Cinematic AI Video Prompts: The Director's Brief Method
By PromptWise Team
Most AI video prompts read like a caption: “a woman walking through a rainy city at night”. The model does its best, and you get a clip that moves but doesn’t feel like film. The camera drifts for no reason, the light is flat and nothing happens in the order you imagined.
Cinematic results come from writing prompts the same way a director briefs a camera crew before a shoot. You decide the shot size, how the camera moves and what the subject does and when. You also decide where the light comes from and how the frame should feel. This guide gives you a repeatable structure for that, which we call the director’s brief, along with the camera, lighting and timing vocabulary that changes results. There are also model-by-model tips and more than 20 cinematic prompts to copy and adapt.
This technique works with all the current video models. So you can test this with Seedance 2.5, Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1 and all the other video models in PromptWise using the same prompt.
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The director’s brief in one line
Structure every video prompt like a shot description. For each shot, list in this order:
Shot size and angle → Camera movement → Subject and action → Environment → Lighting → Colour and texture → Mood and pace → Sound (if the model generates audio)
Weak prompt:
a woman turning around in a rainy city
Director’s brief:
Medium close-up at eye level. Slow dolly-in on a woman in a dark raincoat as she turns her head towards camera. Narrow alley in Tokyo at night, rain falling, wet cobbles reflecting the signs. Pink and cyan neon from overhead signage as the key light, soft spill on her face. Teal and magenta grade, fine film grain, anamorphic lens flare. Quiet, tense mood, slow pace. Sound of rain on awnings and distant traffic.
The second prompt gives the model a shot to film, not a scene to figure out. It tells the model where the shot starts, which way the camera travels, what the subject does, what lights her and how it should feel. Leave all of these decisions to the model’s defaults and the output looks like generic AI video.
Why AI video prompts fail
Video prompts fail for the same reasons image prompts do, plus a few that only exist once things move. If you haven’t read our guide to AI image prompts that actually work, the core idea carries over: describe decisions, not adjectives.
The first video-specific problem is missing camera direction. If you don’t say how the camera moves, the model picks something, often a slow random drift that makes a clip feel unplanned. The second is missing timing. A clip has a beginning, a middle and an end, and a prompt that only describes a static scene leaves the model to invent what happens. The third is asking for too much. Several actions, a camera move, a lighting change and a cut, all in a few seconds, is more than most models can deliver cleanly.
The fix for all three of these video problems is the same: one shot, one main camera move, one main action described in the order that it occurs.
The director’s brief, part by part
| Part | What you’re deciding | How we’d word it |
|---|---|---|
| Shot size and angle | How close, and from how high | ”wide shot from a low angle” |
| Camera movement | One main move. How fast, which way | ”slow push-in”, “steady tracking shot moving left” |
| Subject and action | Who, doing what, in what order | ”a cyclist rides into frame, stops and looks up” |
| Environment | Where, when, what the weather’s doing, what’s going on behind | ”empty coastal road at dawn, mist over the sea” |
| Lighting | Where it comes from, which way, hard or soft | ”low sun behind the subject, warm rim light” |
| Colour and texture | The grade, the film look, the lens character | ”muted greens, soft halation, 35mm film grain” |
| Mood and pace | How it feels and how fast it moves | ”calm, unhurried” |
| Sound | Ambience, effects, any dialogue, music | ”waves, gulls, wind on the microphone” |
Shot size: how close are we?
The shot size is the first decision the director makes and from then on everything flows from it. Use the standard terminology for shot sizes, which the models have learned from film and television.
| Shot size | What’s in frame | Reach for it when |
|---|---|---|
| Extreme wide shot | A tiny person in a huge place | You need to show where we are, and how big it is |
| Wide shot | Head to toe, plus the surroundings | Action, journeys, landscapes |
| Medium shot | Waist up | Conversations, presenting, everyday stuff |
| Medium close-up | Chest up | Emotion, but with a bit of context |
| Close-up | A face (or an object) fills the frame | Reactions, product hero shots |
| Extreme close-up | Just one detail: an eye, a texture | Tension, beauty, product detail |
| Over-the-shoulder | Past one person, onto another | Dialogue scenes |
| Point of view | What the character sees | Immersion, first-person ads |
Height can also give some indication of the type of shot that you are describing. A low angle shot makes the subject look powerful. A high angle shot makes the subject look small. An eye level shot is a neutral or honest shot of the subject. Refer to the angle in your description of the shot first.
Camera movement is the biggest lever
Camera movement is more important to describe than the rest of the scene. Stick to one main movement within a shot and be precise about its speed and direction.
| Movement | What it does | How we’d write it |
|---|---|---|
| Dolly in / push-in | Pulls you closer; good for tension | ”slow dolly-in towards her face” |
| Dolly out / pull-back | Shows where they are, or how alone | ”slow pull-back revealing the empty stadium” |
| Tracking shot | Runs alongside them | ”steady tracking shot moving left with the runner” |
| Following shot | Sits behind them as they go | ”smooth Steadicam following him through the crowd” |
| Crane up / crane down | Rises or drops; great for scale | ”crane rising from the street to rooftop level” |
| Orbit / arc | Circles round the subject | ”slow 90-degree orbit around the dancer” |
| Pan | Turns on the spot, left or right | ”slow pan right across the harbour” |
| Tilt | Turns on the spot, up or down | ”tilt up from his boots to his face” |
| Handheld | A bit of wobble; feels real | ”handheld with subtle natural movement” |
| Locked-off | Doesn’t move. At all. | ”static locked-off tripod shot” |
| Drone / aerial | High and floaty | ”aerial drone shot gliding over the forest canopy” |
| Rack focus | Focus jumps from near to far (or back) | “rack focus from the glass in the foreground to her face” |
“Zoom in” is one of the most common words used in video prompt work and it is perhaps one of the least useful. A zoom is a change in focal length. A dolly-in or push-in shot where the camera is physically moving towards something is a completely different looking shot. Note the speed of the dolly-in or push-in shot as well.
Static shots are often overlooked. A static shot of a lot of action in the frame can look really filmic. Lock off the camera for these sorts of shots and say in the prompt that the subject’s action is why you’ve shot it this way.
Lenses, focus and depth of field
As with photography, the same ‘lens language’ applies to video shots. Wide angle lenses shot close up to subjects exaggerate motion and depth, which is ideal for very fast, action-based shots. Shooting with a long lens from far away compresses the background, which in turn makes the subject’s approach to camera seem to slow down, ideal for drama/romance style shots.
When specifying lenses for shots, use the same vocabulary as for stills: “24mm wide angle lens shot with subject close to the lens”, “shot with 50mm lens for natural perspective”, “shot with 85mm lens for shallow depth of field”, “shot with long telephoto lens to compress street behind her”, “anamorphic lens with oval bokeh and horizontal flares”. The mention of anamorphic lenses immediately conveys a feature-film look, especially when shot in a widescreen ratio.
As for the sense of depth in a clip, it can be created by focusing on specific objects in the scene. “Shallow depth of field, background softly blurred” creates a strong sense of separation between the subject and the background of a complex shot. “Deep focus, everything sharp” is perfect for shots of landscapes or wide interior spaces. A rack focus between two points of interest within a shot creates a strong narrative push within a short clip, without the need to physically move the camera.
Lighting for cinematic video
Light is what makes footage look expensive. Where is the light coming from? Is it hard or soft? Does it change during the shot? Motivated lighting, where every light has a visible or obvious source, is the habit that makes AI footage feel real.
| Lighting phrase | The look | Works for |
|---|---|---|
| Single soft source from a window | Quiet, natural, a bit painterly | Drama, interviews, interiors |
| Low sun backlight at golden hour | Warm glow, rim light, haze | Romance, lifestyle, travel |
| Overcast diffused daylight | Soft and even; no hard shadows | Documentary, fashion |
| Hard top light | Eyes go dark. Tense | Thrillers, interrogation scenes |
| Neon practicals | Puddles of coloured light | Night city, music videos |
| Firelight or candlelight flicker | Warm light that moves | Period drama, intimate scenes |
| Car headlights or torch beams | Hard, directional, dramatic | Night exteriors, suspense |
| Blue hour ambient | Cool and calm, a little sad | Endings, establishing shots |
| Volumetric light through haze | You can see the beams | Forests, churches, warehouses |
| High-key studio light | Bright and clean, hardly any shadow | Product films, beauty ads |
The changes in light within a shot should also be detailed within the timeline. A passing train can create flickering light on a subject’s face while a parting of clouds can bring sunlight to a field.
Colour, texture and film looks
You can also use the colour grading of your footage to describe how the finished film should look. This could be a “teal and orange” look or a “muted pastel” palette and so on. Try to keep this to one idea per clip.
Film texture is important to replicate so that the footage doesn’t look like it has been rendered by AI. “Fine 35mm film grain”, “soft halation around highlights”, “slight gate weave”, “16mm documentary texture” and “1980s VHS camcorder look” are all examples of film texture that have strong visual meaning. Often models will recognise film stock references such as “Kodak Vision3 500T tungsten stock” as shorthand for warm, grainy night footage.
Rather than naming living cinematographers in your prompts, use the same look descriptions that you like in feature films: naturalistic single-source light with long takes and muted, earthy colours; or highly symmetrical compositions with a pastel palette and flat front lighting. It respects the cinematographers and their work, and descriptions travel so much better than names between models.
Aspect ratio sets the frame
When prompting video models it’s also important to select the correct aspect ratio prior to generating. This will ensure that the model has composed the shot to the correct ratio as opposed to simply cropping it down to size later.
| Aspect ratio | How it feels | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| 2.39:1 | Widescreen, like a feature film | Cinematic trailers, short films |
| 16:9 | Standard video | YouTube, websites, presentations |
| 9:16 | Vertical; fills a phone | TikTok, Reels, Shorts, Stories ads |
| 4:5 | Tall, for the feed | Social feed ads |
| 1:1 | Square | Product showcases, carousels |
| 4:3 | Retro, close, a bit intimate | Indie, archival or nostalgic looks |
When writing a shot for vertical video, write it for the frame. So if you are shooting vertical video write your shot up for a portrait orientated frame. Shot sizes for vertical video should be closer than for landscape, and favour shots that have a lot of vertical movement i.e. tilt and crane.
Describe the timeline: beginning, middle, end
Even the shortest shot has a beginning, middle and end, so write the shot out in the order that the action occurs in the tiny story you are trying to tell.
Opens on a wide shot of an empty desert highway at sunrise. A vintage red convertible enters frame from the left, driving slowly. The camera tracks with the car in a smooth lateral move. As the car passes, the camera tilts up to reveal a mountain range glowing in the low sun. Warm, dusty palette, 35mm film grain, calm and expansive mood.
We can make these elements even more specific by including indicators for time. This might be as simple as “At the start…”, “halfway through…”, “and in the final moment…”. But there are also more numerical ways of specifying these elements. For example, “0–2s”, “2–4s”, “4–6s” etc. Ideally we would keep the number of beats to three or less for a short clip.
Only change the camera move mid-shot if you specifically asked for a compound move in the prompt. “Push-in, then orbit, then crane up” within a single short shot is a very confused looking shot. Generate separate shots for each move and then simply cut them together in your editor.
Motion, physics and performance
When describing the way things are moving in a shot, describe not only that something is moving but also its speed, weight and even texture. “He walks” is not very descriptive. “He walks slowly with heavy steps, shoulders hunched against the wind” is. “Her hair moves” is also not very descriptive. “Her hair lifts and settles in a light sea breeze” is.
For a shot of people, describe a single action and the emotions of that action. As an example of the former, the model’s work will benefit from the following for a short shot: “She looks up from the letter she has been reading, pauses for a beat, then smiles slightly”. For a longer shot, avoid listing out too many actions for the characters, as the model will struggle to deliver natural performances of very long sequences of behaviour. The faces and hands are by far the hardest parts of the human form to model well. Keep the tasks for these simple and natural.
For physical effects (e.g. water, smoke, fire, fabric, dust etc.), outline the cause of the effect and then describe the behaviour in detail. For example: “Waves break against rocks and spray drifts back towards the camera” or “Gusts of wind lift up dust from the road in long sheets”. Slow motion can be used to help make splashes, hair and fabric look deliberate. (“Shot at high frame rate, slow motion”).
Prompting for sound
Some of the video models that are currently available also now generate audio. So for example with the Veo 3.1 video model, native audio is now available also, which can include the space ambience, sound effects and even speech. So then at the end of your brief you can simply add a short sound line to that also.
Keep your dialogue short and include it within quotation marks. For example: The barista says, “Your usual?” Describe the space in your prompt as well. For example: “small café ambience, cups clinking, low chatter in the background”. The sound of a space is a large part of what makes a shot feel real.
If your chosen video model does not create audio, or you want more control over the sound, you can use PromptWise audio models. This includes the ElevenLabs Sound Effects audio model for sound effects and ambience, the ElevenLabs Multilingual V2 and ElevenLabs Turbo V2.5 audio models for voice work, the CassetteAI Music audio model for music, and the Seed Audio 1.0 audio models for music, speech and sound effects. The sound design of your shots makes up a large portion of their overall cinematic feel.
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Model-by-model prompting tips
Each video model in PromptWise reads prompts a little differently. Note that the following is based on how the models are positioned and how we prompt them. It is not based on benchmark testing. The most reliable method for choosing a model is to run a single director’s brief on 3-4 models and compare the results.
| PromptWise video model | We’d try it for | How to prompt it |
|---|---|---|
| Seedance 2.5 | Cinematic shots, scenes with a few beats, ads | Full director’s brief, in order. Keep the beats simple. |
| Seedance 2.0 / Seedance 2.0 Fast / Seedance 2.0 Mini | Trying ideas out, variations | Draft on a lighter version, then run the winner on Seedance 2.5. |
| Seedance 1.5 Pro | A different take on the same shot | Don’t change the prompt, so the comparison’s fair. |
| Kling 3.0 | People, faces, natural motion | One clear action and one emotion for the subject. |
| Kling 3.0 Turbo | Quicker rounds on Kling-style shots | Early rounds, before the final run. |
| Kling 3.0 Motion Control | Directing movement precisely | Describe the motion you want in exact terms. |
| Kling Omni / Kling 2.5 Turbo | Other Kling takes | Put them against Kling 3.0 on the same brief. |
| Veo 3.1 Quality | Hero shots with native audio | Add a sound line: ambience, effects, short dialogue. |
| Veo 3.1 Fast / Veo 3.1 Lite | Drafting Veo shots | Sort out framing and timing before a Quality run. |
| Hailuo 2.3 Pro / MiniMax H3 | Expressive motion, stylised scenes | Spell out how fast and how heavy the movement is. |
| Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 / Gemini Omni Flash | Quick takes, alternatives | Treat it as a second reading of the same brief. |
| Grok | Different interpretations | Run it next to your main model on the same prompt. |
| Flux 3 Video / LTX | Exploring looks, short tests | One shot, one move per prompt. |
Seedance 2.5
The model we’d start with for the majority of cinematic briefs is Seedance 2.5, and every PromptWise plan includes full access to it. Give Seedance 2.5 a full director’s brief, including shot size, one camera movement, action, location, lighting and colour for the shot. A brief should consist of 2-3 beats, or moments of action unfolding in front of the camera. Multi-shot sequences are best written as individual shots, each described in a short paragraph as opposed to one long sentence.
Kling 3.0
Kling 3.0 is a strong choice for shots with people in them, e.g. a person walking, dancing, talking, reacting etc. Describe the main action of the shot, then the emotion of the shot and the speed of the action. For more precise control of motion, use Kling 3.0 Motion Control and describe the motion you require in exact detail. Use Kling 3.0 Turbo to quickly create a rough version of a shot in order to test the framing before creating the fully detailed version.
Veo 3.1
Veo 3.1 generates native audio, so it’s the natural choice when sound matters to the shot. Add a sound line at the end of your brief with the ambience, key effects and any short dialogue in quotation marks. A sensible workflow is to test framing and timing on Veo 3.1 Fast or Veo 3.1 Lite, then run the final prompt on Veo 3.1 Quality. Each tier’s credit cost is shown in the app.
Copy-paste cinematic AI video prompts
These prompts follow the director’s brief. Change the subject and setting, keep the same structure, and you’ll have a good first draft for most briefs.
Drama and short film
Medium close-up at eye level. Locked-off shot of an elderly man sitting alone at a kitchen table at night, slowly turning a wedding ring on his finger. A single pendant lamp above him is the only light, hard and warm, the rest of the room falling into darkness. Muted brown and amber palette, fine 35mm film grain. Quiet, heavy mood. Sound: a ticking clock, distant rain.
Wide shot, low angle. Slow push-in on a teenage girl standing at the edge of a frozen lake at dusk, breath visible in the cold air. She takes one careful step onto the ice. Blue hour light, soft pink on the horizon, deep blue shadows. Desaturated cold palette, anamorphic lens. Tense, hushed mood.
Over-the-shoulder shot from behind a detective as she reads a note under a car’s interior light, rain streaming down the windscreen. Rack focus from the raindrops on the glass to the handwriting on the note. Cool green street light outside, warm interior light. Noir mood, slow pace.
Action and energy
Low-angle tracking shot moving left alongside a sprinter exploding out of the blocks on a wet track at night. Stadium floodlights behind, rim lighting the spray kicked up by her spikes. Shot at high frame rate in slow motion. High contrast, cool blue and white palette, sharp detail. Intense, focused mood. Sound: a starting pistol, a roar of crowd, heavy breathing.
Handheld following shot behind a cyclist weaving through a crowded street market, camera close to the rear wheel. Midday sun with hard shadows under the awnings. Saturated colours, 24mm wide lens, slight motion blur. Fast, chaotic, joyful mood.
Aerial drone shot gliding low over a winding mountain road as a single motorbike leans through a hairpin bend. Golden hour sun from the side, long shadows across the slopes. Warm, rich palette, crisp detail. Expansive, adventurous mood.
Atmosphere and establishing shots
Extreme wide shot. Slow crane rising from a misty pine forest floor to reveal a lone cabin with smoke curling from the chimney at dawn. Volumetric light beams through the trees. Muted greens and soft greys, gentle film halation. Calm, isolated mood. Sound: birdsong, wind in the pines.
Locked-off wide shot of a neon-lit ramen bar on a quiet Tokyo side street at night, steam drifting out of the door, rain falling softly. A figure under an umbrella walks past from right to left. Pink and cyan neon, wet asphalt reflections. Teal and magenta grade, 2.39:1 widescreen. Melancholy, peaceful mood.
Slow pan right across a fishing harbour at blue hour as boat lights switch on one by one. Calm water reflecting the lights. Cool blue palette with warm points of light. Still, reflective mood. Sound: lapping water, a distant engine, gulls.
Product and advertising
Close-up product shot. Slow 90-degree orbit around a glass perfume bottle standing on wet black stone, droplets running down the glass. A single soft light from behind makes the liquid glow amber. Fine mist drifting through the frame. Deep black and amber palette, very shallow depth of field. Luxurious, slow mood.
Overhead locked-off shot of a barista’s hands pouring steamed milk into an espresso, forming a heart in the foam. Soft window light from the left. Warm brown and cream palette, 100mm macro detail. Satisfying, calm mood. Sound: milk pouring, quiet café ambience.
Medium shot, vertical 9:16. A woman in her twenties holds a running shoe up to the camera in a bright apartment, turns it to show the sole, then puts it on and smiles. Natural daylight from a large window, slightly handheld smartphone look. Casual, authentic UGC style. Sound: she says, “These are the ones.”
Music video and stylised
Medium shot. Slow dolly-out from a singer standing in a dark warehouse as a ring of red practical lights switches on around her. Haze in the air catching the beams. Deep red and black palette, anamorphic flares. Dramatic, building mood.
Wide shot, static. A dancer in a white dress spins in the centre of an empty swimming pool, her skirt flaring out in slow motion. Hard overhead sun, crisp shadows on the tiles. Pastel blue and white palette, symmetrical framing. Dreamlike mood.
1980s VHS camcorder look. Handheld point-of-view shot walking into a roller rink, coloured lights sweeping across the floor, skaters circling. Soft focus, colour bleed, scan lines. Nostalgic, playful mood. Sound: muffled disco music, wheels on wood.
Nature and documentary
Extreme close-up with a 100mm macro lens. A bee lands on a lavender flower and crawls across the petals, pollen visible on its legs. Soft morning sun from behind, background melting into purple blur. Gentle, natural mood. Sound: buzzing, a light breeze.
Wide shot, locked-off. Waves crash against black volcanic rocks at sunset, spray drifting back towards the camera in slow motion. Warm orange sky, cool blue water. Powerful, elemental mood. Sound: heavy surf, wind.
The image-to-video workflow
Starting from a still image is the most controllable way to produce cinematic AI videos. You set up the composition, the lighting and the colours of the first frame as an image, and then you can animate this image as a video by specifying a video prompt that contains the description of the camera movements and the actions.
- Generate the hero still with an image model such as Nano Banana Pro, Seedream 5.0 Pro or Realism Pro (Soul 2). Use the image prompting method from our AI image prompts guide.
- Animate it with a video model such as Seedance 2.5, Kling 3.0 or Veo 3.1. Describe the camera move, the action and the timing, not the whole scene again.
- Generate a few variations and pick the take with the best motion.
- Add sound with native audio from Veo 3.1 or with the ElevenLabs, CassetteAI and Seed Audio models.
- Edit and grade the shots together in your editor of choice.
For product films, the same idea applies. Generate a clean product still first, as covered in our guide to AI product photography, and then animate it with a slow orbit or push-in.
In PromptWise, Flows lets you chain together a prompt to still image to video on one canvas. That means you can reuse the same chain to create lots of different versions of shots of the same person, instead of having to start from scratch and rewrite the whole prompt each time.
Keeping characters and style consistent across shots
A single good clip is often relatively easy to write. A sequence of shots of the same person is often more difficult to write, as much of the information needs to be repeated for each shot. In order to write a sequence of shots, write a fixed character description including information such as the character’s age, hair colour, clothes, etc. including one distinctive characteristic. Then use this description word for word in each prompt and also reuse the same information for the lighting and grade lines between prompts. You will only need to vary the shot information, camera information and action for each shot.
The most reliable way to shoot a recurring character is to generate them once as a still and use that as the starting frame or reference for every subsequent video shot. For recurring characters across multiple posts and ads, PromptWise’s Influencer Studio is designed for creating consistent on-screen characters.
Troubleshooting cinematic AI video
| Problem | Probably because | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Camera drifts about randomly | The prompt never said how it moves | Name one move, its speed and direction (or say “locked-off”) |
| Clip feels static and dull | Nothing actually happens | Add a beat: an action, a light change, a reveal |
| Movement looks rushed | Too much going on for the length | Cut to one main action, or split it into two shots |
| Faces or hands look wrong | Fiddly gestures, faces too small | Get closer and simplify the action |
| Looks like a video game | No film texture, no motivated light | Add film grain, a lens and a light source |
| Style changes between shots | You worded it differently each time | Reuse the same lighting and grade lines word for word |
| Dialogue doesn’t sync | The line’s too long | Keep spoken lines short and in quotation marks |
| Vertical clip feels cramped | A wide shot squeezed into 9:16 | Closer shot sizes, vertical moves |
Make the most of your credits
Video costs more credits than images, so plan your rounds. Draft on lighter or faster models, such as Veo 3.1 Fast, Veo 3.1 Lite, Kling 3.0 Turbo or Seedance 2.0 Fast, and only run the final prompt on the heavier model. Generate stills first to lock the composition before you spend video credits, then animate the best frame. Every model’s credit cost is shown in the app and on the models and pricing page.
Every PromptWise plan includes all image, video and audio models. Starter is $19/month with 275 credits, Plus is $39/month with 800 credits, Pro is $79/month with 1,800 credits and Max is $149/month with 3,800 credits. Higher plans also let you run more generations in parallel, which helps when you’re comparing several models on the same brief. If a generation fails, its credits are refunded automatically.
For a list of habits that waste credits, read 5 AI prompt mistakes killing your results.
Frequently asked questions
What makes an AI video prompt cinematic?
This includes specific camera directions, motivated lighting and a clear sequence of events. List the shot size, one camera move, the subject’s actions and the order in which they occur. Describe the light source and the colour grade. Also include any film texture such as grain and lens character.
How long should a video prompt be?
The word count should be roughly between 50 and 100 words, providing sufficient detail for the model to grasp the director’s vision yet keeping the focus on the core elements, shot size and camera movement.
Which AI video model is best for cinematic shots?
It depends on the shot. For very cinematic shots Seedance 2.5 is a good place to start. For people and natural motion, Kling 3.0 is a good choice. For native audio, the natural choice is to go with Veo 3.1. The best way to find out is to run a single prompt through all of them and compare in one PromptWise workspace.
Should I start from text or from an image?
You can set up the frame for the most control by starting from an image and then generating the animation with a video prompt. If you’re only looking to explore ideas and test out different scenarios quickly, text-only prompts are the way to go.
How do I add sound to AI video?
To add audio, use a model that generates audio (like Veo 3.1) and add a sound line to your prompt, or generate sound separately using the audio models available in PromptWise (such as ElevenLabs Sound Effects, ElevenLabs Multilingual V2, CassetteAI Music, and Seed Audio 1.0), and then combine them in your editing software of choice.
Do I own the videos I make?
All generated content within PromptWise is covered under a full commercial AI licence. This means you can use your cinematic AI video in commercials, feature films and all social media platforms.
Can I try PromptWise before I pay?
Yes. Every plan starts with a 7-day trial with 50 credits. A card is required when you sign up, and you can cancel anytime. After the trial, plans start at $19/month.
Start directing, not describing
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