AI video creation: give the shot somewhere to go
A video brief needs more than a good-looking scene. Define what happens, how it changes over time and where the shot ends. Use this guide to prepare a focused clip on Flow AI Video and review the movement before you build a longer sequence.
Plan a first clipExplore visual possibilities
Style and composition inspiration. These images are separate from this guide's worked examples.
Choose a starting point for the motion
A written scene
Describe the subject, setting and visible event when exploring a new shot. Make the action specific enough that you can judge whether it happened.
An image reference
Use an image you have permission to supply when appearance or composition matters. Describe the intended movement separately from what is already visible.
An effect concept
Browse a preset collection when you want a defined treatment. Review the selected preset's input requirements instead of assuming it is an editor for existing footage.
Creating a new clip and modifying an existing video are separate operations. Choose the workflow for the input you actually have. The current video model workspace provides a prompt, image-reference input and model selection; use its displayed controls to prepare a request.
Make the first clip easy to judge
Write a beginning and an end
Name the initial state and the visible change. “A cyclist stops at a flower-shop window” gives you a completion test; “an inspiring urban scene” does not.
Keep one main event
Remove extra entrances, transformations and location changes from the first attempt. Put a later event into its own shot if it needs a different view.
Decide what moves
Separate subject movement from camera movement. A stationary camera is a useful starting point when the action itself is complex.
Review the entire clip
Watch the opening, action and ending. Check for a changing face or prop, a drifting background, broken contact with the ground and an event that stops before it finishes.
Worked shot: stopping at a flower-shop window
Street-level side view of a person walking a bicycle along a quiet pavement. They slow beside a flower-shop window and stop to look at the display. Keep the bicycle on the street side of the person. The camera remains still, with the shop window visible on the right. Overcast daylight, ordinary city textures. End after both wheels have stopped.
Review the action before the atmosphere: does the person remain beside the bicycle, do the wheels slow naturally and is the window still in the same place? If the shot introduces a sudden camera move, strengthen the stationary-view instruction. If the action is crowded, start closer to the shop so the clip spends less time approaching it.
A finished story might add a close view of the flowers and a reaction shot. Plan those as separate views, then decide their order and timing during editing.
Review the starting frame, then the movement
The woman is the main subject, while people, boats and gulls give the marina background several details to track. A frame review can assess her separation from that setting. Only playback can show whether her movement and the background remain coherent, so use these as two different checks when choosing a clip.
AI video questions
Should I start with text or an image?
Text is useful for exploring a scene. An image gives you a visual starting point when a composition matters. In either case, write the action you want to happen and review how the resulting clip handles it.
Does an uploaded image guarantee an unchanged subject?
No. Watch for changes throughout the clip, especially at turns and during fast motion. A strong opening frame does not prove the subject stays consistent.
Can I set a first and last frame or exact camera path?
Use only controls provided by the selected workspace. This overview does not add end-frame inputs, numeric camera paths or a timeline; a written request is not an exact motion constraint.
When is a clip ready for a longer edit?
When its intended action reads clearly, continuity is acceptable and the beginning and end give you usable cut points. Check sound separately if your production needs it.