About Prompt
- Prompt Type – Dynamic
- Prompt Platform – Google Veo
- Niche – Festival visual
- Language – English
- Category – Art Video
- Prompt Title – Mexican sugar skull video prompt VEO
Prompt Details
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### Optimized AI Prompt Structure for Google Veo: “Dynamic Calavera”
This structure is designed to give the AI maximum context and specific, actionable instructions. It breaks down the request into logical components that align with how video generation models process information, moving from high-level concepts to granular details.
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**`[PROMPT START]`**
**1. Core Concept & High-Level Summary:**
* **Objective:** State the main idea of the video clip in one or two clear, concise sentences. This acts as the guiding principle for the AI.
* **Keywords:** List 5-10 primary keywords that define the scene’s essence (e.g., Día de los Muertos, Sugar Skull, Cinematic, Magic Realism, Celebration).
**2. Visual Style & Aesthetics:**
* **Overall Mood:** Describe the feeling you want to evoke (e.g., celebratory, reverent, magical, vibrant, ethereal, mystical).
* **Artistic Influence:** Mention any relevant art styles or visual inspirations (e.g., Frida Kahlo’s color palette, Gabriel Figueroa’s cinematography, magic realism, folk art).
* **Color Palette:** Be highly specific. Instead of “colorful,” use “a saturated and vibrant palette dominated by cempasúchil orange, deep magenta, rich gold, and peacock teal against a dark, velvety background.”
* **Texture & Detail:** Emphasize the desired level of detail. Use terms like `hyper-realistic textures`, `macro detail`, `tactile`, `intricate filigree`, `crystalline sugar grains`.
**3. Subject & Composition:**
* **Primary Subject:** Describe the sugar skull in extreme detail. What is it made of? What are the decorations? What color is the icing? Are there sequins, foil, beads? Give it a personality.
* *Example: “A large, pristine white sugar skull, flawlessly smooth. It’s decorated with impossibly fine royal icing filigree in electric blue and pink. Its eye sockets are filled with shimmering gold foil, and a single, perfectly formed marigold petal rests on its forehead.”*
* **Framing & Composition:** Explain how the subject is framed in the shot. Use cinematic terms.
* *Example: “Extreme close-up (ECU) on the sugar skull, positioned according to the rule of thirds in the left side of the frame. The background is completely out of focus.”*
**4. Environment & Setting:**
* **Location:** Describe the background and surroundings. Is it on an ofrenda (altar)? A market stall? In a field of marigolds?
* **Supporting Elements:** Detail other objects in the scene. Mention `flickering prayer candles (veladoras)`, `piles of bright orange cempasúchil petals`, `copal incense smoke`, `out-of-focus papel picado banners`, a `dark velvet cloth`.
* **Atmosphere:** Describe the ambient conditions. `A gentle, mystical haze in the air`, `softly drifting motes of dust or glitter`.
**5. Lighting:**
* **Primary Light Source:** Define the main source of light and its quality (e.g., “The scene is lit primarily by the warm, flickering glow of dozens of off-screen candles”).
* **Lighting Style:** Use descriptive lighting terms. `Dramatic chiaroscuro`, `soft, diffused light`, `god rays`, `rim lighting`, `specular highlights`.
* **Light Interaction:** Explain how the light interacts with the subjects. `The candlelight catches the edges of the sequins, causing them to glint and sparkle`, `The light creates long, soft shadows that dance gently`.
**6. Dynamic Elements & Action (The Core of the Prompt):**
This is the most critical section for a **Dynamic** prompt. Detail the sequence of events from the beginning to the end of the clip. Be chronological and specific.
* **`[Time: 0.0s]`:** Describe the opening shot. (e.g., “Static macro shot of the sugar skull, perfectly in focus.”)
* **`[Time: 0.5s – 3.0s]`:** Describe the first action. (e.g., “A time-lapse effect begins. The marigold petals scattered around the base of the skull begin to slowly unfurl and bloom, their color intensifying.”)
* **`[Time: 2.0s – 5.0s]`:** Describe the central magical event. (e.g., “The intricate icing patterns on the skull itself begin to subtly animate. The lines of icing start to slowly swirl and rearrange themselves in a mesmerizing, liquid-like motion. The gold foil in the eyes glimmers with an inner light.”)
* **`[Time: 4.0s]`:** Describe a culminating moment. (e.g., “A single, ethereal mote of golden light floats down from the top of the frame and gently lands on the skull, causing a soft, magical shimmer to ripple across its surface.”)
* **`[Time: 5.0s – 7.0s]`:** Describe the final action or camera movement. (e.g., “The camera begins a very slow, almost imperceptible pull-back, gradually revealing more of the ofrenda and the flickering candles in the background.”)
**7. Cinematography & Camera:**
* **Camera Type/Quality:** Specify the desired quality. `Shot on an ARRI Alexa with cinematic lenses`, `8K resolution`, `high dynamic range (HDR)`.
* **Lens:** Mention the type of lens to dictate the feel of the shot. `100mm macro lens`, `anamorphic lens`, `prime lens`.
* **Camera Movement:** Explicitly state any camera movements. `Slow dolly zoom`, `gentle orbital pan`, `smooth vertical tilt`, `static tripod shot`.
* **Focus & Depth of Field:** This is key for an artistic look. `Extremely shallow depth of field (DoF)`, `creamy bokeh in the background`, `slow rack focus from a foreground candle to the sugar skull`.
**8. Audio (Optional but Recommended):**
* **Soundscape:** Describe the ambient sounds that should accompany the video. This helps the AI understand the mood. `Faint, distant mariachi music`, `gentle crackling of candle wicks`, `a subtle, magical shimmering sound effect`.
**9. Negative Prompts (Crucial for Cultural Accuracy):**
* **What to Avoid:** Explicitly list elements, themes, and styles to exclude. This is vital for preventing misinterpretations.
* *Example: `AVOID: scary, horror, Halloween, demonic, skulls with cracks or damage, gore, sadness, somber tones, skeletons, cheap plastic look, CGI-heavy effects.`*
**`[PROMPT END]`**
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### Example Prompt: “The Luminous Ofrenda”
This prompt follows the exact structure outlined above.
**`[PROMPT START]`**
**1. Core Concept & High-Level Summary:**
* **Objective:** A hyper-realistic, magical art video showing a beautifully decorated sugar skull on a Día de los Muertos ofrenda, where the icing patterns subtly come to life as the camera slowly pulls back.
* **Keywords:** Día de los Muertos, Sugar Skull, Cinematic, Magic Realism, Ofrenda, Vibrant, Intricate, Luminous, Celebration, Marigolds.
**2. Visual Style & Aesthetics:**
* **Overall Mood:** Reverent, magical, wondrous, and deeply celebratory.
* **Artistic Influence:** Magic realism with the rich, saturated color grading of a Guillermo del Toro film. Strong emphasis on Mexican folk art aesthetics.
* **Color Palette:** A deeply saturated palette featuring cempasúchil orange, brilliant magenta, golden yellow, and dark teal, all set against a background of dark, warm wood and black velvet.
* **Texture & Detail:** Hyper-realistic, macro detail. Every crystalline grain of the sugar should be visible. The icing should look tactile and freshly piped. The foil should have realistic crinkles.
**3. Subject & Composition:**
* **Primary Subject:** A single, large, artisan-crafted Calavera de Azúcar. It is made of pure white compressed sugar. The decorations are exceptionally ornate: fine, swirling filigree of royal icing in magenta and orange trace its features. Tiny, iridescent sequins are embedded in the icing. The forehead is adorned with a name, “Abuela,” written in elegant golden icing. Its eye sockets are filled with shimmering, crinkled copper foil.
* **Framing & Composition:** The video opens on an extreme close-up of the skull’s eye and cheek, occupying the right two-thirds of the frame.
**4. Environment & Setting:**
* **Location:** The skull rests on a traditional, multi-tiered Día de los Muertos ofrenda. The surface is covered with a dark, embroidered cloth.
* **Supporting Elements:** Surrounding the skull are heaps of vibrant marigold petals. In the soft-focus background, the tall, flickering flames of white veladora candles are visible inside decorative glass holders. A wisp of ethereal copal incense smoke drifts slowly through the scene. Out-of-focus, colorful papel picado banners hang far in the background.
**5. Lighting:**
* **Primary Light Source:** The scene is lit almost exclusively by the warm, soft, flickering glow of the numerous candles on the ofrenda.
* **Lighting Style:** Dramatic chiaroscuro lighting that carves the skull out of the darkness. The light creates soft, dancing shadows. Intense specular highlights glint off the sequins and copper foil with every flicker of the flames.
* **Light Interaction:** The warm light gives the entire scene a golden, nostalgic glow. The translucency of the marigold petals is highlighted as the light passes through them.
**6. Dynamic Elements & Action (The Core of the Prompt):**
* **`[Time: 0.0s]`:** The shot opens as a static extreme close-up on the skull’s intricate icing and copper foil eye. The background is a creamy, artistic bokeh of candle flames.
* **`[Time: 0.5s – 4.0s]`:** The magenta and orange icing lines on the skull begin to animate with a subtle, magical slowness. They don’t change shape drastically, but rather flow and crawl over the skull’s surface like tiny, vibrant rivers, a hypnotic and beautiful effect.
* **`[Time: 3.0s]`:** The copper foil in the eye socket catches a particularly bright candle flicker and emits a soft, warm, lens flare-like pulse of light that washes across the frame for a split second.
* **`[Time: 2.0s – 7.0s]`:** The camera begins a continuous, ultra-slow dolly pull-back. As it moves back, it reveals the full skull, then the surrounding marigold petals, and finally the other candles and items on the ofrenda, all while maintaining a very shallow depth of field. The skull remains the primary point of focus.
**7. Cinematography & Camera:**
* **Camera Type/Quality:** Shot on ARRI Alexa, 8K resolution, capturing deep blacks and vibrant colors in HDR.
* **Lens:** 100mm macro prime lens to capture extreme detail and create beautiful background separation.
* **Camera Movement:** An ultra-smooth, slow dolly pull-back on a slider. No jitters or vibrations.
* **Focus & Depth of Field:** Extremely shallow depth of field (f/1.4). The focus is locked perfectly on the skull’s surface, while the background melts into a beautiful, abstract bokeh of warm, flickering lights.
**8. Audio (Optional but Recommended):**
* **Soundscape:** The ambient sound of softly crackling candlewicks. In the far distance, the faint, melancholic, and beautiful sound of a lone acoustic guitar playing a traditional Mexican folk song. A very subtle, low-frequency magical hum when the icing animates.
**9. Negative Prompts (Crucial for Cultural Accuracy):**
* **AVOID:** Anything scary, horror-themed, Halloween-related, demonic, morbid, or sad. Avoid cracks, damage, or decay on the skull. Avoid a CGI or cartoonish look. Do not show skeletons or bones. The tone must be celebratory and respectful of the cultural tradition.
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