About Prompt
- Prompt Type – Dynamic
- Prompt Platform – Google Veo
- Niche – Cultural event
- Language – English
- Category – Video
- Prompt Title – Thai lantern festival video prompt Veo
Prompt Details
This prompt is engineered to provide Veo with a clear narrative, specific visual instructions, and a dynamic sequence of shots to generate a high-quality, cinematic video.
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### Optimized AI Prompt for Google Veo: The Thai Lantern Festival
**`[PROMPT START]`**
**`[SCENE INTENTION]`**
Generate a short, cinematic video (approximately 20-25 seconds) that captures the breathtaking and spiritual essence of the Yi Peng lantern festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The video should tell a micro-story, following a young Thai woman as she participates in the mass lantern release. The core emotional arc should move from quiet introspection and preparation to a moment of shared, awe-inspiring wonder. The final output should feel like a scene from a high-budget travel documentary or a feature film, emphasizing authenticity, emotion, and magical realism.
**`[VISUAL STYLE & AESTHETICS]`**
* **Overall Tone:** Cinematic, hyperrealistic, emotionally resonant, and reverent.
* **Resolution & Quality:** 8K resolution, high dynamic range (HDR), extremely high detail.
* **Camera Simulation:** Shot on an ARRI Alexa camera with a 50mm anamorphic prime lens. This should create beautiful oval bokeh, subtle lens flares from the flames, and a wide, cinematic aspect ratio.
* **Lighting:** The scene begins at late twilight (the “blue hour”) and transitions into a deep indigo night. The primary light sources should be the warm, golden, flickering glow of thousands of candles and the lanterns themselves. The light on faces should be soft and flattering.
* **Color Palette:** A rich and warm palette dominated by gold, orange, and amber from the lanterns, contrasted against a deep indigo and black night sky. Accents of magenta, crimson, and saffron from traditional clothing.
* **Focus & Depth:** Utilize a shallow depth of field to isolate subjects and create a dreamy, focused atmosphere. The background should be filled with soft, glowing bokeh from other lanterns.
* **Texture:** Emphasize textures—the delicate, fibrous rice paper of the lantern, the intricate silk embroidery on traditional clothing, the weathered stone of the temple grounds.
**`[SUBJECT & SETTING]`**
* **Primary Subject:** A young Thai woman in her early 20s with a serene and hopeful expression. She is dressed in a traditional Lanna-style silk sinh (sarong) and blouse, with her hair elegantly styled.
* **Secondary Subjects:** Her family, particularly an elderly grandmother, and a massive, diverse crowd of participants in the background.
* **Setting:** The sprawling, historic grounds of an ancient Buddhist temple (Wat) in Chiang Mai. Ornate, gilded chedis and temple roofs are visible in the background, softly illuminated. The air is clear and filled with a gentle haze.
**`[DYNAMIC SEQUENCE OF EVENTS – SHOT BY SHOT]`**
**(Shot 1: The Wish – 4 seconds)**
* **Camera:** A macro-level, rack focus shot. It starts tightly focused on the woman’s hands as she uses a black marker to write a wish in Thai script on the delicate, cream-colored rice paper of her unlit lantern.
* **Action:** Her hands move with care and precision. The camera then slowly racks focus from the script on the paper to her face, which is in profile, illuminated by a nearby candle. Her expression is one of peaceful contemplation.
* **Details:** The fine fibers of the paper are visible. The sound of the marker is faint.
**(Shot 2: The Flame – 6 seconds)**
* **Camera:** Medium close-up, low angle, handheld with a gentle sway to feel immersive.
* **Action:** The woman and her grandmother are now kneeling. The grandmother holds the lantern steady while the young woman carefully lights the circular fuel cell at the base. The flame catches, and a warm, golden light blossoms upwards, illuminating their faces from below. They share a gentle, knowing smile.
* **Details:** The initial flicker of the flame, the way the light dances in their eyes, the concentration on the young woman’s face. The lantern begins to slowly inflate with hot air.
**(Shot 3: The Ascent – 7 seconds)**
* **Camera:** A slow, dramatic pedestal shot (moving vertically upwards). The camera starts at a medium shot of the woman as she stands, holding the fully inflated, glowing lantern.
* **Action:** She looks up, her face filled with anticipation and wonder. On a non-verbal cue with the surrounding crowd, she and her grandmother gently release the lantern. The camera follows the single lantern as it begins its graceful ascent, tilting upwards. As it rises, it joins a magnificent, ever-growing constellation of thousands of other lanterns already floating towards the stars.
* **Details:** Use subtle slow-motion (96fps) for the moment of release. The woman’s hands linger in the air for a moment. The single lantern becomes one of a multitude, creating a breathtaking sense of scale and community.
**(Shot 4: The Galaxy of Lights – 5 seconds)**
* **Camera:** Epic, wide-angle drone shot, slowly pulling back and ascending.
* **Action:** The camera reveals the full, staggering scale of the event. The night sky is completely filled with a river of golden lights, moving slowly in the wind. Below, the temple grounds are dotted with thousands of people, each a small point of light. The sheer density of the lanterns creates an effect like a real-life galaxy.
* **Details:** The view encompasses the illuminated temple spires, the crowds, and the endless sky of lanterns stretching to the horizon. The video fades to black on this overwhelming and beautiful image.
**`[ATMOSPHERE & MOOD]`**
The mood should be deeply spiritual, serene, and magical. It should evoke feelings of hope, release, connection, and profound beauty. The pacing is deliberate and gentle, building to a powerful, breathtaking climax.
**`[NEGATIVE PROMPT / EXCLUSIONS]`**
* **Avoid:** Bright, modern electric lighting, contemporary or tourist-style clothing (e.g., t-shirts, shorts), overt commercialism, logos, or branding.
* **Ensure:** No distorted or unnatural facial features. No jittery or unstable camera movements (unless specified as handheld). Avoid a flat, video-game or CGI look; strive for photorealism. No watermarks or text overlays.
**`[PROMPT END]`**
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### Example Prompt (Following the Same Structure)
Here is a second example for a different cultural event, the Holi Festival in India, to demonstrate the versatility of the prompt structure.
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**`[PROMPT START]`**
**`[SCENE INTENTION]`**
Generate a vibrant, high-energy video (approximately 15-20 seconds) capturing the joyous chaos and uninhibited celebration of the Holi festival in Jaipur, India. The video should focus on the explosive moments of color, communal laughter, and dance, conveying a feeling of pure, electrifying euphoria. The goal is to immerse the viewer in the heart of the celebration.
**`[VISUAL STYLE & AESTHETICS]`**
* **Overall Tone:** Energetic, vibrant, raw, and celebratory.
* **Resolution & Quality:** 4K resolution, high frame rate (for slow-motion), vivid color saturation.
* **Camera Simulation:** Shot on a RED camera with a 24mm wide-angle lens, often using a gimbal for dynamic but smooth movement. The style should feel like being in the middle of the action.
* **Lighting:** Bright, harsh, direct midday sun. Strong highlights and lens flares are encouraged to enhance the energy.
* **Color Palette:** An explosion of primary and secondary colors: fuchsia pink, brilliant yellow, electric blue, and deep green powders (gulal) against the backdrop of white kurtas and historic sandstone architecture.
* **Focus & Depth:** Deep depth of field in wider shots to show the crowd, switching to shallow depth of field with slow-motion for impact shots of color explosions.
* **Texture:** Emphasize the fine, particulate nature of the colored powder as it hangs in the air and coats skin and clothes.
**`[SUBJECT & SETTING]`**
* **Primary Subject:** A diverse group of laughing people—children, young adults, and elders—all celebrating together.
* **Setting:** A crowded street or courtyard in Jaipur, the “Pink City,” with traditional Rajasthani architecture visible. The air is thick with colored powder.
**`[DYNAMIC SEQUENCE OF EVENTS – SHOT BY SHOT]`**
**(Shot 1: The Anticipation – 3 seconds)**
* **Camera:** Extreme close-up in super slow-motion (120fps).
* **Action:** A pair of hands, already stained with multiple colors, scoops up a large handful of bright fuchsia powder. The individual powder grains are visible as they cascade through the fingers.
**(Shot 2: The Color Burst – 5 seconds)**
* **Camera:** Medium shot, dynamic handheld movement, captured at a high frame rate and played back in slow motion.
* **Action:** The handful of fuchsia powder is thrown and collides with a laughing young man’s white shirt. The video captures the impact, showing the cloud of powder exploding outwards in a beautiful, abstract pattern. He shakes his head, sending more color into the air, and smiles broadly.
**(Shot 3: The Communal Joy – 6 seconds)**
* **Camera:** A wide, low-angle orbiting shot using a gimbal, moving through a dancing crowd.
* **Action:** The camera weaves through a large group of people dancing energetically to the beat of a dhol drum (not seen, but implied). People are smearing colors on each other’s faces, hugging, and throwing water from buckets. The scene is pure, chaotic joy. Droplets of colored water catch the sunlight.
**(Shot 4: The Aftermath – 3 seconds)**
* **Camera:** A static, medium close-up shot.
* **Action:** A young child, their face a beautiful mosaic of yellow, green, and pink powder, looks directly into the camera and gives a huge, infectious grin. The video ends on this joyful and intimate moment.
**`[ATMOSPHERE & MOOD]`**
The mood is euphoric, exuberant, and uninhibited. It should feel loud (visually), energetic, and intensely alive. The pacing is fast and dynamic, punctuated by moments of slow-motion beauty.
**`[NEGATIVE PROMPT / EXCLUSIONS]`**
* **Avoid:** Any depiction of anger, conflict, or discomfort. Muted or desaturated colors. Clean, sterile environments. Static or boring camera shots.
* **Ensure:** Faces are expressive and joyful. The energy level remains high throughout. The video feels authentic and not staged.
**`[PROMPT END]`**