Veo AI video prompt engineering is the skill of writing descriptions that produce high-quality, cinematic video output. Unlike image generation prompts, video prompts need to account for motion, time, camera movement, and audio.
Start with the basics: clearly describe your subject and what they're doing. Then add scene details — the environment, time of day, weather. Next, specify camera movement: dolly, pan, tracking, orbit, crane, or static.
Lighting direction makes a huge difference. Specify: golden hour, studio strobe, neon, natural daylight, moonlight, or volumetric. Style references help too: cinematic, documentary, commercial, anime, lo-fi.
Finally, add audio cues. Modern AI video generators can produce matching sound: dialogue, ambient noise, music, and sound effects. The more specific your audio direction, the better the result.