AI Video Prompt Generator Tool
Direct the shot, then write the prompt. Pick your subject, camera, light and style, watch the live viewfinder react, and get a ready-to-paste cinematic prompt with a beat-by-beat timeline.
Live Viewfinder
Prompt Strength
Your Video Prompt
Recent scenes (saved only in your browser)
How to Use the AI Video Prompt Generator Tool
Build a complete video prompt in a few simple steps. The generator combines your choices with built-in rules for smooth, consistent AI video.
- Start with a preset (optional): Tap a one-click scene preset, then change any detail you like.
- Enter a Subject: Type who or what appears in the video, such as "a red fox" or "a vintage car".
- Add an Action (optional): Say what the subject does. If you skip it, the prompt asks for natural, realistic motion.
- Select Video Genre and Setting: Pick from 10 genres and 10 locations, from nature documentary to neon city street.
- Select Camera Movement and Shot Type: Choose how the camera moves and how close it is to the subject.
- Select Lighting and Visual Style: Set the mood with golden hour, neon, film grain, noir and more.
- Choose Duration and Aspect Ratio: Pick 5, 8, 10 or 15 seconds and 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 or 21:9.
- Generate Video Prompt: The tool builds a detailed prompt with a three-beat timeline, plus short, JSON and negative versions.
- Copy and Paste: Copy or download any version into your AI video generator. Use Surprise Me for a random scene and Reset to start over.
What Makes This Video Prompt Generator Different?
Most prompt tools give you one long sentence. This one gives you a structured prompt with separate sections for subject, camera, lighting and style, a timeline that splits your clip into opening, action and closing beats, and a short version for generators with tight prompt limits.
The six main selections give 10 × 10 × 10 × 8 × 9 × 8 = 576,000 scene combinations before you add your own subject, action, duration, aspect ratio and sound.
Unique Features
Built-In Video Quality Rules
Tips for Better AI Videos
- Keep to one subject and one clear action. Short clips work best with a single idea.
- Match the camera to the mood: slow push-ins feel dramatic, drone shots feel epic, handheld feels real.
- Use vertical 9:16 for Shorts, Reels and TikTok, and 16:9 for YouTube and websites.
- If a video generator ignores part of the prompt, try the short version and add details one at a time.
- If your generator has a separate negative prompt field, paste the Negative tab there.
- Click Generate again after changing a single option to compare results.
- Different video generators read prompts differently, so the same prompt can give different results.
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Frequently Asked Questions
1. What does this tool generate?
It generates a structured text prompt for AI video generators, including subject, action, setting, camera, shot type, lighting, style, duration, aspect ratio and a three-beat timeline.
2. Does the tool create the video itself?
No. It creates the prompt only. You paste it into the AI video generator you prefer.
3. Which video generators can I use it with?
The prompt is plain descriptive text, so it can be used with most text-to-video tools. Results vary from one generator to another.
4. What is the short version for?
Some video generators limit prompt length. The short version packs the key details into one paragraph for those tools.
5. How does the timeline work?
Your chosen duration is split into three beats: opening, main action and closing, each with second markers, so the clip has a clear structure.
6. Do I have to fill in every field?
You need a subject, genre, setting, camera movement, shot type, lighting and visual style. Action and sound are optional, and duration and aspect ratio have defaults.
7. What does Surprise Me do?
It picks a random subject and random options for every category, then generates the prompt right away.
8. Does it need an account or an API?
No. It runs in your browser and needs no login, signup, database, external library or API.
9. Can I use the tool on mobile?
Yes. The layout is responsive and works on Android phones, iPhones, tablets and desktops.
10. How many tools does Internet AI Tools offer?
Internet AI Tools began with 16 tools and now offers more than 30 free tools. More are planned, so check back often.
11. What are the Live Viewfinder and Prompt Strength meter?
The Live Viewfinder is a small preview frame that changes its aspect ratio, light color, camera motion and shot size as you pick options. The Prompt Strength meter scores how complete your prompt is and suggests the next improvement.
12. Are my prompts saved or uploaded?
Nothing is uploaded. Your last six scenes are kept only in your own browser so you can reload them, and you can clear them at any time.
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