AI video prompt library

A good shot prompt names a subject, an action, and a camera, then fixes the look with one style term and one mood term. This is the full vocabulary Breme composes prompts from, 124 terms across camera, style, mood, action, and music, with the exact phrasing each one adds to the prompt.

How a prompt is built

Subject, action, camera, style, mood

Breme builds prompts from slots rather than free text. You name the subject, then pick from the vocabulary below for each slot, and the composer joins them in an order the models read well. The same five slots make a useful checklist even when you write the prompt by hand somewhere else.

A lighthouse keeper climbing a spiral staircase, low angle, slow dolly in, cinematic, ominous

A chef cooking in a busy kitchen, close-up, shallow depth of field, documentary photography, joyful

A vintage car driving a coastal road at dusk, wide shot, drone aerial shot, photorealistic, nostalgic

Each example reads subject first, then action, then camera, then style, then mood. Swap any single term to change one variable at a time; changing several at once makes it hard to tell what moved the result.

One term, four looks

What a style term actually does

Same subject, same camera, same model, same seed. The only difference between these four frames is the style term at the end of the prompt.

A lighthouse keeper climbing a spiral staircase inside a lighthouse tower, low angle, [style]

A lighthouse keeper climbing a spiral staircase inside a lighthouse tower, low angle, rendered in the cinematic style.
cinematic · Photographic
A lighthouse keeper climbing a spiral staircase inside a lighthouse tower, low angle, rendered in the oil painting style.
oil painting · Painting
A lighthouse keeper climbing a spiral staircase inside a lighthouse tower, low angle, rendered in the anime style.
anime · Illustration
A lighthouse keeper climbing a spiral staircase inside a lighthouse tower, low angle, rendered in the pixel art style.
pixel art · Digital

Generated on FLUX 2 Pro, one of the image models Breme runs, at a fixed seed. July 2026.

23 terms

Camera

Shot size, angle, movement, and lens. Camera terms do the most work in a video prompt because they decide how the subject is framed and how the frame moves.

Shot size

Wide shot
wide shot
Medium shot
medium shot
Close-up
close-up
Extreme close-up
extreme close-up
Establishing
establishing shot

Angle

Low angle
low angle
High angle
high angle
Bird's eye
bird's eye view
Dutch angle
Dutch angle
POV
first-person POV

Movement

Static
static camera
Dolly in
slow dolly in
Dolly out
dolly out
Tracking
tracking shot
Crane up
crane up
Whip pan
whip pan
Crash zoom
crash zoom
Drone shot
drone aerial shot

Lens

Macro
macro lens
Fisheye
fisheye lens
Anamorphic
anamorphic lens
Shallow DOF
shallow depth of field
Telephoto
telephoto compression
26 terms

Style

The visual treatment, from photographic looks to painting, illustration, digital, and vintage print styles. One style term is usually enough; stacking several muddies the result.

Photographic

Photorealistic
photorealistic
Cinematic
cinematic
Documentary
documentary photography
Polaroid
polaroid, slightly faded
Film noir
film noir, high contrast B&W
Long exposure
long exposure

Painting

Oil painting
oil painting
Watercolor
watercolor
Gouache
gouache illustration
Impressionist
impressionist brushwork
Renaissance
Renaissance oil painting

Illustration

Studio Ghibli
in the style of Studio Ghibli
Anime
anime
Manga
manga ink
Comic book
comic book ink and color
Concept art
concept art
Storybook
children's storybook illustration

Digital

Pixel art
pixel art
Vaporwave
vaporwave
Cyberpunk
cyberpunk
Low-poly 3D
low-poly 3D render
Claymation
claymation
Isometric
isometric illustration

Vintage

Art deco
art deco
70s magazine
1970s magazine print
Soviet poster
Soviet constructivist poster
21 terms

Mood

The emotional register of the shot. Mood steers lighting, color, and pacing without naming any of them directly.

Calm

Serene
serene
Peaceful
peaceful
Contemplative
contemplative
Nostalgic
nostalgic
Dreamy
dreamy

Bright

Joyful
joyful
Playful
playful
Hopeful
hopeful
Whimsical
whimsical

Tense

Tense
tense
Mysterious
mysterious
Ominous
ominous
Eerie
eerie
Foreboding
foreboding

Strong

Epic
epic
Heroic
heroic
Dramatic
dramatic
Intense
intense

Dark

Melancholic
melancholic
Lonely
lonely
Somber
somber
27 terms

Action

What the subject is doing. Video models need a verb to animate; a subject with no action tends to return a near-still frame.

Movement

Walking
walking
Running
running
Flying
flying
Falling
falling
Dancing
dancing
Spinning
spinning gracefully
Jumping
mid-jump

Stillness

Standing
standing
Sitting
sitting
Lying down
lying down
Sleeping
sleeping peacefully
Reading
reading
Waiting
waiting quietly

Interaction

Embracing
embracing
Fighting
in combat
Talking
in conversation
Looking back
looking back over the shoulder
Reaching out
reaching out

World

Exploring
exploring
Climbing
climbing
Swimming
swimming
Driving
driving
Riding
riding

Craft

Drawing
drawing
Painting
painting
Cooking
cooking
Building
building something
27 terms

Music

Genre terms for the audio composer. Pair one with a tempo and a mood to score a finished cut.

Score

Cinematic
cinematic orchestral
Ambient
ambient drone
Classical
classical

Popular

Pop
pop
R&B
R&B
Soul
soul
Hip-hop
hip-hop beat
Trap
trap beat

Rock

Rock
rock
Indie rock
indie rock
Punk
punk rock
Metal
heavy metal

Electronic

Electronic
electronic dance
House
house music
Techno
techno
Synthwave
synthwave
Lo-fi
lo-fi beats

Roots

Jazz
cool jazz quartet
Blues
blues
Country
country
Folk
acoustic folk

Dance

Funk
funk groove
Disco
disco

World

Afrobeats
afrobeats
Reggae
reggae
Latin
latin music
World
world music
FAQ

Common questions

What makes a good AI video prompt?

A subject, an action, and a camera instruction cover most of it. Video models need a verb to animate, so a subject with no action often returns a near-still frame. Add one style term and one mood term to fix the look, then stop. Long prompts that stack many competing adjectives usually produce worse results than short specific ones.

How many style terms should I use at once?

One, in most cases. Style terms compete with each other, so combining photorealistic with oil painting and pixel art gives the model contradictory instructions. Pick the dominant look, then use mood to shade it.

Do I have to write prompts by hand in Breme?

No. The generate view exposes these terms as chips grouped by slot, so you tap the camera, style, and mood you want and Breme composes the final prompt. This page lists the same vocabulary along with the exact phrasing each chip contributes.

Do these prompts work on other AI video tools?

Largely yes. The camera, style, and mood vocabulary here is standard film language rather than syntax specific to one model, so it transfers to most text-to-video and text-to-image systems. What differs between tools is how much weight each model gives to camera movement.

Stop writing prompts from scratch

Every term here is a chip in Breme. Tap the shot you want and the prompt composes itself.