About Prompt
- Prompt Type – Dynamic
- Prompt Platform – Google Veo
- Niche – Cultural festival
- Language – English
- Category – Art Video
- Prompt Title – Thai floating lantern video prompt Veo
Prompt Details
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### **Optimized AI Prompt Template for Google Veo: Thai Cultural Festival**
This template is designed to be a dynamic, multi-scene prompt that guides the AI through a short narrative arc, ensuring high-quality, cinematic, and culturally resonant output.
**Prompt Title:** `[Give your scene a descriptive, artistic title]`
**Core Concept & Narrative Arc:** `[Start with a high-level summary of the entire video. Describe the emotional journey and the progression of the scene. This acts as the primary instruction for the AI’s understanding of the video’s flow.]`
* **Example:** “The video begins with an intimate, personal moment of preparation, builds to the emotional climax of releasing a lantern, and culminates in a breathtaking, wide-scale spectacle of thousands of lanterns filling the night sky.”
**Scene 1: The Preparation – Intimate Focus**
`[Describe the opening shot. Focus on details, close-ups, and personal interactions. This sets the emotional tone.]`
* **Characters & Actions:** Who is the focus? What are they doing? (e.g., A young woman, an elderly monk, a family). Describe their precise actions (e.g., carefully lighting the fuel cell, writing a wish on the paper, hands trembling slightly with anticipation).
* **Framing & Camera:** How is this shot? (e.g., “Extreme close-up on hands preparing the lantern,” “Medium shot from a low angle,” “Shallow depth of field with the background softly blurred”).
* **Lighting & Details:** Describe the light source. (e.g., “The only light source is the small, flickering flame from a candle, casting a warm, golden glow on their faces and illuminating the delicate fibers of the rice paper lantern”).
**Scene 2: The Release – The Climax**
`[This is the pivotal moment. Describe the action of release and the immediate aftermath. The camera should start to move.]`
* **Action & Emotion:** Describe the physical act of letting go. What emotions are on the characters’ faces? (e.g., “They hold the lantern together, a shared look of hope and serenity on their faces. As they gently push it upwards, their expressions shift to awe and wonder”).
* **Camera Movement:** Introduce dynamic camera work. (e.g., “The camera starts as a medium shot and begins a slow, smooth crane-up, following the lantern as it begins its ascent. The focus remains on the primary characters as the lantern rises above them”).
* **Environmental Interaction:** How does the action affect the immediate surroundings? (e.g., “The warm light of the rising lantern briefly illuminates the faces of the people around them, revealing a sea of similar expressions”).
**Scene 3: The Ascension – The Grand Scale**
`[This is the visual payoff. The scale expands dramatically to show the full spectacle of the festival.]`
* **Scope & Scale:** Describe the massive scene. (e.g., “The camera continues to ascend high above the crowd, revealing not just one, but thousands upon thousands of glowing lanterns. They form a celestial river of fire, slowly drifting into the vast, star-filled night sky”).
* **Perspective:** Specify the camera’s final position. (e.g., “A sweeping, epic drone shot panning slowly across the sky,” “A wide, static shot from across the river, capturing the lanterns and their shimmering reflections on the water’s surface”).
* **Atmospheric Details:** Add details that enhance the sense of scale and magic. (e.g., “Distant, gilded temple spires are silhouetted against the glowing horizon. Wisps of smoke curl through the air. The sheer number of lanterns creates a soft, ambient orange haze in the atmosphere”).
**Visual Style & Cinematography:**
`[This is the most critical section for an ‘Art Video.’ Be extremely specific about the aesthetic you want.]`
* **AI Model & Resolution:** `photorealistic, hyper-detailed, 8K, cinematic`
* **Camera & Lens:** `Shot on ARRI Alexa with Panavision anamorphic lenses to create beautiful bokeh and lens flares.`
* **Frame Rate:** `24fps for a classic cinematic feel.`
* **Lighting Style:** `High contrast, chiaroscuro lighting in the close-ups; soft, ambient, magical lighting for the wide shots. The primary light source should always be the lanterns themselves, creating a natural, warm, and inviting glow. Avoid harsh, artificial lighting.`
* **Color Palette:** `Deep, rich color grading. Dominant colors are fiery orange, burnished gold, and deep midnight blue/indigo. Accents of magenta and teak wood brown in the clothing and environment.`
* **Aesthetics & Keywords:** `ethereal, dreamlike, serene, reverent, magical, awe-inspiring, high dynamic range (HDR), incredibly detailed, volumetric lighting.`
**Characters & Attire:**
`[Provide details on the people to ensure cultural authenticity and visual appeal.]`
* **Foreground Characters:** Describe their age, ethnicity (Thai), and clothing in detail (e.g., “A young woman in her early 20s wearing a traditional silk *sabai* and *pha nung* in deep crimson and gold,” “An elderly man with kind, wrinkled eyes wearing a simple white linen shirt”).
* **Background Crowd:** “A diverse mix of local families, couples, and monks in saffron robes. Their faces are upturned, filled with wonder, not looking at the camera.”
**Environment & Setting:**
`[Ground the scene in a specific, detailed location.]`
* **Location:** `Set during the Yi Peng festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The scene takes place on the banks of the Ping River.`
* **Background Elements:** `In the background, the silhouette of a traditional Lanna-style temple with a gilded stupa is faintly visible. The river’s surface is dark and calm, perfectly reflecting the thousands of lights. Small, candle-lit krathongs (floating flower boats) can be seen drifting on the water.`
**Atmosphere & Mood:**
`[Reinforce the emotional feeling you want the video to evoke.]`
* **Primary Mood:** `Spiritual, peaceful, and deeply moving.`
* **Secondary Moods:** `Collective joy, quiet contemplation, a sense of unity and hope.`
**Negative Prompts & Exclusions:**
`[Tell the AI what to avoid to prevent common errors and stylistic mismatches.]`
* **Exclusions:** `No modern clothing in the foreground, no smartphones or cameras visible, no distracting text or logos, no shaky-cam or handheld footage, no sad or distressed expressions, no CGI-looking effects, no oversaturation, not a documentary.`
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### **Example Prompt in Practice**
**Prompt Title:** Yi Peng: A Constellation Released
**Core Concept & Narrative Arc:** The video captures the intimate and sacred moment between a young girl and her grandfather during the Yi Peng festival. It begins with the close, careful act of lighting a lantern, transitions to the emotional release, and culminates in a breathtaking aerial view of their single light joining a galaxy of thousands, creating a river of stars in the night sky.
**Scene 1: The Preparation – Intimate Focus**
An extreme close-up on the weathered, wrinkled hands of an elderly Thai grandfather gently guiding the small hands of his granddaughter (around 8 years old). Together, they hold a single, unlit sky lantern (*khom loi*). The camera follows their hands as the grandfather strikes a match; the flame flickers to life, casting a warm, golden glow. The shot has an extremely shallow depth of field, blurring the bustling festival crowd into soft orbs of light in the background.
**Scene 2: The Release – The Climax**
The camera pulls back to a medium shot. The grandfather whispers something to the girl, and she nods, her eyes wide with wonder. The lantern is now full of hot air, straining to rise. They look at each other, share a gentle smile, and together, they let go. The camera begins a slow, smooth crane shot, rising with the lantern. For a moment, their upturned, awe-struck faces remain in the bottom of the frame before the lantern ascends past them.
**Scene 3: The Ascension – The Grand Scale**
The camera continues its unbroken, soaring ascent, following their single lantern as it joins a breathtaking swarm of thousands of others. The shot transforms into a vast, sweeping aerial panorama. The sky is no longer black but a deep indigo, filled with a slow-moving, silent river of fiery orange and gold lights. Below, the Ping River is a dark mirror, perfectly reflecting the celestial display. A distant, ornate Lanna temple is silhouetted against the glowing horizon. The scale is immense, awe-inspiring, and profoundly peaceful.
**Visual Style & Cinematography:**
* **AI Model & Resolution:** `photorealistic, hyper-detailed, 8K, cinematic`
* **Camera & Lens:** `Shot on ARRI Alexa with Panavision anamorphic lenses to create beautiful oval bokeh and warm, horizontal lens flares from the flames.`
* **Frame Rate:** `24fps, with moments of subtle slow-motion (50% speed) during the release.`
* **Lighting Style:** `Naturalistic, high-contrast lighting dominated by the warm, soft glow of the lantern flames. Deep shadows and rich blacks. Volumetric light effects, with a soft orange haze in the air.`
* **Color Palette:** `A tightly controlled palette of molten gold, fiery orange, deep indigo, and the dark teak of the riverbanks. The granddaughter’s traditional dress is a vibrant emerald green for a single point of contrast.`
* **Aesthetics & Keywords:** `ethereal, cinematic, dreamlike, poignant, spiritual, high dynamic range (HDR), razor-sharp focus, incredibly detailed textures on the rice paper and skin.`
**Characters & Attire:**
* **Foreground Characters:** The grandfather is in his 70s, with a kind face and a simple white linen shirt. The granddaughter is around 8, her hair in a neat bun, wearing an intricate, traditional Lanna-style green and gold silk dress (*chut thai*).
* **Background Crowd:** A respectfully blurred mass of silhouettes and warm glows, their individuality lost to the collective moment.
**Environment & Setting:**
* **Location:** The banks of the Ping River in Chiang Mai, Thailand, during the peak of the Yi Peng festival at night.
* **Background Elements:** The river is dotted with hundreds of small, glittering krathongs. The air is clear, allowing for a view of the stars behind the lanterns. The architecture of the distant temple is authentic Lanna style.
**Atmosphere & Mood:**
* **Primary Mood:** `Reverent, heartwarming, and magical.`
* **Secondary Moods:** `Nostalgic, hopeful, and serene.`
**Negative Prompts & Exclusions:**
* **Exclusions:** `No flash photography, no Western tourists in the foreground, no smartphones, no talking directly to the camera, no jerky movements, no digitally-perfect lantern shapes, no overly bright city lights in the background, not an advertisement.`