# Prompt guide: Veo 3.1

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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
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/guide/guide-veo-3-1
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/guide/guide-veo-3-1.json

## Watch out

- Veo has no end frame. For a shot that must land on a specific image, use Kling 3.0 with start and end. (vendor; Director Chair field notes on video prompting)
- Check the delivered resolution per run; one campaign came back at 1280 by 720. (measured; Director Chair field notes on video prompting)

## The prompt, in order

1. **Camera first,** one move or a hold. The first thing named gets the most attention.
2. **The action as behaviour, in order,** with its pace and where it ends.
3. **The sound** in its own sentence: the ambience, the one effect that matters, the spoken line and how it is said.
4. **What stays:** framing and subject as in the start image.
5. **The look** as one sentence, the same in every clip of the job.

## Notes
The 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.

## Prompts

### Veo 3.1

```
[your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.
```

## Goes well with

- Which model for video: https://directorchair.ai/guide/which-model-for-video
- What moves and what stays: https://directorchair.ai/motion/what-moves-what-stays

## Source

Own words from Director Chair field notes on video prompting

Text CC BY 4.0, Director Chair (directorchair.ai). Reference clips and their card texts belong to their makers.