How to Create the Best Prompts for Google Veo 3 and Generate Amazing Videos

Learn how to craft the best prompts for Google’s Veo 3 and turn descriptions into cinematic videos. Check out examples and practical tips!

If you’ve already learned how to use Google Veo 3 and want to take your results to the next level, this guide is for you.

Veo 3 is Google’s most advanced artificial intelligence for generating hyper-realistic videos, capable of interpreting complex text descriptions and transforming them into cinematic clips.

Now, let’s dive into how to create efficient prompts to fully unlock this AI’s potential.

🎯 Why is it important to create good prompts for Veo 3?

Veo 3 is powerful, but everything depends on the quality of the prompt you create.

✅ The more detailed your command, the better the generated video.
✅ A vague prompt will produce a generic result.
✅ A specific prompt will create impactful scenes with coherent narrative, environment, and sounds.

📝 Ideal structure of a prompt for Veo 3

1️⃣ Describe the scenario

Include location, time of day, lighting, weather, and atmosphere.

2️⃣ Characters

Who is in the scene? What do they look like? What emotions are they conveying?

3️⃣ Technical elements

• Camera angle: close-up, wide shot, aerial?

• Movements: zoom, tracking?

• Sounds: soundtrack, effects?

• Speech: what language and tone of voice?

4️⃣ Visual style

Cinematic, cartoon, vintage, futuristic?

✅ Practical example: action scene prompt

Prompt:
“In the video, show aerial shots of New York City at night, illuminated only by car headlights and neon signs. It’s raining heavily. A man in a black coat walks through a narrow alley. The sound of his footsteps mixes with the dripping gutters. Two henchmen appear and the man clenches his fists, ready for combat.”

💡 Expected result:
✅ Dark and intense atmosphere
✅ Sounds of rain and footsteps
✅ Characters consistent with the description

✅ How to craft powerful prompts for Veo 3

🎬 Prompt examples for different types of videos

✅ 1. Presentation scene

“Show the Veo 3 tool available on Google Gemini, highlighting that it is Google’s most advanced generative video model. Include footage of someone using it on a laptop while a narration explains its functions.”

✅ 2. Romantic scene

“A man gives flowers to his girlfriend at home. Close-up on her face, capturing her happiness. They kiss and walk out hand in hand. Later, they appear having dinner at an elegant restaurant, with background music and refined lighting.”

✅ 3. Documentary scene

“Show a tropical rainforest in the morning, with light mist between the trees, birds singing in the background, and a narration explaining the region’s biodiversity.”

⚡️ Golden tips for creating prompts

✅ Always use sensory details: what is seen, heard, and felt.
✅ Avoid generic commands like “make a nice video.”
✅ Combine emotional elements: “a sad man walking alone in the rain.”
✅ Specify the tone of voice: cheerful, melancholic, serious.
✅ Optionally, add visual references like images.

🆚 Gemini or Flow: where to create prompts?

For more elaborate videos, prefer using Flow, where Veo 3 integrates fully.

💡 Best practices: common mistakes when creating prompts

❌ Being too vague: “make a forest video”
✅ Better: “sunrise in a tropical rainforest, with mist and birdsong”

❌ Ignoring sounds and environment
✅ Always include: “with classical music in the background and soft rain sounds”

❌ Not specifying speech language
✅ Indicate: “speech in Portuguese with a male, cheerful voice”

🚀 How does Veo 3 understand prompts?

Veo 3 uses multimodal AI models that combine:

✅ Natural Language Processing — to understand text commands
✅ Generative video models — to create images and movements
✅ Audio models — to synchronize sounds and speech

All this works seamlessly thanks to Google DeepMind’s infrastructure.

❓ FAQ — How to create prompts for Veo 3

1. Do I need to write in English?
✅ Yes, prompts should be written in English.

2. Can I create videos with speech in Portuguese?
✅ Yes, just specify “speak in Portuguese.”

3. The more detailed the prompt, the better?
✅ Absolutely! Details ensure more coherence and quality.

4. Can I add images as a reference?
✅ Yes, it greatly improves the result’s fidelity.

5. Should I always specify the visual style?
✅ Yes, if you want a result closer to your desired vision.

🚨 Important:

👉 Now that you know how to create the best prompts for Veo 3, check out our complete article on how to use Veo 3 and create realistic videos:
Read here

Then share what you create with the hashtag: #CasaDoDev!

✨ “Your creativity is now unlimited.”

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See you soon,
Cirino

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