About Prompt
- Prompt Type – Dynamic
- Prompt Platform – Google Veo
- Niche – Nature cinematography
- Language – English
- Category – Video
- Prompt Title – Lunar eclipse timelapse video prompt Veo
Prompt Details
### Optimized AI Prompt for Google Veo: Lunar Eclipse Timelapse
This prompt is structured with clear, tagged sections. This modular approach allows Google Veo to better understand the context, the cinematic style, the sequence of events, and the fine details, resulting in a more coherent and visually stunning video.
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**`[PROMPT_HEADER]`**
* **`PROMPT_ID`**: LUNAR_ECLIPSE_TIMELAPSE_NATURE_V1
* **`TARGET_AI`**: Google Veo
* **`PROMPT_TYPE`**: Dynamic, Sequential Video
* **`NICHE`**: Nature Cinematography, Astrophotography
* **`LANGUAGE`**: English
**`[SCENE_SETUP]`**
* **`LOCATION`**: A serene and majestic landscape. A wide, tranquil valley with a perfectly still, glass-like alpine lake in the foreground. In the background, a formidable, snow-capped mountain range with sharp, jagged peaks pierces the night sky. The air is crystal clear, with no light pollution.
* **`FOCAL_POINT`**: The primary focal point is the full moon as it undergoes a total lunar eclipse. Its reflection should be perfectly mirrored in the surface of the lake.
* **`TIME_OF_DAY`**: The entire sequence takes place over several hours during a single night, compressed into a short timelapse.
**`[CINEMATIC_STYLE]`**
* **`VIDEO_QUALITY`**: Cinematic 8K resolution, hyper-realistic, high dynamic range (HDR), with deep blacks and vibrant, natural colors. No film grain unless specified.
* **`LENS`**: Ultra-wide angle lens (equivalent to 14-24mm) to capture the grand scale of the landscape and the vastness of the sky. Maintain a deep depth of field so both the foreground lake and the distant mountains are in sharp focus.
* **`CAMERA_MOVEMENT`**: The camera is on a locked-off tripod for the majority of the shot to emphasize the timelapse effect. Introduce a subtle, almost imperceptible **slow push-in (dolly zoom)** towards the mountains throughout the entire video duration. The movement should be so slow that it’s only noticeable by observing the change in framing over time.
* **`MOOD_AND_TONE`**: Awe-inspiring, majestic, serene, cosmic, and slightly mysterious. The feeling should be one of solitude and connection with the universe.
* **`COLOR_GRADING`**: Professional, cinematic color grade. The initial scene should have cool blues and silvery whites from the moonlight. During the eclipse totality, the palette should shift dramatically to deep, warm tones—crimson, burnt orange, and coppery reds—before returning to the cooler tones.
**`[DYNAMIC_TIMELAPSE_SEQUENCE]`**
This section describes the evolution of the scene over the video’s duration. Veo should interpret this as a continuous, smooth progression.
* **`[0-15% DURATION: Full Moon Illumination]`**: The video begins with a brilliant, silvery-white full moon high in the sky. The landscape is bathed in its bright, cool light, creating long, soft shadows from the mountains. The lake reflects the moon and the brighter stars perfectly. The sky is a deep indigo.
* **`[15-45% DURATION: Partial Eclipse Begins]`**: The Earth’s umbral shadow begins to creep across the lunar surface from one edge. It looks like a dark, curved “bite” is being taken out of the moon. As the shadow covers more of the moon, the ambient light on the landscape visibly dims. The reflection in the lake perfectly mimics this partial eclipse.
* **`[45-75% DURATION: Totality – The Blood Moon]`**: This is the climax of the video. The moon is now fully engulfed in the Earth’s shadow. It does not disappear but instead glows with a stunning, deep coppery-red and burnt-orange hue (the “Blood Moon”). The ambient light on the landscape is now dim and eerie, cast in a faint reddish glow. Because the moon is dimmer, the night sky becomes significantly darker, revealing the full, breathtaking majesty of the Milky Way galaxy stretching across the sky behind the eclipsed moon. Billions of stars are now sharp and visible. The lake’s reflection shows the red moon and the star-filled sky.
* **`[75-100% DURATION: Eclipse Wanes]`**: The process reverses. A sliver of bright, silvery moonlight reappears on the edge of the moon. This sliver grows, gradually pushing back the red glow and the Earth’s shadow. As the moon becomes brighter, the ambient light on the landscape increases, and the fainter stars of the Milky Way begin to fade from view once more. The video ends as the moon is nearly full and bright again, with the landscape illuminated as it was at the start.
**`[ENVIRONMENTAL_DETAILS]`**
* **`ATMOSPHERE`**: The sky is crystal clear. Faint, wispy, high-altitude clouds drift very slowly across the frame, catching the changing moonlight.
* **`STARS`**: Stars and constellations should be visible throughout, but they should become intensely brilliant and numerous during the eclipse’s totality phase. An occasional shooting star or meteor should streak quickly across the sky for added realism.
* **`REFLECTIONS`**: The reflection in the lake is critical. It must be a perfect, unbroken mirror of the sky, accurately reflecting the moon’s changing phases and colors, the stars, and the drifting clouds.
**`[NEGATIVE_PROMPTS]`**
* **`AVOID`**: Shaky camera movement, jump cuts, lens flare (unless extremely subtle and natural), artificial lights, airplanes, satellites, people, buildings, roads, or any man-made structures.
* **`RESTRICTIONS`**: No watermarks or text overlays. Ensure transitions between eclipse phases are perfectly smooth and seamless. Avoid cartoonish, overly saturated, or unrealistic colors. The moon should not appear pixelated or low-resolution. The physics of light and reflection must be accurate.
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### Example Prompt Following the Same Structure
Here is a second example prompt applying the same detailed, modular structure to a different natural setting, demonstrating its versatility.
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**`[PROMPT_HEADER]`**
* **`PROMPT_ID`**: LUNAR_ECLIPSE_TIMELAPSE_DESERT_V1
* **`TARGET_AI`**: Google Veo
* **`PROMPT_TYPE`**: Dynamic, Sequential Video
* **`NICHE`**: Nature Cinematography, Astrophotography
* **`LANGUAGE`**: English
**`[SCENE_SETUP]`**
* **`LOCATION`**: A vast, arid desert landscape at night, reminiscent of Joshua Tree National Park or the Atacama Desert. The foreground is dominated by the striking silhouette of a single, ancient, and gnarled Joshua tree. The ground is sandy with scattered, large, weathered boulders.
* **`FOCAL_POINT`**: The total lunar eclipse unfolding in the expansive sky directly above the Joshua tree, which serves as a powerful framing element.
* **`TIME_OF_DAY`**: A compressed timelapse of a full night cycle.
**`[CINEMATIC_STYLE]`**
* **`VIDEO_QUALITY`**: Cinematic 4K, hyper-realistic, shot with an anamorphic lens style to create a wider aspect ratio and subtle lens characteristics.
* **`LENS`**: A medium-wide lens (equivalent to 24-35mm) to create a more intimate composition with the Joshua tree while still capturing the sky.
* **`CAMERA_MOVEMENT`**: A very slow, continuous **horizontal pan from left to right**. The pan is timed so that the eclipsed “Blood Moon” is perfectly centered above the Joshua tree at the midpoint of the video.
* **`MOOD_AND_TONE`**: Ancient, mystical, silent, and profound. A sense of deep time and the raw, untamed beauty of the desert.
* **`COLOR_GRADING`**: A high-contrast, desaturated color palette during the full moon phase, emphasizing textures in the sand and tree bark. This shifts to a rich, warm, and almost painterly palette during the blood moon phase, with deep reds illuminating the desert floor.
**`[DYNAMIC_TIMELAPSE_SEQUENCE]`**
* **`[0-15% DURATION: Full Moon Illumination]`**: The video starts with the full moon off-center to the left. Its stark white light creates sharp, dark, and intricate shadows from the Joshua tree and boulders on the sandy ground.
* **`[15-45% DURATION: Partial Eclipse Begins]`**: As the camera pans right, the Earth’s shadow begins to consume the moon. The landscape’s light softens, and the shadows become less defined.
* **`[45-75% DURATION: Totality – The Blood Moon]`**: At the video’s midpoint, the camera centers the Joshua tree, with the now fully eclipsed, deep-red Blood Moon positioned directly above it. The faint, crimson light gives the entire desert scene a surreal, otherworldly glow. The Milky Way is now vividly apparent in the dark sky.
* **`[75-100% DURATION: Eclipse Wanes]`**: As the pan continues to the right, the moon begins to emerge from the shadow. Bright moonlight returns, washing out the red glow and the fainter stars. The video ends with the nearly full moon now on the right side of the frame, the pan complete.
**`[ENVIRONMENTAL_DETAILS]`**
* **`ATMOSPHERE`**: The air is still. A faint, subtle heat haze shimmers just above the ground. A gentle desert wind occasionally kicks up a few motes of dust that catch the moonlight.
* **`STARS`**: The stars are incredibly sharp and clear in the dry desert air, especially during totality.
* **`WILDLIFE`**: The distant, fleeting silhouette of a lone coyote can be briefly seen on a far-off ridge during the totality phase, adding a touch of life to the scene.
**`[NEGATIVE_PROMPTS]`**
* **`AVOID`**: Unrealistic camera movements, noise or digital artifacts, people, vehicles, power lines, roads, light pollution on the horizon.
* **`RESTRICTIONS`**: Keep the Joshua tree in silhouette; do not show detailed color on the tree itself. Ensure the shadow’s movement across the moon is astronomically plausible. Maintain a smooth, consistent pan speed. No lens breathing.