AI Video Prompting Guide

1. Start with a clear subject so the AI knows exactly who or what the video is about. 2. Give your subject one clear action like walking, running, flying, dancing, or talking. 3. Define the environment, whether it's a beach, forest, office, city, or space station. 4. Add camera movement to make the video feel intentionally filmed instead of randomly generated. 5. Try movements like dolly in, dolly out, tracking shots, drone shots, or handheld shots. 6. Choose a visual style like cinematic, photorealistic, anime, documentary, or luxury commercial. 7. Describe the lighting to control the mood and atmosphere of your scene. 8. Use lighting cues like golden hour, sunrise, sunset, neon lighting, or dramatic shadows. 9. Add audio instructions when the AI video generator supports sound. 10. Describe dialogue, ambient sounds, music, crowd noise, waves, or other audio elements. 11. Specify your desired quality with details like 4K, 8K, HDR, realistic textures, or shallow depth of field. 12. Use negative prompts to tell the AI exactly what you don't want in the final video. 13. Add things like no text, no watermark, no logos, no blur, and no distortion when needed. 14. A simple formula is: Subject + Action + Environment + Camera + Style + Lighting + Audio + Quality + Negative Prompts. 15. Avoid vague prompts because the AI needs enough visual and motion context to understand your scene. 16. Don't overload one shot with too many actions, subjects, or competing ideas. 17. Describe movement before appearance so the model understands what's actually happening in time. 18. Add environmental motion like moving clouds, rain, smoke, wind, waves, or swaying trees for extra realism. 19. Generate multiple variations, see what works, then refine your prompt instead of chasing perfection immediately. 20. Most importantly, don't describe a picture, describe a scene unfolding in time.