{
 "slug": "which-model-for-video",
 "name": "Which model for video",
 "category": "guide",
 "group": "Which model",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-10-13",
 "effect": "Picks the video model by what the shot has to do.",
 "use_when": "Before writing any video prompt.",
 "phrase": "Seedance 2.5 for scenes with dialogue and characters; Kling 3.0 for short cheap single shots; Veo 3.1 for the most realistic motion from one still",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "A tutorial's model advice is an argument, not a rule: tutorials three weeks apart named different best models for skin. Compare with one image before switching.",
   "evidence": "measured",
   "source": "Director Chair field notes on image prompting"
  },
  {
   "text": "Kling 4.0 was announced on 27 Sep 2026 and was in closed beta; check availability before promising it.",
   "evidence": "vendor",
   "source": "Director Chair field notes on video prompting"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "guide-seedance-2-5",
  "guide-kling-3",
  "guide-veo-3-1"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "measured",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Own summary of Director Chair field notes on video prompting"
 },
 "body": "## The choice (checked 29 Sep 2026)\n\n| The shot has to | Model |\n|---|---|\n| Hold characters and dialogue over 10 to 30 seconds, several shots | Seedance 2.5 |\n| Keep a real performance and change the person, the room or the costume | Seedance 2.5 video edit |\n| Put a real person in a new setting, 3 to 10 seconds | Kling 3.0 Omni Edit |\n| Move between a start frame and an end frame, flat animation, cheap | Kling 3.0 |\n| Several shots from one start frame, more motion, 4 to 15 seconds | Seedance 2.0 |\n| Look as real as possible in motion, 8 seconds or less, with sound | Veo 3.1 |",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/guide/which-model-for-video",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/guide/which-model-for-video.md",
 "prompts": {
  "chat": "Give me a filled-in prompt that follows this guide, plus the one thing to check in the result, for a short video about [your product], for [your audience]. The technique is which model for video: picks the video model by what the shot has to do. How it works: seedance 2.5 for scenes with dialogue and characters; Kling 3.0 for short cheap single shots; Veo 3.1 for the most realistic motion from one still. It is right for: before writing any video prompt. A tutorial's model advice is an argument, not a rule: tutorials three weeks apart named different best models for skin. Kling 4.0 was announced on 27 Sep 2026 and was in closed beta; check availability before promising it. Be concrete: numbers, seconds and settings, no theory. Ask me one question first if something you need is missing."
 },
 "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."
 }
}