Okay, I’ve been deep in the Veo 3 trenches for the last couple of weeks, and let’s be real: sometimes the results are just… weird. But I think I’ve finally cracked the code, especially for creating those awesome talking animal videos!
I’ve developed a super simple framework that has completely changed my results. I call it CASCADE, and it’s my secret weapon for telling the AI exactly what I want.
✨ The CASCADE Prompt Framework
Think of your prompt as building blocks. You just stack them in this order to get a clear, detailed scene:
- 📸 Camera: What’s the shot type, angle, or style? (e.g., “Shot on a vlog camera”)
- ☀️ Ambiance: What’s the lighting like? Time of day? (e.g., “Sunlight shines through a window”)
- 🐶 Subject: Who or what is the star of the show? (e.g., “A husky wearing pajamas”)
- 📍 Context: Where is the subject? What’s in the background? (e.g., “lying on a bed next to an alarm clock”)
- 🎬 Action: What is the subject doing? (e.g., “The husky moves closer to the camera”)
- 💬 Dialogue: What are they saying? (e.g., “and says: Wow, I can talk!”)
- 😲 Emotion: How does the subject feel? (e.g., “with a surprised expression”)
For vlogs, the three most important parts are Camera, Subject, and Dialogue.
✍️ A Few Pro Tips:
- You don’t actually need to write the labels like “[Camera]” in your prompt. Just write it all out as one descriptive paragraph.
- Feeling lazy? Ask another AI to write a prompt for you using the CASCADE structure!
- Start your experiments on “Veo 3 Fast.” It’s the most cost-effective way to play around and find what works.
Seriously, once you start thinking in layers like this, your AI videos get so much better.
This is just the highlight reel! To see the full breakdown and the actual videos this method produced, you’ve gotta check out the original post.