Video recipes: how to make specific kinds of videos

Each recipe lists the tool, the settings and an example prompt you can adapt. Prices are for the settings shown.

Romantic couple scene

• Tool: Text to video · Model: Wan 3.0 · Quality: 720p · Duration: 8 s · Ratio: 16:9
• Explicitness: your choice · Scene details: Location Bedroom, Time Night, Color Soft pastel
• Cost: 8 × 50 = 400 credits

A bright loft bedroom at night, fairy lights in the window, white linen sheets. Strictly two adults: a woman in her late twenties with long dark curls and a man in his early thirties with stubble. They lie facing each other, smiling; she traces his jaw with her fingers and kisses him; he rolls onto his back and pulls her on top of him, both laughing. Slow push-in from the side of the bed, 50mm lens. Warm string lights against cool moonlight, soft grain.

Tip: two or three actions are plenty for 8 seconds. Use the Timeline if the order matters.

POV scene

• Tool: Text to video · Model: Wan 3.0 · Ratio: 9:16 for phones · Scene details: Camera movement POV
• Write "first-person POV" and say where the person looks; POV is one of the cases where eye contact is wanted.

First-person POV, the camera is the man's eyes. A sunlit bathroom with white tiles. A woman in her thirties with a wet blonde bob steps out of the shower, looks into the camera and smiles, then reaches toward the camera and pulls it closer. Handheld, natural movement. Soft daylight from a frosted window.

1970s film look

• Tool: Text to video · Model: Seedance 2.5 for the most cinematic result, or Wan 3.0 to test
• Scene details: Era 1970s, Camera 35mm cinema film, Color Warm 70s film · Film grain: Medium
• Describe period set dressing: wood paneling, shag rug, fringed lamps, an orange couch.

A 1970s living room: wood paneling, a shag rug, an orange couch, a fringed lamp. Strictly two adults with 70s hair and makeup. She sits on his lap facing him on the couch, her arms around his neck; they kiss slowly as the lamp flickers. Slow 70s crash zoom into a medium shot. Warm saturated Kodachrome colors, heavy 35mm grain.

VHS or home-video amateur look

• Scene details: Camera VHS camcorder or Hi8, Camera movement Handheld · Color: Faded vintage
• Keep it simple and natural: real rooms, practical lights, imperfect framing.

A cozy 1990s apartment bedroom lit by a bedside lamp. Strictly two adults, a couple in their thirties. Shot on a handheld camcorder set on a dresser: they fall onto the bed laughing, kiss, and she pulls the blanket over them both. Static camera with slight wobble, auto-exposure breathing, scan lines, soft detail.

Cinematic widescreen

• Model: Seedance 2.5 · Ratio: 21:9 · Quality: 720p or 1080p
• Write like a cinematographer: lens, f-stop, light in K, camera move with speed.

A Mediterranean villa terrace at golden hour, white walls, bougainvillea, the sea below. Strictly two adults. She walks slowly toward him along the balustrade, the wind in her linen dress; he takes her hand and they kiss as the sun touches the horizon. Anamorphic 40mm, f/2.8, slow tracking shot from the side ending on a wide two-shot. 3200K sunlight with soft fill, teal-and-orange grade, gentle halation.

The same character in every video

1. Create a character with 3–4 AI portraits: Front, 3/4 view and Full body.
2. Use @name in every prompt and describe only the action and place.
3. Keep the clothing or nudity consistent in your prompts if the videos belong together.
4. For a second person, create a second character.

A longer story (30 s and beyond)

1. Make a strong first clip of 5–10 s.
2. Extend it with the next action; repeat the look of the people in every extend prompt.
3. With Seedance, use Merge with source to join the parts.
4. For a new location, start a new clip with the same characters and edit the clips together.

Bring a portrait to life

• Tool: Text to video with your character, for example @lena.
• Write mostly the motion: "@lena turns her head toward the window, smiles and lets her hair down; slow push-in".

Change a video you already have

• Outfit or setting: Video to video
• New person, same motion: Replace character
• Old, blurry or grainy: Restore film
• Same vibe as a film you love: Recreate a scene