Write the Clip Like a Camera Brief
Break a text-to-video prompt into subject, action, setting, camera, and audio layers.
The reframe: a video prompt is a shot brief, not a mood board. Most weak prompts over-invest in vibe words and under-specify what the viewer will actually see. Veo's examples work because they describe a concrete event unfolding over time. Anchor the visible event Start with the subject and the action that must survive the whole clip. If that part is fuzzy, the model will improvise the wrong hero. Direct the camera on purpose State the shot size, movement, and point of view. "Slow dolly in from waist-high" gives the model a job. "Make it cinematic" does not. Treat audio…
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