Veo 3 Prompts: 900+ Video Prompts with Dialogue and Sound
900+ Veo 3 prompts from the Hooked library, plus a guide to Google's prompt formula for Veo 3.1, the current version. It covers how to write camera direction, dialogue, sound effects and ambient noise into the prompt, and which settings belong in the parameters instead.
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Updated September 25, 2026.
Prompt structure
The Veo 3 prompt formula
Google's Veo 3.1 prompting guide (Google Cloud blog, October 2025) opens the prompt with the camera (shot type, movement, lens) and then gives subject, action, context and style. Audio is written into the prompt: dialogue in quotation marks after the speaker, sound effects after 'SFX:' and background sound after 'Ambient noise:'. Duration, resolution and aspect ratio are parameters, not prompt text.
Strengths and limits
What Veo 3 is good at
Good at
- Native audio in the same generation: dialogue, sound effects and ambient noise synced to the picture
- Cinematic prompt adherence when prompts use film vocabulary (shot type, camera move, lens, lighting)
- Ingredients to video: up to 3 reference images to keep a character, object or look consistent
- First and last frame: generates the transition between a start image and an end image
- Extending a clip (Veo 3.1 and 3.1 Fast only) to build longer sequences
Limits
- Clip length 4, 6 or 8 seconds; 8 seconds is required with reference images, frame interpolation, 1080p or 4K
- Resolution 720p, 1080p or 4K on Veo 3.1 and 3.1 Fast; 720p and 1080p on Lite
- Aspect ratios 16:9 (default) and 9:16 only; 24 fps
- Person generation is restricted to adults ('allow_adult') in the EU, UK, Switzerland and MENA
- Every video carries a SynthID watermark; API outputs are deleted from Google's servers after 2 days
From prompt to posted video
Paste the prompt, get the video, post it
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Better results
Tips that make a difference
Do
- Start with the shot: 'Medium shot, slow dolly in, shallow depth of field…'. Google's formula puts cinematography first.
- Write dialogue as speaker plus quoted line: A woman says, "We have to leave now." Keep it short enough to fit 8 seconds.
- Label sound: 'SFX: thunder cracks in the distance', 'Ambient noise: the quiet hum of a starship bridge'.
- Describe exclusions as a positive scene: 'a desolate landscape with no buildings or roads' rather than 'no man-made structures'. Use the negative-prompt parameter for anything else.
- For a recurring character or product, use reference images (ingredients to video) instead of re-describing them in text.
- Use first and last frame when you need a controlled move or transformation between two exact images.
- Name lens and focus terms Google lists: shallow depth of field, wide-angle lens, macro lens, soft focus, deep focus.
- Anchor style with a concrete reference ('shot as if on 1980s colour film, slightly grainy') rather than 'cinematic'.
- Plan for 9:16 in the parameters for Shorts, Reels and TikTok; do not ask for vertical in prose.
Common mistakes
- Vague prompts without camera, lighting or style details
- Generic character descriptions for a person who must look the same across clips (use reference images)
- Too much dialogue for an 8-second clip
- Negative phrasing inside the prompt ('no cars') instead of describing what is there
- Asking for durations over 8 seconds or aspect ratios other than 16:9 and 9:16 in the prompt
Tested prompts
920 Veo 3 prompts from the Hooked library
Each prompt was run and kept with its result. Open one to see the full text and the output.
Thrilling Ride Through a Canyon: The Sled's Descent
Top-down over sunlit red-rock canyon. Magnetic rail sled rockets along narrow track bolted to cliff walls. Camera dives into corkscrew descent. Bridge segment shears and drops.
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Thrilling Wild Car Speed Chase in a Canyon
Ultra-low forward tracking shot inches above asphalt as a performance car rockets through a narrow canyon road. Rock walls whip past at extreme parallax; shadows strobe violently.
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Thrilling Wingsuit Adventure: A POV Journey
First-person POV jumper at cliff edge. Wingsuiter launches into void. Side tracking shot proximity fly along rock wall. Wide angle as jumper vanishes into narrow canyon.
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Through the Fog: A Pilgrim's Haunting Journey
Wide shot through dense fog of cloaked pilgrim trudging along muddy forest road at dawn. Twisted trees loom. Handheld tracking from behind. Close-up of bare feet in wet earth with leeches.
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Thunder roars as a black speedboat slices through turquoise waves
0-2 sec: Drone camera descends rapidly from the sky, revealing a black speedboat racing across turquoise waters. 2-6 sec: The shot transitions to a fast side-tracking angle, matching the boats velocity as it sprays water in all directions.
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Thunder Rolls as RC Buggy Defies Backyard Gravity
Bumper-cam low angle locked to chassis with intense vibration shake. High-speed RC off-road buggy navigating backyard dirt track. Giant pebbles, towering grass blades, mud puddles.
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Tiger's Lair: A Cinematic Jungle Encounter
Low-angle close-up shot, slow motion, a tiger prowls through dense jungle foliage, sunlight piercing through the leaves highlighting its stripes, cinematic wildlife thriller style.
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Time-Lapse Evolution: From Volcanic Vent to Arcology
From volcanic vent in primordial ocean, land rises and cools. Time compresses: moss to forest to field. Campfire appears, huts multiply, roads fracture outward. Millennia in seconds.
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Timelapse of an Urban Japanese Sunset
Urban sunset timelapse: Rooftops, laundry lines, passing trains, and flickering windows across an old Japanese neighborhood. The camera holds wide as the sun sets in fast motion — the world shifts from golden warmth to neon nighttime.
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Timeless Affection: Musk and the Muse
Elon Musk in Old English clothing with beautiful brown-skinned woman in soft medieval attire. Chestnut hair falling on shoulders. Leaning against flower-adorned wooden wall in yearning embrace.
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Timeless Craft: A Pottery Journey
Time-lapse sequence, pottery wheel spinning as clay transforms under artists hands, soft focus transitions from form to detail. Warm golden lighting, meditative artistic cinematic realism.
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Tiny Robot Crab's Cleaning Challenge
Smooth dolly shot toward cute fat chubby mutant robot crab on duty in cluttered laboratory basement. His job is to clean but hes overwhelmed by the mess.
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Tiny Worlds: Life Within the Scroll
Miniature civilization living in ancient scroll pages.
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Titan Awakens: Urban Chaos Unleashed
A frozen humanoid titan trapped in ice beneath the city finally breaks free, sending glaciers crashing into surrounding skyscrapers as it roars. Camera bursts from subway tunnel to surface.
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Titanic Rampage: A Neon City Under Siege
Colossal robotic titan storms through neon-lit megacity at night, crushing vehicles and tearing through buildings. Glowing core pulses with unstable energy. Camera flies backward through streets.
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Titans Clash: An Epic Battle in a Shattered Metropolis
Two titans - one molten rock, one shadow and metal - brawl between skyscrapers of shattered metropolis. Each punch sends shockwaves. Camera weaves between buildings in high-speed lateral motion.
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Tokyo Alleyway Rush: A Cyclist's POV Adventure
A realistic, high-fidelity, 8-second first-person point-of-view (POV) video. The scene opens with a static shot from the perspective of a cyclist gripping the gleaming chrome handlebars of their bike. The rider is pedaling quickly through a…
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Tokyo Nights: A Mesmerizing Drone Journey Above the City Lights
generate a cinematic drone flyover of Tokyo at night
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Tokyo's Dawn: A Skyscraper-Sized Cat Stirs
Photorealistic low-angle shot from street level showing colossal ginger tabby cat stretching across multiple city blocks in Tokyo at dawn. Tiny cars and panicked pedestrians flee near its massive paws.
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Tornado Chaos: An FPV Journey
FPV hyperspeed shot racing across wind-ripped cornfield. EF5 tornado swirls into view with lightning crackling inside core. Camera punches through collapsing barn and launches into heart of twister.
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Tornado Vortex: A Cinematic Journey
Crane shot sweeping over open plain as massive tornado touches down. Camera dives into FPV and launches into the vortex. Power lines crack, barns explode. Hollywood-scale VFX.
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Transcendent Transformation: From Light to Life
Razor-fast wave of iridescent energy slices through room. Particles spiral, converge, and assemble with deliberate elegance. Furniture emerges first in graceful formation.
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Transformative Transitions: From Island to Cityscape
Aerial view of volcanic island with black sand beaches morphing into sweeping golden wheat fields, then crowded Asian night market with hanging lanterns, then brutalist concrete cityscape.
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Transforming a Cassette Tape into a Forest Landscape
Audio cassette tape interpreted as aerial drone view. Rectangular housing as dense pine forest. Two spool holes as round deep blue crater lakes. Magnetic tape path as area below.
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Transforming Elegance: Retro Anime OVA Aesthetics Unleashed
Retro anime OVA style. Female figure dissolves into glowing particles, then reforms more radiant.
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Transforming Lexus: From Patch to Precision
First-person POV tossing Lexus patch on wet asphalt. Patch becomes solid black tire. Camera orbits 360 as silver Lexus RZ 450e assembles around it.
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Transforming Logos: Minimalist Animation in 3 Seconds
3-second minimalist logo build-up. Central seed square explodes into geometric particles. Curved trajectories guide particles as they converge into three bars forming 35-degree tilted mountain.
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Transforming Paris: A Surreal 360-Degree Visual Odyssey
360 Degree Panorama of Paris with Inverted Little Planet Projection. Polar coordinate transformation, horizon wrapped into continuous outer circle, rabbit hole perspective.
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Transforming Spaces: AI-Driven Design Workflow Unveiled
time-lapse construction, fast motion as construction workers bring a tree into the living room and then construct the loft and add the couch and lights.
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Transforming Text to Stunning Visuals: The Future of Video Creation
Create a 6-second rotating shot of a steel water bottle on marble with soft ambient music.
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Trippy 360° Stadium Experience: A Visual Odyssey
Stadium or sport venue analyzed for cartographic assets. The Pitch as specific geometry of playing field. The Crowd as seating color and density. Generates map-style visualization.
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Tropical Paradise Revealed: Aerial Wonders of VEO 3.1
Drone orbit shot, tropical island surrounded by turquoise sea, camera circles slowly revealing coral reefs and small boat anchored offshore. Bright midday sunlight.
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Tsunami Chaos: A Race Against Nature's Fury
Epic long shot at island cargo airport as tsunami front surges over mangrove perimeter. Prop planes overturned like toys. Motocross rider accelerates between grounded aircraft while flood destroys buildings.
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Tunnel Vision: A High-Speed Descent
First-person camera surges down tight concrete tunnel like launched projectile. Tunnel snaps into long perspective streaks. Overhead lights stretch into uninterrupted white ribbons.
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Turning Pages of Reality: A Conceptual Journey
Metanarrative visual transition. Environment flattening into layered pages, depth compressing into thin sheets. Camera pulls back revealing world as open book with pages turning smoothly.
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Twilight Bonds: A Boy and His Gentle Robot
A small round-faced boy sitting on rooftop at twilight with a large gentle robot-like creature. He holds up a glowing paper star. Stylized digital gouache look.
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Twilight Dance of the Snow Leopard
Snow leopard pads along windswept ridge at twilight. Blowing snow swirls around thick fur. Jagged peaks silhouette in background. 600mm telephoto realism.
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Twilight Elegance: Gothic Beauty on Cobblestone Streets
Beautiful young woman with pale skin and sharp gothic makeup on old European cobblestone street at twilight. Black gothic Victorian corset dress. Moody cinematic foggy atmosphere.
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Twilight Resilience: A Rugby Player's Promise
Steady handheld shot of rugby player alone in muddy field at twilight after practice. Rain falls gently. He kneels and whispers: Stronger tomorrow.
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Twilight Secrets: The Melanistic Jaguar's Journey
Melanistic jaguar pads silently along muddy riverbank at dusk. Golden eyes reflect torch-like sunset. Heron wings flap in background blur. 600mm telephoto realism with warm twilight rim-light.
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Twilight Showdown: Muscle vs. Speed on the Coast
Coastal Highway Duel. High-octane race at dusk between muscle car and superbike on treacherous winding coastal highway. Hyper-realistic physics and mechanical stress.
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Twilight Teleportation: A Cloaked Chase
Cloaked figure running across buildings as world folds and morphs around them. Teleports mid-step and reappears upside-down dodging collapsing debris. Reality warping like origami.
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Twilight Tension: The Dusty Gunslinger
Medium shot low angle of dust-covered gunslinger in long duster coat and wide-brimmed hat. Hand hovering near holster. Cold determination. Abandoned frontier town at golden hour twilight.
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Twilight Thrill: A Red Racer's Mountain Ascent
Cinematic tracking shot of metallic red sports car speeding down winding mountain road at twilight. Car drifts aggressively around sharp curves. Cool blue-purple tones with fading orange sunset.
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Ultra-Realistic Selfie with Sonic and Mario
Selfie ultra-realista en formato vertical con lente ojo de pez junto a Sonic y Mario. Sala de estar pequeña y luminosa con tonos blancos.
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Underwater Beats: Surreal Boombox in Crystal Waters
Large retro boombox with DJ turntables sits on sandy white ocean floor underwater. Glossy white with metallic silver details. Aqua-blue glow from cassette deck. Crystal-clear turquoise water.
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Underwater Symphony: A Coral Reef Odyssey
First-person POV underwater, wide-angle gliding shot through vibrant coral reef with colorful fish and drifting sea plants. Muffled ocean sounds with whale echoes.
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Unfolding Rebellion: A Book Nook Diorama in 3D
Template for deconstructing literary genre into three key elements: The Monolith (oppressor/antagonist), The Protagonist (hero), and the confrontation between them.
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is the latest Veo model?
Veo 3.1, released in October 2025 and updated in January 2026, with Veo 3.1 Fast and Veo 3.1 Lite. Veo 3 and Veo 3 Fast are deprecated, and there is no Veo 4 as of September 2026.
Do Veo 3 prompts work on Veo 3.1?
Yes. Veo 3.1 uses the same prompt structure: camera first, then subject, action, context and style, with audio written into the prompt.
How long can a Veo 3.1 video be?
4, 6 or 8 seconds per clip. Veo 3.1 and 3.1 Fast can extend a clip to build longer sequences.
How do I add dialogue and sound in a Veo prompt?
Write the speaker and the line in quotes, for example A woman says, "We have to leave now." Add sound effects after "SFX:" and background sound after "Ambient noise:".
Can Veo 3.1 make vertical videos?
Yes. It supports 16:9 and 9:16. Set the aspect ratio in the parameters rather than asking for it in the prompt.
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