8/31/2025
Mastering Video Generation
This guide distills prompt structure, aspect‑ratio choices, and tight examples to help you consistently produce crisp, expressive videos.
The anatomy of a great prompt
- Subject — main focus (who/what) • Character, object, or focal point with appearance, clothing, expressions.
- Context — setting and time • Environment, location, weather, time of day, atmospheric elements.
- Action — what unfolds on screen • Movement, gestures, activities, emotional states, interactions.
- Style — cinematic cues, era, medium • Visual aesthetic, color palettes, artistic influences, film techniques.
- Camera motion — dolly, pan, tracking • Camera movement: zooms, tracking shots, pans, handheld effects.
- Composition — framing, depth, lens feel • Shot types, depth of field, lens characteristics, visual arrangement.
- Ambience — light, weather, particles • Lighting, weather effects, environmental particles, mood enhancers.
Cinematic desert scene.
Prompt —Cinematic desert at golden hour into dusk. Medium close-up of an elderly Bedouin man in robes and headscarf, slowly letting sand fall through his fingers, sky shifting from orange to purple. Cut to a wide panoramic shot of a long camel caravan crossing golden dunes, wind blowing sand, long shadows. Rich warm tones, magenta highlights, epic film look, static shot on camels, shallow DOF for portrait, deep focus for wide, soft sand haze and atmospheric particles. 4K ultra realistic.
Example: The Old Sailor
Prompt — A medium shot frames an old sailor, his knitted blue sailor hat casting a shadow over his eyes, a thick grey beard obscuring his chin. He holds his pipe in one hand, gesturing with it towards the churning, grey sea beyond the ship's railing. "This ocean, it's a force, a wild, untamed might. And she commands your awe, with every breaking light"
Example: The Feather
Prompt — A delicate feather rests on a fence post. A gust of wind lifts it, sending it dancing over rooftops. It floats and spins, finally caught in a spiderweb on a high balcony.
Example: Futuristic City
Prompt — A fast-tracking shot through a futuristic city with buildings made from reflective organic chrome. It is daytime, rainbows, and an alien planet fills the sky. Camera zooms into robotic bee working inside a reflective organic chrome
Ready to try prompting? Pick an aspect, define motion, layer ambience—then generate in Create Content.
Prologue AI Team