# Write a text-to-video prompt for a cinematic short clip

A fill-in template for an 8-second cinematic clip in Veo, Sora, Kling or any text-to-video tool: subject, action, camera, light and sound.

- Topic: Images, Video & Design
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: AI & Prompting, Write, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/write-a-text-to-video-prompt-for-a-cinematic-short-clip

## Prompt

```text
Create an 8-second cinematic video.

**Subject:** [who or what is on screen, e.g. a tea seller pouring chai at a roadside stall]
**Action:** [what happens, in order, e.g. he lifts the kettle high and pours a long stream into small glasses]
**Setting:** [place and time, e.g. a busy Mumbai street at dawn, light rain]
**Camera:** [slow push-in / tracking shot from the side / static close-up / drone shot rising]
**Lens and look:** [35mm, shallow depth of field, warm film colours]
**Lighting:** [soft golden morning light / neon reflections on wet ground]
**Sound:** [rain, kettle hiss, distant traffic, no music / soft instrumental]
**Aspect ratio:** [16:9 / 9:16]

Rules:
- One continuous shot with realistic motion and physics.
- Keep the subject consistent from start to end.
- No text, captions, logos or watermarks on screen.
- Do not show real, identifiable people or copyrighted characters.
```

## What to fill in

- place and time, e.g. a busy Mumbai street at dawn, light rain
- soft golden morning light / neon reflections on wet ground

Free to copy and use. From ThinkWithPrompt (https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/), a library of 2,663 curated AI prompts.