AI Video Prompts
Thirty copy-paste prompts for Sora, Runway, Veo, Kling, Pika and Luma: every one specifies scene, motion, camera move, lighting and pacing so you get usable footage on the first try.
In short: This page contains 30 copy-paste ready prompts, organized into 6 categories with a description and pro tip for each. The first 5 prompts are free instantly, no signup needed. Drafted with AI writing assistance and checked against our editorial policy.
Cinematic Scenes
5 promptsGolden-Hour Coastal Drone Shot
1/30✨ What it does
This prompt writes a golden-hour drone shot that glides over turquoise waves toward a cliff and tilts up to a lighthouse. Paste it into your video tool and generate until the sea mist looks real.
Cinematic aerial drone shot flying low over crashing turquoise waves toward a rugged cliffside at golden hour. Camera glides forward and slowly tilts up to reveal a lone lighthouse silhouetted against a warm orange sky. Soft volumetric sunlight, lens flare, gentle sea mist. Shot on anamorphic lens, shallow depth of field, 24fps, color-graded like a Denis Villeneuve film. Slow, steady pacing.
Pro tip: Swap the lighthouse and time of day to instantly reskin the same camera move for a new mood.
Rainy Neon City Tracking Shot
2/30✨ What it does
This prompt describes a slow tracking shot of a woman in a raincoat walking a neon Tokyo alley, rain streaking across wet pavement. Run it in your generator and keep the take with the best reflections.
A slow tracking shot following a woman in a translucent raincoat walking through a neon-lit Tokyo alley at night. Reflections of pink and cyan signage shimmer in the wet pavement. Camera tracks behind her at walking pace, slight handheld sway. Rain falls in sharp streaks lit by the signs. Moody cyberpunk atmosphere, deep shadows, 35mm look, cinematic teal-and-magenta grade.
Pro tip: Increase the rain intensity and add steam vents for a grittier, denser atmosphere.
Epic Mountain Reveal Crane Shot
3/30✨ What it does
This prompt builds a crane shot that starts on a hiker's boots in snow, then pulls back to a vast mountain range. Generate the reveal in your tool and keep the slowest, most majestic pullback.
A crane shot that begins tight on a hiker's boots crunching through fresh snow, then rises and pulls back dramatically to reveal a vast snow-capped mountain range under a dramatic cloudy sky. Cold blue morning light, faint sun breaking through clouds, drifting snow particles. Epic scale, slow and majestic camera motion, cinematic 2.39:1 aspect ratio, orchestral-trailer feel.
Pro tip: Start the camera even tighter: on an eye or a single object: for a stronger reveal payoff.
Slow Push Into Candlelit Interior
4/30✨ What it does
This prompt writes a slow dolly into a candlelit medieval library, with dust motes and a robed figure at a wooden table. Render the clip, then use the quietest, warmest interior you get.
A slow, smooth dolly push into a candlelit medieval library at night. Hundreds of leather books line the walls, dust motes float in warm flickering candlelight, a single robed figure reads at a wooden table. Shallow depth of field, warm amber tones, soft shadows dancing on the walls. Quiet, contemplative pacing, shot on vintage prime lens, gentle film grain.
Pro tip: Add a draft so the candle flames flicker harder, which makes the AI animate believable light shifts.
Desert Chase Wide Action Shot
5/30✨ What it does
This prompt describes a high-speed tracking shot of a vintage motorcycle racing desert flats, kicking up a long dust trail. Keep the kinetic take with the sharpest rider and heat haze you can get.
A high-energy wide tracking shot of a vintage motorcycle racing across cracked desert flats, kicking up a long trail of dust. Camera moves parallel to the rider at high speed, sun low and harsh casting a long shadow. Heat-haze shimmer on the horizon, dust particles catching the light. Fast, kinetic pacing, sharp action grade, slight motion blur, 30fps.
Pro tip: Cut the dust trail and add a second rider to turn the solo chase into a head-to-head race.
Image-to-Video Animation
5 promptsBring a Portrait to Life
6/30✨ What it does
This prompt animates [UPLOADED IMAGE] with a slow blink, faint smile, and a barely-there camera push, without changing the face. Upload your portrait and keep the clip that still looks like you.
Animate [UPLOADED IMAGE]: keep the subject and composition identical, then add subtle natural motion: gentle breathing, a slow blink, a faint smile forming, hair drifting slightly in a soft breeze. Keep the camera nearly static with a barely perceptible push-in. Preserve original lighting and color exactly. Photorealistic, calm and subtle pacing, no warping of facial features.
Pro tip: Specify which feature should move first (eyes, then mouth) to keep the animation feeling natural.
Animate a Landscape Photo
7/30✨ What it does
This prompt animates [UPLOADED IMAGE] so clouds, grass, water, and leaves move, while buildings stay still, plus a slow parallax push-in. Upload your landscape and keep the most natural ambient motion.
Animate [UPLOADED IMAGE]: this is a landscape photo. Add living motion to the natural elements only: drifting clouds, swaying grass, rippling water, leaves trembling in wind: while keeping all solid structures perfectly still. Add a slow, smooth parallax push-in to create depth. Match the original lighting and color grade. Peaceful, ambient pacing, photorealistic.
Pro tip: Mention the wind direction so clouds and grass move consistently rather than chaotically.
Product Photo to Rotating Showcase
8/30✨ What it does
This prompt turns [UPLOADED IMAGE] into a slow 360-degree turntable rotation with a soft reflection, keeping the original lighting. Upload your product shot and use the cleanest commercial spin.
Animate [UPLOADED IMAGE] of a product: keep the product, lighting and background exactly as shown, then add a slow, smooth 360-degree turntable rotation revealing all sides. Maintain crisp focus and clean studio lighting throughout. Add a subtle soft reflection on the surface below. Premium commercial feel, steady controlled pacing, no shape distortion.
Pro tip: Limit it to a 180-degree rotation if the back of the product is unbranded or unfinished.
Old Photo to Living Memory
9/30✨ What it does
This prompt animates [UPLOADED IMAGE] with soft smiles and blinks while keeping the old grain, faded color, and period clothes. Upload your family photo and keep the gentle, respectful take.
Animate [UPLOADED IMAGE], an old family photograph: gently bring it to life with soft natural motion: subtle smiles, slow blinks, light head turns: while fully preserving the period clothing, grain and faded colors. Add a slow, emotional push-in. Warm nostalgic tone, gentle film flicker, respectful and subtle pacing, no modern over-sharpening.
Pro tip: Keep the motion minimal: overdoing it breaks the nostalgic, archival feel.
Artwork to Animated Illustration
10/30✨ What it does
This prompt animates [UPLOADED IMAGE] in its own style, with flowing hair, drifting clouds, and a gentle parallax between layers. Upload your illustration and keep the clip that matches the original palette.
Animate [UPLOADED IMAGE], a piece of digital illustration: bring the scene to life in its own art style: flowing hair, drifting clouds, shimmering light, blinking characters: while keeping line work, palette and style perfectly consistent. Add a gentle parallax between foreground and background layers. Smooth, dreamy pacing, loopable motion, no realism added.
Pro tip: Ask for a seamless loop so the clip can run continuously as a background or banner.
Product & Ad Videos
5 promptsSleek Tech Product Hero Shot
11/30✨ What it does
This prompt writes a premium orbiting hero shot of a wireless earbud case on black, the lid opening to reveal the earbuds. Generate the commercial in your tool and keep the glossiest macro reveal.
A premium product commercial shot of a sleek wireless earbud case rotating slowly on a reflective black surface. Dramatic studio lighting with a soft key light and rim light tracing the edges. Camera slowly orbits the product as the lid opens to reveal the earbuds inside. Macro detail, glossy reflections, minimalist dark background, polished Apple-style pacing, crisp focus.
Pro tip: Replace the earbud case with [UPLOADED IMAGE] of your own product for a custom branded version.
Cosmetic Splash Beauty Shot
12/30✨ What it does
This prompt describes a slow-motion splash of golden liquid around a glass serum bottle, with dewy droplets in the air. Run it for a luxury beauty clip and keep the cleanest splash you get.
A slow-motion beauty commercial of a glass serum bottle as a wave of golden liquid splashes elegantly around it. Soft diffused lighting, dewy droplets suspended in air, warm luxurious tones. Camera holds steady with a subtle push-in as the splash crowns and falls. 120fps slow motion, ultra-clean macro detail, premium skincare aesthetic, smooth refined pacing.
Pro tip: Match the splash color to your brand palette for instant on-brand visuals.
Food Steam and Pour Shot
13/30✨ What it does
This prompt writes an espresso pour into a white cup with curling steam, from a low table-level push-in. Generate the food shot and keep the creamiest pour you can use.
An appetizing food commercial of fresh espresso being poured into a white ceramic cup, with steam curling upward in soft window light. Camera at a low table-level angle, slow push-in as the rich crema forms on top. Warm cozy cafe tones, shallow depth of field, glistening surface detail. Inviting, unhurried pacing, mouth-watering macro realism.
Pro tip: Swap the pour for a sauce drizzle or cheese pull to fit other food categories.
App UI Lifestyle Mockup
14/30✨ What it does
This prompt describes a cafe lifestyle clip that starts on a smiling face, then racks focus and pushes toward a phone screen. Generate the ad and swap in your real UI if the screen is fake.
A lifestyle ad shot of a person sitting in a bright cafe holding a smartphone, smiling as they use an app. Camera starts on their face then smoothly racks focus and pushes toward the phone screen. Warm natural daylight, soft bokeh background, candid authentic feel. Modern startup ad aesthetic, upbeat but smooth pacing, clean and aspirational.
Pro tip: Leave the screen content generic and composite your real UI in afterward for a sharp result.
Unboxing Reveal Top-Down
15/30✨ What it does
This prompt writes a locked overhead unboxing as two hands lift a matte lid to reveal a product in clean packaging. Generate the tactile reveal and keep the calmest, crispest take you get.
A satisfying top-down unboxing shot: two hands lift the lid off a premium matte box to reveal a product nestled in clean packaging. Soft even overhead lighting, crisp shadows, neutral minimalist background. Camera locked overhead, slow deliberate hand movements, subtle push-in on the reveal. Tactile premium feel, calm satisfying pacing, sharp focus throughout.
Pro tip: Keep hands moving slowly: fast motion makes AI hands warp and look unnatural.
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Camera Motion & VFX Shots
5 promptsBullet-Time Frozen Orbit
21/30✨ What it does
This prompt describes a frozen-time orbit around a dancer mid-leap, with hanging water droplets and rim light. Generate the 180-degree freeze and keep the sharpest orbit you get.
A bullet-time VFX shot where action freezes mid-motion: a dancer suspended in a leap, water droplets hanging in the air: while the camera orbits a full 180 degrees around the frozen moment. Dramatic rim lighting, dark background, droplets sparkling as the camera moves. Sharp focus, cinematic Matrix-style effect, slow controlled orbit, time resumes at the end.
Pro tip: Pick a subject with mid-air elements (water, debris, fabric) so the freeze reads clearly.
Seamless Morph Transition
22/30✨ What it does
This prompt writes a continuous morph from a red rose to a candle flame to a soaring bird, with no cuts. Generate the fluid chain and keep the dreamiest, cleanest transition you get.
A seamless morph transition VFX shot: a blooming red rose smoothly transforms into a flickering candle flame, then into a soaring bird, each shape flowing organically into the next. Continuous fluid motion, dark moody background, soft dramatic lighting tracing each form. Dreamlike surreal tone, smooth hypnotic pacing, no hard cuts, fully continuous transformation.
Pro tip: Chain objects that share a silhouette so the morph stays smooth and believable.
FPV Drone Through-Shot
23/30✨ What it does
This prompt describes an FPV drone racing a forest gap, diving a slope, then swooping up between pines into open sky. Generate the fly-through and keep the most continuous path you can use.
An aggressive FPV drone shot racing through a narrow forest gap, diving down a slope, then swooping up between tall pines into open sky. Fast continuous flowing motion, slight fisheye distortion, sharp detail, dappled sunlight flickering through the canopy. High-energy first-person drone aesthetic, fast immersive pacing, motion blur on the dive.
Pro tip: Give the flight path clear waypoints (through, down, up) so the motion stays purposeful.
Dolly Zoom Vertigo Effect
24/30✨ What it does
This prompt writes a Hitchcock dolly-zoom on a person at the end of a hallway, the background stretching while they stay the same size. Generate the uneasy warp and keep the slowest, tensest build you get.
A dolly zoom (Vertigo) effect on a person standing alone at the end of a long hallway: the subject stays the same size in frame while the background warps and stretches dramatically behind them. Tense unsettling mood, cool desaturated tones, hard directional lighting. Slow building dolly-zoom, cinematic suspense pacing, sharp focus locked on the subject.
Pro tip: Keep the subject centered and still so the warping background reads as the focal effect.
Magical Particle Materialization
25/30✨ What it does
This prompt describes golden particles rushing together to assemble a glowing figure against a dark, volumetric backdrop. Render that shot and keep the take where the figure fully solidifies in your cut.
A VFX shot of a glowing figure materializing from swirling golden particles: thousands of luminous specks rush together and assemble into a person, light trailing as the form solidifies. Dark atmospheric background, volumetric glow, sparks drifting. Fantasy blockbuster aesthetic, dramatic building pacing, the figure fully forms and the particles settle by the end.
Pro tip: Reverse the prompt: figure dissolving into particles: for a matching exit shot.
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Stylized & Anime
5 promptsStudio Ghibli Countryside
26/30✨ What it does
This prompt writes a Ghibli-style scene of a girl in a red dress running through a sunlit meadow, grass rippling and clouds drifting. Generate the painterly clip and keep the warmest, gentlest motion you get.
A hand-drawn Studio Ghibli-style anime scene: a girl in a red dress runs through a sunlit green meadow as wind ripples the grass and white clouds drift overhead. Soft painterly backgrounds, warm nostalgic color palette, gentle 2D character animation. Whimsical peaceful mood, smooth flowing pacing, watercolor textures, classic Japanese animation aesthetic.
Pro tip: Add a small companion creature to lean further into the Ghibli storytelling feel.
Cyberpunk Anime Action
27/30✨ What it does
This prompt describes a cel-shaded cyberpunk sprint across a neon rooftop in rain, with pink-and-cyan light and speed lines. Generate the action clip and keep the most kinetic follow-cam you get.
A high-energy cyberpunk anime action shot: a hooded hacker sprints across a neon rooftop as holographic glitches flicker around them, rain pouring down. Bold cel-shaded style, saturated pink-and-cyan lighting, dynamic speed lines, dramatic camera following the sprint. Intense kinetic pacing, modern anime aesthetic, sharp linework, glowing rim light.
Pro tip: Add speed lines and motion streaks explicitly to amplify the anime sense of velocity.
Claymation Stop-Motion Scene
28/30✨ What it does
This prompt writes a claymation kitchen scene of a small clay character picking up a tiny teapot, with fingerprint texture and jerky frames. Generate the stop-motion and keep the most handmade-looking take you get.
A charming claymation stop-motion scene of a small clay character waddling across a cozy handmade kitchen, picking up a tiny clay teapot. Visible fingerprint textures, slightly jerky stop-motion frame rate, warm soft tabletop lighting, miniature handcrafted props. Whimsical playful mood, deliberate stop-motion pacing, tactile Aardman-style aesthetic.
Pro tip: Ask for a slightly lower, choppy frame rate so it reads as real stop-motion rather than smooth CG.
Watercolor Painting Come Alive
29/30✨ What it does
This prompt animates a watercolor harbor so painted boats bob, waves ripple, and pigment clouds drift across paper grain. Render the living painting and keep the clip that still looks hand-brushed in your edit.
A watercolor painting coming to life: a quiet harbor scene where painted boats gently bob, brushstroke waves ripple and soft pigment clouds drift across paper-textured sky. Visible paper grain, bleeding watercolor edges, muted artistic palette. Dreamy meditative mood, slow flowing pacing, hand-painted aesthetic, the image stays clearly a living painting.
Pro tip: Emphasize visible paper grain so the motion never tips into looking like 3D render.
Retro 80s Anime Cityscape
30/30✨ What it does
This prompt writes an 80s anime dusk cityscape of a sports car on a palm boulevard under a huge setting sun, with VHS grain. Generate the synthwave cruise and keep the grainiest, most nostalgic grade you like.
A retro 1980s anime cityscape at dusk: a vintage sports car cruises down a palm-lined boulevard under a purple-pink gradient sky with a huge setting sun. Grainy VHS texture, neon signage glow, hand-drawn 80s anime linework, lens halation. Nostalgic synthwave mood, smooth cruising pacing, warm retro color grade, classic city-pop aesthetic.
Pro tip: Add subtle VHS scanlines and chromatic aberration to sell the authentic retro feel.
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Social & Viral Short-Form
5 promptsPOV Morning Routine
16/30✨ What it does
This prompt writes a vertical 9:16 POV morning: pouring coffee, opening curtains, journaling at a wooden desk. Generate the vlog-style clip and post the calmest, sunniest cut you like.
A vertical 9:16 POV shot of a cozy morning routine: first-person view pouring coffee, opening curtains to soft sunlight, journaling at a wooden desk. Quick gentle cuts between moments, warm aesthetic tones, soft natural light, slight handheld feel. Trendy lifestyle vlog style, calm but engaging pacing, dreamy and aspirational mood, optimized for TikTok and Reels.
Pro tip: Keep each beat under two seconds so it cuts cleanly to a trending audio track.
Oddly Satisfying Loop
17/30✨ What it does
This prompt describes a vertical loop of a knife slicing pastel kinetic sand into perfect crumbles, locked and close. Generate the seamless loop and drop the hypnotic take on your short.
A vertical 9:16 oddly-satisfying loop of a knife slicing cleanly through a bar of pastel kinetic sand, the cut faces falling apart in perfect crumbles. Bright even lighting, hyper-clean macro detail, soft pastel color palette. Camera locked close and steady. Seamless loop, smooth hypnotic pacing, ASMR-ready satisfying texture, designed to stop the scroll.
Pro tip: Ask explicitly for a seamless loop so the end frame matches the start for endless replay.
Before-and-After Transformation
18/30✨ What it does
This prompt writes a vertical messy-desk to clean-desk reveal joined by a fast whip-pan. Generate both sides and keep the snappiest after shot you get.
A vertical 9:16 transformation reveal: a messy cluttered desk in dull lighting, then a fast whip-pan transition to the same desk perfectly organized in bright warm light. Snappy energetic cut on the whip-pan, satisfying payoff on the after shot. Trendy social transformation style, punchy upbeat pacing, clean and aspirational, built for Reels and Shorts.
Pro tip: Time the whip-pan to land exactly on the beat drop of your chosen audio.
Talking-Head Hook Opener
19/30✨ What it does
This prompt describes a vertical close-up of a creator talking to camera with a slight zoom, in a bright room. Generate the talking-head opener and pair it with your own first line.
A vertical 9:16 close-up of an energetic young creator looking straight into the camera mid-sentence, gesturing with their hands, in a bright modern room with soft bokeh. Slight subtle zoom-in to add energy, natural expressive face. Authentic UGC creator aesthetic, fast confident pacing, well-lit and high-contrast, designed as a scroll-stopping hook opener.
Pro tip: Generate it silent and dub your own hook line so the message stays on-brand.
Trend Outfit Spin
20/30✨ What it does
This prompt writes a vertical sunlit spin so an outfit flares, then settles on a confident pose. Generate the fashion clip and keep the smoothest flare you can use in slow motion.
A vertical 9:16 fashion clip of a stylish person spinning once so their outfit flares out, captured in a sunlit urban setting with soft lens flare. Camera tracks the spin smoothly then settles on a confident pose. Vibrant punchy colors, slight slow-motion on the flare, trendy streetwear aesthetic, upbeat rhythmic pacing, optimized for vertical social feeds.
Pro tip: Add slight slow-motion only on the spin so the flare reads clearly before snapping back to speed.