Best practices for AI video

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A library of shot templates

Lesson 2 of 10 in Best practices for AI video.

Checked against the makers' documentation on 25 September 2026.

The ONLY 7 Prompts You Need to Create Any AI Video · Tao Prompts
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A shot template is a prompt that has already been argued over. Each entry records the route into the model, the stills it needs, the prompt with gaps for this job's words, the model and settings we would start on, the fault to look for first and the fix. Keep it as JSON. Every scripting language reads it, the Veo REST body is JSON already, and a short fill script can turn one entry plus your words into the exact request, refusing to run while any gap is empty, without sending anything or spending a cent.

hero push-instill → motionveo fastorbittwo endsomni draftpack openingtwo endsomni draftmacro texturephoto →motionveo litehand-instill → motionveo fast 9:16talking headwords onlyveo fast 9:16establishingwords onlyveo litematch cuttwo stillsveo fastcopy the template, change the product
Eight shot templates: hero push-in, orbit, pack opening, macro texture, hand-in, talking head, establishing shot and match cut, each with its route and the model to try first.
An ink drawing of a pegboard hung with cardboard stencils in different shapes, one stencil lying on paper beside a clean red print of its shape and an ink roller.
Tested shapes you reuse, not redraw.
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  1. Question 1, locked

    Which of these words means this? “A prompt with named gaps, such as {product}, so one tested wording serves every job of its kind.”

    • Slot
    • Hit rate
    • Sound cue
    • Template
  2. Question 2, locked

    Which of these words means this? “How a shot enters the model. Words only, a still as frame one, or two stills pinned at the ends.”

    • Positive phrasing
    • Scrub
    • Route
    • Motion prompt
  3. Question 3, locked

    Which of these words means this? “The fault a shot type shows most often. You look for it first, before judging anything else.”

    • Watch-for line
    • Seed
    • Ledger
    • Route

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