Latest Veo 3 Video Prompt Examples and Best Practices

Tone: Whimsical, heroic 70s Aussie swagger with dreamlike adventure energy Music/SFX: slow-building synth swell, ocean wind rushing, faint laughter echoing through the sky Camera & Composition: Ultra-low angle, wide, mid-close-up tracking shot. The camera skims just inches above the rolling waves, gliding forward at high speed to capture the scale and thrill. Dynamic motion blur streaks across the water, creating a rush of energy and depth. Subject: Captain HaHaa, styled brown hair flowing in the wind, bold lambchop sideburns catching the light, wearing his navy officer’s tunic with silver collar badge and flight harness. His body is stretched horizontally, parallel to the ocean, hands forward in a Superman-style glide flying just above the water’s surface, grinning ear to ear. His shadow cuts cleanly beneath him across the shimmering blue. Environment: The endless ocean sparkles under a vibrant sky. Waves crash and spray as HaHaa’s slipstream cuts a path through the mist. The horizon glows gold, clouds towering and radiant. Lighting: Golden daylight mixed with reflected blues from the sea, dramatic sun flares glinting off his badge. The water gleams with crystal reflections, haloing HaHaa’s silhouette. Mood / Tone: Exhilarating, free, and cheeky, Captain HaHaa soaring over the planet like a cosmic surfer, laughter carried by the wind. Dialogue (Aussie drawl, swagger): “Hahahaha, who needs wings when ya got style like this?!”

prompt_type": "video_generation", "shot": { "composition": "static wide shot from elevated CCTV corner above the bedroom door, covering full bed and surrounding room", "camera_motion": "locked-off security camera, no panning, occasional analog flicker and static distortion", "frame_rate": "15fps monochrome CCTV", "lens": "fixed 3.6 mm f/2.0 IR-sensitive lens, deep focus from 0.5 m to entire room", "film_grain": "harsh low-light CCTV grain with intermittent rolling interference" }, "scene": { "environment": "small dimly lit bedroom at night, warm-toned bedside lamp casting faint glow, cluttered nightstand with glasses and water glass, slightly messy bed covers", "location": "residential home", "lighting": { "key": "dim bedside lamp at 2700K, buzzing slightly", "ambient": "dark corners full of static noise, grain heavy and unstable", "practical": "lamp visible on nightstand, faint halo glow" } }, "subject": { "primary": { "type": "elderly human", "description": "70-year-old woman lying asleep on her back in bed, mouth open slightly, wearing pale cotton nightgown, thin gray hair scattered across pillow", "pose": "motionless except for slow chest rise and fall from breathing" }, "secondary": { "type": "entity", "description": "tall, thin, shadow-black humanoid creature with elongated limbs and featureless face, skin absorbing all light", "action": "emerges silently from the darkest corner of the room, bends unnaturally over the bed, lingers inches above the woman's face as if inhaling her breath, then slowly retracts into the corner and fades away", "behavior": "movements are unnervingly slow and fluid, with slight frame glitches during motion, creating a sense of corrupted footage" } }, "visual_details": { "time_of_day": "late night", "color_palette": "sickly warm lamp glow clashing with green-gray CCTV shadows",

product": "Hand-Poured Soy Candle", "style": "soft watercolor visuals, warm and calming tone, pastel textures with fluid transitions", "duration": 8, "slogan": "Light Your Quiet", "visual_sequence": [ { "time": "0s – 1.5s", "angle": "top-down", "visual": "Soft watercolor depiction of delicate soy wax flakes falling into a glass bowl; subtle pastel background with gentle motion", "audio": "light plink as flakes land, soft ambient hum" }, { "time": "1.5s – 3s", "angle": "side perspective", "visual": "Double boiler with melting wax under soft pink-orange light, steam curling upward as essential oils are added from a glass dropper", "audio": "soft bubbling, oil drop plop, relaxed ambient pad" }, { "time": "3s – 4.5s", "angle": "overhead close-up", "visual": "Molten wax flows smoothly into a candle jar; wick held upright, wax rippling as it fills", "audio": "gentle pour, subtle flick sound of wick center" }, { "time": "4.5s – 6s", "angle": "macro side view", "visual": "Cooled wax surface being decorated with dried petals and a wooden wick; dreamy, blurred watercolor edges", "audio": "pin-drop quiet, light petal placement sound" }, { "time": "6s – 8s", "angle": "centered frontal", "visual": "Candle sits on soft fabric as a hand gently lights it; warm flame flickers while the 'Calma' logo and slogan fade in beside it", "audio": "match strike, soft flame whoosh, calming piano note" } ], "branding": { "logo_text": "Sora", "font_style": "hand-drawn serif", "color": "muted gold", "placement": "right of candle", "appearance": { "start_time": "7.5s", "end_time": "8.0s"

Low-angle dolly shot with silhouette lighting: Night. Rain falls in sheets across a destroyed city intersection lit only by fires and emergency strobes. A lone soldier, silhouetted against a massive burning billboard, drags a wounded comrade through the wreckage. Behind them, deep metallic thuds approach, rhythmic, methodical. A hostile mech steps into frame, lit from below by scattered fires. The camera pushes in low, capturing the scale and dread. The soldier pulls a flare from his belt and hurls it into the dark. As it ignites, it reveals a wall of biomechanical beasts in the distance, pausing just outside the light’s edge. They stare. And then they charge.

Inside a Taisho-era café blending Japanese and Western styles, gas lamps emit a warm glow, and a female student, wearing a deep reddish-brown hakama with her hair styled in a Western fashion, sits by the window, quietly absorbed in a vertically written book. Outside, the streets of Ginza begin to light up with neon, and an old tram clatters past. Through a shot capturing the interior from outside the café window, the glass softly reflects the cityscape, while the lens gently pushes into the café, deepening the sense of era and narrative. The entire scene is rendered in rich tones, as if a yellowed old photograph has been brought to life. This setting exudes Taisho Romanticism, a fusion of Japanese and Western aesthetics, with a nostalgic, vintage atmosphere that feels quiet, elegant, and imbued with a brief yet beautiful longing for a bygone era.

In a digital void resembling a dark console startup space, fragmented pieces of a gaming controller assemble mid-air with zero-gravity motion. Each component—triggers, face buttons, analog sticks, and the haptic core—enters the frame like a precision missile, locking into place with sonic booms and explosive bursts of light. Transparent trigger shells, a vibrating actuator module, and a light bar strip float together, while brand symbols spin before locking into the face buttons. The scene is captured using a 35mm virtual lens with fast rack focus and a shallow depth of field, highlighting each part in detail. Frame rates shift dynamically: 1000fps during slow-motion assembly sequences, and 60fps in between movements. Camera motion includes ultra-dynamic orbital spins, snap-zooms on mechanical parts, and an inside-out fly-through of the controller body, ending with a hard push-in onto the fully formed device. Lighting is delivered in pulsed spotlight bursts from above and below, reflecting off every plastic curve, while the environment is filled with hovering digital dust, low-lying mist, and pulsing energy lines that react with each assembly step. The color palette blends ice white, midnight black, and pulse blue with reactive neon flares for a tech-futuristic, sleek, and powerful tone. Audio features cinematic synthwave music with layered build-ups and sharp percussive drops, supported by ambient low digital hums, frequency sweeps, and energy pulses. Sound effects include precise clicks, pressure pops, deep magnetic lock-ins, and a repurposed startup chime as an impact sting—all mixed in studio-grade 3D stereo with sharp highs and wide low-end resonance. The sequence culminates as the completed controller lands on a glass surface, emitting shock ripples and igniting its LEDs with a soft flare.

format": "epic medieval landscape reveal", "primary_camera_motion": "single slow dolly forward along the dirt path toward the hilltop castle (one motion only)", "subject": { "character_string": "Environment subject: a fortified stone castle with steep central spire and multiple round turrets perched on a rocky hill, overlooking a rustic village of timber cottages and thatched roofs; a winding dirt path with short cut posts and tall grasses leads from foreground to village; wildflowers and meadow textures flank the path; distant conifer ridges under heavy storm clouds.", "mood": "majestic, ominous, awe-struck", "wardrobe_notes": "none (landscape)" }, "scene": { "location": "alpine foothills or old-world valley", "time": "late afternoon before a storm", "weather": "low, fast-moving storm clouds; intermittent sun breaks", "lighting": "soft, cool skylight with pockets of warm rim light on castle stone and meadow" }, "visual_details": { "beats": [ { "time": "0.0-2.5s", "action": "Begin low, centered on the rutted path with posts guiding perspective; forward dolly starts, grasses sway in the breeze; village comes into view mid-ground.", "physics": "grass blades bend with steady wind; small dust skitters along the track" }, { "time": "2.5-5.0s", "action": "Approach the village; castle mass grows dominant above; a brief sun break reveals specular highlights on wet stone.", "physics": "chimney smoke lifts and shears; flags on turrets flutter consistently" }, { "time": "5.0-8.0s", "action": "Close on the hill; camera settles in a composed hero frame with the castle towering; storm clouds roll overhead with subtle god-rays breaking through.", "physics": "cloud advection left-to-right; light shafts brighten then fade; meadow movement dampens" "visual_rules": [ "no people, animals, text, or watermarks",

Cinematic long shot with forward tracking: In a frozen wasteland under a black sky filled with auroras, a small squad treks across an ice ridge, their footsteps crunching over ancient wreckage. Wind howls. One pauses, raising a scope. In the valley below: dozens of beasts, dormant, coiled around a shattered mech carrier. The camera slowly tracks forward as the squad descends each step heavy, uncertain. Then one of the creatures stirs. Its eyes glow. Others follow. The ice begins to crack beneath their feet. The camera pulls upward as all hell breaks loose, beasts charging up the slope, soldiers scrambling, rifles lighting up the darkness in staccato bursts.

Use init image (strength 0.8). 16:9, 24fps, shutter ~1/30 for smear. One take, no cuts. Camera: 50mm dolly-in from waist-up to close, slight parallax drift left→right (3–5° yaw), micro handheld (±1%). The nun’s habit and veil breathe in low wind; rosary swings subtly. Motorcycle (ornate purple, minotaur head & horns) idles—gold headlight halos bloom through rolling fog. Wet asphalt mirrors golden/purple neon; bokeh trails à la Wong Kar-wai/step-printing ghosting on mid-ride head turn. Tiny rain begins at 60% through; droplets streak past lens. Color: split-tone shadows purple, highlights gold; heavy halation, soft film grain. End on a shallow DOF eye glint + minotaur eyes flicker once, then breathe back to idle. Loopable: start/end on same dolly distance.

A realistic, high-fidelity, 8-second first-person point-of-view (POV) video. The scene opens with a static shot from the perspective of a cyclist gripping the gleaming chrome handlebars of their bike. The rider is pedaling quickly through a narrow, gritty city alley in Tokyo at night.

A dynamic tracking shot: A surfer rides a powerful wave at Lanzarote Island during sunset, with vibrant colors illuminating the sky. The camera smoothly follows the surfer's movement, capturing the energy of the ocean and the beauty of the landscape

A chain-rattling poltergeist disturbing objects, swirling in shades of pale blue and shadowy gray. Location: A creaky attic filled with dusty antiques and flickering shadows. Texture: Ethereal, clanking, dusty. Mood: Unsettling, mischievous, restless.