🎨Veo 3 Style Guide: How to Control Everything in Your Prompts
In Veo 3, you can define a wide range of styles, camera formats, and genres to generate videos with the exact look, rhythm, and emotional tone you want. Below is a guide to the core supported options — all of which you can include directly in your prompt.
🎬 Visual Styles — The Soul of Your Video
The visual style defines the aesthetics and artistic tone of each frame. Think of it as a creative filter that shapes how your world is perceived.
Here’s what you can specify:
Cinematic — Film-like style with deep composition, expressive lighting, and smooth camera movement.
Realistic / Photorealistic — As close to reality as possible, like live-action footage.
Hyperreal — Ultra-detailed and stylized, like in high-end commercials or CGI.
Stylized / Artistic — Painterly or illustrated, like animation, comics, or fine art.
Animated / 3D animation — Cartoonish or Pixar-style three-dimensional animation.
Analog / Vintage — Old-school film aesthetics, VHS, 80s–90s retro vibes.
Dreamlike / Surreal — Fantasy-driven, unrealistic, soft or distorted imagery.
Cyberpunk / Sci-fi — Futuristic, neon-lit, high-tech environments.
Fantasy / Medieval — Magical or medieval setting with castles, wizards, etc.
Noir / Thriller — Dark, contrast-heavy style with mystery and tension.
Minimalist / Clean — Simple, elegant, modern design with clean lines.
Nature Documentary — BBC / National Geographic-like educational visual tone.
🎥 Camera Formats — The Perspective of the Viewer
The camera format sets how the viewer experiences the scene — its motion, perspective, and immersion.
You can choose from:
Handheld / Found footage / Vlog — Shaky, in-hand realism, immersive like real life.
Drone shot / Aerial — Sweeping shots from above, showing scale and landscape.
Tracking shot / Steadicam — Smooth camera following a subject in motion.
POV / First-person — Shot from a character’s direct point of view.
Selfie mode — Filmed as if the character is holding the camera themselves.
Over-the-shoulder — Filmed from behind a character’s shoulder.
Slow motion / Fast motion — Time effects: slow dramatic movement or rapid action.
Time lapse — Compressed time passing quickly (e.g. sunset to night in seconds).
🎠Genres & Moods — The Emotional Tone of Your Story
Genre and mood define the emotional atmosphere of your video and guide the viewer’s experience.
Choose from:
Epic — Grand, inspirational, and majestic.
Dark / Gritty — Harsh, dirty, dramatic, and tense.
Humorous / Parody — Funny, ironic, or lighthearted.
Romantic / Sentimental — Soft, tender, and emotionally touching.
Action / Adventure — Fast-paced, exciting, filled with energy.
Suspense / Horror — Scary, eerie, tense and mysterious.
Uplifting / Inspirational — Motivating and emotionally powerful.
Calm / Peaceful / Serene — Gentle, soothing, tranquil.
Commercial / Advertisement — Sharp, polished and product-oriented like a promo video.
đź’ˇ How to Use It All Together
You can freely combine all three components (style, camera, mood) directly in your prompt to shape your video exactly as imagined.
For example:
“A cinematic (visual style) sci-fi selfie video (camera format) with an epic mood (genre), featuring a Stormtrooper on a volcanic planet.”
This kind of structure gives Veo 3 clear and specific guidance — and helps you generate results that feel intentional and expressive.
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