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Wan Prompts for AI Video That Actually Moves

30 copy-paste prompts

Thirty tested Wan 2.2 prompts for text-to-video and image-to-video. Each one bundles scene, action, camera move, and style so you get cinematic motion in ComfyUI or any Wan workflow.

In short: This page contains 30 copy-paste ready prompts, organized into 6 categories with a description and pro tip for each. The first 15 prompts are free instantly — no signup needed. Hand-curated and tested by the AI Academy team.

By Louis Corneloup · Founder, Techpresso

Last updated May 15, 2026·Hand-curated & tested by the AI Academy team

Cinematic Scenes

5 prompts

Neon Rain Detective

1/30

A lone detective in a long wet trench coat walks slowly through a neon-soaked alley at night, rain falling in sheets, reflections of pink and cyan signage shimmering in the puddles. Camera: slow dolly-in from behind, then a smooth crane up to reveal the skyline. Cinematic anamorphic look, shallow depth of field, volumetric haze, moody teal-and-orange grade, 35mm film grain, 24fps, ultra-detailed.

Produces a moody noir tracking shot with rain, reflections, and a dramatic crane reveal.

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Pro tip: Keep the camera direction explicit (dolly-in, crane up) — Wan 2.2 follows stated motion far better than implied movement.

Golden Hour Cliff Walk

2/30

A woman in a flowing red dress walks along a windswept coastal cliff at golden hour, tall grass swaying, ocean waves crashing far below. Camera: steady tracking shot moving parallel to her, then a gentle orbit as she stops to look out to sea. Warm backlit sunlight, lens flare, soft volumetric rays, cinematic 2.39:1 framing, shallow depth of field, film-like color grade.

Generates a sweeping golden-hour tracking shot with natural wind and cloth motion.

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Pro tip: Render at 16:9 then crop, or add a letterbox in post — Wan handles standard aspect ratios more reliably than ultrawide.

Spaceship Cockpit Approach

3/30

Interior of a sleek spaceship cockpit, a pilot in a glowing helmet gripping the controls as a massive ringed planet fills the viewport ahead. Camera: slow push-in toward the windshield as warning lights pulse and starlight streaks past. Sci-fi blockbuster lighting, cool blue key light with warm console glow, lens flares, photorealistic, high detail, smooth 24fps motion.

Creates a tense sci-fi cockpit approach with reactive lighting and a planet reveal.

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Pro tip: Mention light sources by name (console glow, warning lights) so Wan animates them flickering instead of staying static.

Old Cafe Window Reflection

4/30

A quiet vintage cafe on a rainy afternoon, an elderly man reading a newspaper by a fogged window, steam rising from his coffee. Camera: slow lateral dolly past the window from outside, raindrops sliding down the glass blurring the warm interior light. Cozy amber tungsten glow, soft focus, nostalgic film look, gentle grain, intimate cinematic atmosphere.

Delivers an intimate, slow-paced cafe vignette with steam, rain, and warm window light.

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Pro tip: For slow contemplative pieces, ask for a single continuous camera move — multiple cuts confuse short-clip models.

Desert Highway Chase Wide

5/30

A vintage muscle car speeds down an empty desert highway at sunset, dust kicking up behind the tires, heat haze rippling over the asphalt. Camera: low aerial drone shot pulling back and rising to reveal the vast desert and distant mesas. Epic widescreen scope, warm orange sky, long shadows, motion blur on the wheels, cinematic color grade, sharp detail.

Produces an epic aerial pull-back of a car racing across an open desert at sunset.

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Pro tip: Pair fast subjects with a pull-back or rising drone move so the speed reads against a widening landscape.

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Image-to-Video

5 prompts

Animate the Uploaded Portrait

6/30

Animate [UPLOADED IMAGE]: bring the subject subtly to life with natural breathing, slow blinking, and a faint smile forming, hair drifting gently in a soft breeze. Camera: very slow push-in toward the face. Keep the original lighting, colors, and composition exactly intact, photorealistic micro-motion, no warping of facial features, smooth 24fps.

Turns a still portrait into a living shot with breathing, blinking, and a slow push-in.

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Pro tip: For image-to-video, describe only small motions and explicitly say to preserve the original look — over-prompting causes face warping.

Bring a Landscape Photo Alive

7/30

Animate [UPLOADED IMAGE] of a landscape: add gently drifting clouds across the sky, grass and trees swaying in a light wind, water rippling with subtle reflections. Camera: slow parallax push-in revealing depth between foreground and background. Preserve original colors and exposure, seamless looping motion, photorealistic, no flicker, high detail.

Adds drifting clouds, wind, and water motion to a still landscape with a parallax push.

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Pro tip: Request a parallax push-in to fake 3D depth from a flat photo — Wan separates foreground and background convincingly.

Product Photo to Rotating Hero

8/30

Animate [UPLOADED IMAGE] of a product on a clean background: slowly rotate the product a smooth 180 degrees while soft studio key light glides across its surface, highlighting texture and edges. Camera: locked, product turning on an invisible turntable. Keep colors true to the original, crisp reflections, premium commercial look, photorealistic, steady 24fps.

Converts a flat product photo into a rotating studio hero shot with moving highlights.

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Pro tip: Specify the rotation amount (90, 180, 360 degrees) — a vague turn often stalls or jitters.

Painting Comes to Life

9/30

Animate [UPLOADED IMAGE] of a classical painting: add living motion to the scene — flowing fabric, flickering candlelight, drifting smoke, subtle character movement — while preserving the original brushstroke texture and palette. Camera: slow cinematic dolly across the canvas. Painterly aesthetic, warm tones, dreamlike atmosphere, smooth motion, no morphing of faces.

Animates a static painting with fabric, candle, and smoke motion in its original style.

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Pro tip: Add "preserve brushstroke texture" so Wan keeps the painterly surface instead of smoothing it into photoreal.

Logo Reveal from Still

10/30

Animate [UPLOADED IMAGE] of a logo: have it elegantly assemble from glowing particles, then settle into a clean steady state with a soft light sweep across the mark. Camera: slight push-in. Premium brand-reveal feel, crisp edges, subtle bloom, dark gradient background, smooth 24fps, no distortion of the logo shape.

Builds a particle-assembly brand reveal from a static logo image.

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Pro tip: Tell it to "settle into a clean steady state" so the final frames are usable as a freeze for your outro.

Action & Motion

5 prompts

Parkour Rooftop Leap

11/30

A free-runner sprints across a city rooftop and leaps a wide gap between buildings, arms extended, clothing rippling in the wind. Camera: dynamic tracking shot following alongside the jump, then a quick whip to a low angle as they land and roll. High-energy, motion blur, sharp midday sunlight, urban concrete textures, photorealistic, fast-paced 24fps action.

Captures a high-energy rooftop leap with tracking and a low-angle landing.

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Pro tip: Break action into two beats (leap, then land) so the model paces the motion instead of rushing it.

Sword Clash Slow-Mo

12/30

Two armored warriors clash swords in slow motion, sparks erupting on impact, ash and embers drifting through the air around them. Camera: orbiting around the locked blades at the moment of contact. Dramatic rim lighting, dark battlefield smoke, cinematic slow-motion at high detail, glowing sparks, epic fantasy mood, crisp metallic reflections.

Produces a slow-motion sword clash with sparks, embers, and an orbiting camera.

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Pro tip: Use "slow motion" plus drifting particles (sparks, ash) — Wan renders floating debris cleanly and it sells the speed change.

Skateboard Trick Tracking

13/30

A skateboarder rolls toward a concrete ledge, ollies, and grinds along the edge with sparks scraping under the trucks. Camera: low tracking shot gliding alongside at board height, then tilting up as they pop off the ledge. Bright urban skatepark, hard shadows, dust and sparks, energetic motion blur, photorealistic, smooth fast 24fps.

Delivers a board-height tracking shot of a skate trick with a tilt-up finish.

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Pro tip: Low, subject-height camera moves read more dynamic for sports — state the camera height explicitly.

Stampede Across the Plains

14/30

A herd of wild horses gallops across a golden grassland at dawn, dust rising in clouds behind their hooves, manes flowing. Camera: aerial drone shot flying low and parallel to the herd, then rising into a sweeping wide reveal. Warm morning light, atmospheric dust, powerful sense of motion and scale, cinematic, photorealistic, smooth 24fps.

Generates a powerful low aerial of a galloping herd with rising dust and a wide reveal.

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Pro tip: For crowds and herds, request a parallel-then-rising drone path to convey both speed and the size of the group.

Boxing Knockout Push-In

15/30

A boxer lands a decisive right hook in a packed arena, sweat and spray flying off in slow motion as the opponent reels back. Camera: fast push-in to the moment of impact, then a hard cut to a low ringside angle. High-contrast arena spotlights, deep shadows, dramatic slow-motion on the hit, gritty realism, sharp detail, intense atmosphere.

Creates a slow-motion knockout punch with sweat spray and a punchy camera move.

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Pro tip: Reserve hard cuts for short, punchy moments — for most clips a single continuous move animates more reliably.

Anime & Stylized

5 prompts

Shonen Power-Up Aura

16/30

A young anime hero clenches their fists as a swirling golden energy aura erupts around them, hair and clothing whipping upward, ground cracking and debris floating. Camera: low-angle slow push-in as the aura intensifies. Vibrant cel-shaded anime style, bold linework, dramatic speed lines, glowing particle effects, dynamic shading, smooth 2D-style motion.

Produces a classic shonen power-up sequence with aura, floating debris, and speed lines.

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Pro tip: Add "cel-shaded" and "speed lines" to lock the anime look — without them Wan can drift toward semi-realistic.

Studio-Style Pastoral Drift

17/30

A girl in a sundress stands in a vast field of swaying flowers under a huge cloud-filled sky, a single sakura petal drifting past. Camera: gentle slow pan across the meadow as wind ripples the grass. Soft hand-painted anime backgrounds, warm pastel palette, lush detailed scenery, dreamy nostalgic mood, gentle ambient motion, 2D film aesthetic.

Generates a serene hand-painted anime meadow with wind and drifting petals.

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Pro tip: For Ghibli-style calm, ask for one slow pan and ambient motion only — avoid action verbs that break the mood.

Cyberpunk Anime City Flythrough

18/30

A flythrough of a towering neon cyberpunk city at night in anime style, holographic billboards flickering, flying cars streaking between skyscrapers, rain misting through the glow. Camera: smooth forward fly-through weaving between buildings. Saturated neon palette, cel-shaded with detailed line art, glowing reflections, dense futuristic atmosphere, cinematic 2D motion.

Delivers an anime-style fly-through of a neon cyberpunk skyline at night.

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Pro tip: Forward fly-through prompts work best with a clear path ("weaving between buildings") so the model knows where to steer.

Magical Girl Transformation

19/30

A magical girl spins as ribbons of light wrap around her, her outfit transforming in a burst of sparkles and rotating geometric backgrounds. Camera: orbit around her mid-spin, then a quick zoom out on the final pose. Bright candy-colored palette, sparkling particle effects, glossy cel-shading, energetic motion, classic anime transformation aesthetic, glowing highlights.

Creates a sparkling magical-girl transformation with orbiting camera and a final pose.

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Pro tip: Transformations love particles and rotation — combine an orbit with "burst of sparkles" for the signature look.

Inked Samurai Standoff

20/30

A lone samurai stands in falling snow facing an unseen enemy, hand resting on the hilt, wind stirring loose snow and his haori. Camera: slow push-in on the tense standoff, then a subtle low tilt. Stylized ink-wash anime aesthetic, limited muted palette with a single red accent, bold negative space, atmospheric, restrained motion, dramatic stillness.

Produces a tense ink-wash anime samurai standoff with falling snow and minimal motion.

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Pro tip: Restraint reads as style here — ask for "restrained motion" so the drama comes from stillness, not flailing.

Product Clips

5 prompts

Sneaker Splash Hero

21/30

A premium running sneaker suspended mid-air against a clean studio backdrop, a crown of water droplets splashing and frozen around it. Camera: slow orbit revealing the sole and side profile as soft key light sweeps the surface. Commercial product photography style, crisp reflections, vibrant accent color, shallow depth of field, high-speed slow-motion droplets, photorealistic, 4k detail.

Creates a slow-motion sneaker hero shot with orbiting camera and frozen water splash.

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Pro tip: Suspending a product mid-air with a slow orbit reads more premium than a turntable — call out the orbit explicitly.

Skincare Bottle Drip

22/30

An elegant glass skincare serum bottle on a marble surface, a single golden droplet rolling down its side, soft morning light through a window casting gentle shadows. Camera: slow macro push-in toward the dropper. Clean minimal beauty-ad aesthetic, warm neutral palette, dewy textures, shallow depth of field, photorealistic, soft bokeh, premium feel.

Delivers a macro beauty-ad clip of a serum bottle with a rolling droplet and soft light.

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Pro tip: For beauty products, lean on macro push-ins and one moving detail (a drip) — clutter kills the premium feel.

Watch Mechanism Reveal

23/30

A luxury wristwatch on a dark velvet surface, the second hand sweeping smoothly as a soft spotlight glides across the polished case and exposed mechanism. Camera: slow tilt from the dial down to the strap. Dramatic high-end advertising lighting, deep blacks, crisp metallic reflections, intricate detail on the gears, shallow depth of field, photorealistic, cinematic.

Produces a luxury watch ad with a sweeping hand, moving spotlight, and tilt reveal.

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Pro tip: Mention a moving light ("spotlight glides") so reflections animate across the metal instead of sitting flat.

Tech Gadget Unfold

24/30

A sleek foldable smartphone on a minimalist desk slowly unfolds to reveal its full screen lighting up with a vibrant interface, gentle reflections sliding across the glass. Camera: smooth dolly-in from a three-quarter angle. Clean modern tech-ad aesthetic, cool neutral tones, crisp edges, soft studio lighting, photorealistic, premium product detail, smooth 24fps.

Animates a foldable phone unfolding and its screen waking with a dolly-in.

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Pro tip: Describe the mechanical action step by step (unfold, screen lights up) so Wan sequences the transformation correctly.

Coffee Pour Lifestyle

25/30

Rich espresso pouring in slow motion into a white ceramic cup on a wooden cafe counter, crema swirling and steam curling upward, warm morning backlight. Camera: slow macro push-in following the pour into the cup. Cozy lifestyle-ad aesthetic, warm earthy tones, soft bokeh background, glistening liquid detail, photorealistic, appetizing, smooth slow-motion.

Creates an appetizing slow-motion coffee pour with swirling crema and rising steam.

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Pro tip: Food and drink shine in slow motion — combine the pour with steam and backlight for a mouth-watering ad clip.

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Nature & Atmosphere

5 prompts

Misty Mountain Sunrise

26/30

A vast mountain range at sunrise with low mist rolling slowly through the valleys, first golden light spilling over the peaks, a hawk gliding across the frame. Camera: slow aerial drift forward over the ridgeline, then a gentle rise. Epic landscape scope, warm dawn palette, atmospheric volumetric light, layered depth, photorealistic, serene and grand, smooth 24fps.

Produces a serene aerial drift over misty peaks at sunrise with rolling fog.

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Pro tip: Layered atmosphere (mist, volumetric light) gives Wan depth cues that make slow aerial moves feel three-dimensional.

Underwater Coral Glide

27/30

A glide through a vibrant coral reef teeming with tropical fish, sunbeams filtering down through clear turquoise water, gentle particles drifting in the current. Camera: smooth forward swim-through weaving between coral formations. Vivid saturated colors, dappled caustic light, soft underwater haze, photorealistic, tranquil flowing motion, high detail, immersive.

Generates an immersive underwater swim-through of a colorful reef with caustic light.

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Pro tip: Add drifting particles and caustic light to sell "underwater" — a forward swim-through path keeps the motion natural.

Autumn Forest Light Rays

28/30

A quiet autumn forest with golden and red leaves slowly drifting down, shafts of warm sunlight piercing the canopy and catching floating dust, a gentle mist near the ground. Camera: slow steady push-in along a leaf-strewn path. Rich fall palette, soft volumetric god rays, peaceful nostalgic mood, photorealistic, gentle ambient motion, cinematic, fine detail.

Delivers a peaceful autumn forest push-in with falling leaves and volumetric light rays.

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Pro tip: Ask for "god rays" and floating dust — they animate beautifully in Wan and elevate any nature shot.

Stormy Coast Crash

29/30

Massive ocean waves crashing against jagged dark cliffs under a dramatic stormy sky, sea spray exploding upward, gulls fighting the wind. Camera: locked wide shot, then a slow zoom into the impact zone as a huge wave breaks. Moody desaturated palette, churning water detail, dramatic clouds, raw power, photorealistic, high-energy slow-motion spray, cinematic.

Creates a dramatic stormy coastline with exploding spray and a slow zoom into the impact.

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Pro tip: Powerful water needs slow-motion on the spray — pair a locked wide with a slow zoom so the scale lands.

Aurora Over Frozen Lake

30/30

Shimmering green and violet aurora borealis dancing across a starry night sky, mirrored on a perfectly still frozen lake, a lone snowy pine in the foreground. Camera: slow gentle tilt up from the reflection to the full aurora. Deep night-blue palette, glowing curtains of light, crisp stars, tranquil otherworldly mood, photorealistic, smooth ethereal motion, fine detail.

Produces a tranquil aurora display reflected on a frozen lake with a tilt-up reveal.

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Pro tip: The aurora needs "dancing" motion — say it explicitly, and a tilt-up from the reflection doubles the light show.

Frequently Asked Questions

Wan (Wan 2.2) is Alibaba's open-source AI video model that generates short clips from text or from a still image. It is known for strong, coherent motion and a cinematic look, and it is widely run locally through ComfyUI workflows. It excels at scenes where you describe a subject, an action, a camera move, and a style.

Structure each prompt around four things: the scene and subject, the action happening, an explicit camera movement, and the visual style. Wan follows stated camera moves (dolly-in, orbit, aerial drift) far more reliably than implied ones. Keep clips to a single continuous move when you can, since hard cuts confuse short-clip models.

Text-to-video builds the entire clip from your written description alone. Image-to-video starts from a still you provide ([UPLOADED IMAGE]) and adds motion to it. For image-to-video, describe only small, specific motions and tell the model to preserve the original lighting and composition, otherwise faces and details can warp.

Warping usually comes from over-prompting motion on image-to-video, especially on faces. Limit the requested movement, add instructions like "no warping of facial features" and "preserve original look," and keep the camera move subtle. Flicker often improves by requesting steady, smooth 24fps motion and avoiding too many competing elements.

Yes. These prompts are plain text, so they paste directly into the positive prompt field of any Wan 2.2 text-to-video or image-to-video workflow in ComfyUI, or into any other Wan interface. For image-to-video prompts, load your still into the image input and use the prompt to describe the motion you want.

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