{
 "slug": "guide-veo-3-1",
 "name": "Prompt guide: Veo 3.1",
 "category": "guide",
 "group": "Prompt guides",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-10-13",
 "effect": "The most realistic motion and sound from one start frame.",
 "use_when": "One continuous action of 8 seconds or less from an approved still.",
 "phrase": "the camera first, then the action in order with its pace, then the sound in its own sentence, then what stays as in the start image, then the look sentence",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Veo has no end frame. For a shot that must land on a specific image, use Kling 3.0 with start and end.",
   "evidence": "vendor",
   "source": "Director Chair field notes on video prompting"
  },
  {
   "text": "Check the delivered resolution per run; one campaign came back at 1280 by 720.",
   "evidence": "measured",
   "source": "Director Chair field notes on video prompting"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "which-model-for-video",
  "what-moves-what-stays"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "vendor",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Own words from Director Chair field notes on video prompting"
 },
 "body": "## The prompt, in order\n\n1. **Camera first,** one move or a hold. The first thing named gets the most attention.\n2. **The action as behaviour, in order,** with its pace and where it ends.\n3. **The sound** in its own sentence: the ambience, the one effect that matters, the spoken line and how it is said.\n4. **What stays:** framing and subject as in the start image.\n5. **The look** as one sentence, the same in every clip of the job.\n\n## Notes\nThe start frame carries the look and the detail; keep the Veo prompt simple. For dialogue, keep speech under 8 seconds and ask for no subtitles.",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/guide/guide-veo-3-1",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/guide/guide-veo-3-1.md",
 "prompts": {
  "veo-3.1": "[your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image."
 },
 "licence": {
  "code": "MIT",
  "text": "CC BY 4.0",
  "third_party": "Clips and card texts inside a \"licensed\" block belong to their makers and are shown with permission and credit."
 }
}