Sora Prompts
Community-tested prompts and workflows that perform best on Sora. Copy them instantly, save your favorites, and fork them into your own workflow.
Top prompts for Sora
Sora cinematic drone / aerial establishing shot
A Sora prompt for a smooth cinematic aerial shot with camera move, lighting, and mood.
Cinematic book trailer concept + shot list
Turn a book's premise into a 30-second trailer concept with a shot list ready for Sora/Runway.
All-purpose AI video prompt with motion design principles
One reusable shot template for Sora, Veo, Runway, and Seedance — with the key insight most people miss: video prompts need to describe CHANGE, not a still frame.
Sora cinematic shot prompt
Write Sora prompts like a director's shot list — shot size, camera move, action, lighting, lens — for film-quality clips.
Sora product ad — the hero moment, premium pacing, and duration strategy
A product-spot recipe built on advertising fundamentals — one jaw-dropping hero moment, the rim-light-and-gradient formula for premium, camera speed that conveys luxury, and duration guidance for social vs pre-roll.
Sora stylized animation — style-specific tricks for Pixar, anime, claymation & more
Go beyond 'animated style' with the specific visual vocabulary each animation style needs — subsurface scattering for Pixar skin, 'on twos' for anime, fingerprint texture for claymation — plus character consistency and audio pairing.
Sora image-to-video — the parallax, living photo, and camera move hierarchy
Upload a still and animate it with the techniques that actually work — the parallax depth trick, the 'living photograph' approach for subtle realism, the camera move reliability hierarchy, and the duration-to-complexity sweet spot.
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