plan: where each character starts, how and when...
You are an experimental filmmaker writing a Sora prompt for a surreal sequence. Dream theme: {{theme}} Emotional undertone: {{undertone}} Write a prompt for a surreal but coherent...
You are a cinematographer planning shot-reverse-shot coverage for a dialogue. Two characters: {{characters}} Scene tone: {{tone}} Setting: {{setting}} Plan the coverage: a master w...
You are a generative video prompt engineer debugging a failing prompt. My current prompt: {{current_prompt}} What I wanted: {{intended}} What I got instead: {{actual}} Model used:...
You are a time-lapse cinematographer writing a prompt. Subject of the time-lapse: {{subject}} What changes over time: {{change}} Write a prompt for an accelerated time-lapse: descr...
You are a brand filmmaker writing a corporate brand video script. Company: {{company}} What they actually want viewers to feel: {{feeling}} Key message: {{message}} Length: {{lengt...
You are a generative video specialist solving the broken-text problem. Scene: {{scene}} The text that must be readable: {{text}} Where it appears: {{placement}} Write a prompt that...
You are a one-person production team preparing a complete scene package. Scene concept: {{concept}} Mood: {{mood}} Target final length: {{length}} Deliver a full pack: 1. A 3 to 6...
You are a macro cinematographer writing a single AI video generation prompt. Subject reflected/refracted: {{subject}} Surface: {{surface}} Mood: {{mood}} Write ONE dense paragraph...
Act as a director designing an impossible oner (single unbroken take). Setting: a house where each room is {{theme_per_room}} Camera character: {{camera_style}} Describe one contin...
You write AI video prompts for ecommerce hero clips. Product: {{product}} Liquid: {{liquid}} Background color: {{bg_color}} Write ONE prompt for a seamless 4-second loop: {{product...
Direct a bullet-time frozen-moment shot. Frozen action: {{action}} Environment: {{environment}} Number of orbit degrees: {{orbit_degrees}} Describe ONE 6-second shot where {{action...
You write tilt-shift miniature video prompts. Scene: {{scene}} Time of day shift: {{time_shift}} Write ONE prompt for a 7-second high-angle tilt-shift timelapse of {{scene}} that m...
Act as an FPV drone pilot scripting one continuous flight for AI video. Location: {{location}} Gap to thread: {{gap}} Ending beat: {{ending}} Describe ONE 6-second FPV move: a fast...
You generate character turnaround video prompts. Character: {{character}} Outfit/details: {{details}} Write ONE prompt for a 6-second slow full 360 turnaround of {{character}} on a...
Direct a single-shot morph transition for AI video. Start object: {{object_a}} End object: {{object_b}} Shared visual link: {{shared_trait}} Describe ONE 5-second clip where {{obje...
You write underwater cinematography prompts. Subject: {{subject}} Depth/light mood: {{mood}} Write ONE 7-second prompt: the camera drifts slowly through deep water toward {{subject...
You are a storyboard artist and ad director. Product/idea: {{product}} Core message: {{message}} Target viewer: {{audience}} Build a six-panel storyboard for a 30-second ad. For EA...