Video & Motion Prompts

Runway's image-to-video mode adds a camera move to any still — a photo, painting, or product shot — without distorting what's in it. The key is using Runway's camera presets correctly and describing only the camera, not the scene.

Script the first 30 seconds using curiosity gap theory and pattern interrupts — with the critical first-3-second visual hook, B-roll direction, and re-hook lines tailored to tutorials vs commentary vs storytelling.

Veo's native speech generation is its killer feature — a clip template optimized for clean lip-sync (shorter sentences, consonant-heavy words), plus the reaction-shot technique for variety and the audio mixing levels that make dialogue sound professional.

A Sora prompt for a smooth cinematic aerial shot with camera move, lighting, and mood.

Prompt an isolated VFX element (smoke, sparks, energy) on black for easy compositing.

Turn a book's premise into a 30-second trailer concept with a shot list ready for Sora/Runway.

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.

Write Sora prompts like a director's shot list — shot size, camera move, action, lighting, lens — for film-quality clips.

A structured Veo template that uses its strengths — camera moves and synced audio — laid out field by field.