How to Use Veo 3 Like a Pro 🎥

AI video just hit its iPhone moment.

Hello everybody, welcome back to B2B!

We’ve spent $500+ and countless hours playing with Google’s new Veo 3 model, and the results? Nothing short of jaw-dropping.

This is the first AI video tool we’ve tested that genuinely feels cinematic. Realistic movement. Cohesive storytelling. Visuals that wouldn’t look out of place in a film trailer. Dialogue that actually fits the scene.

After trying almost every video model out there, Veo 3 is the one that made us sit up and say, “This could change everything.”

If you're building in video, storytelling, marketing, or just want to get ahead of the next big creative wave, now’s the time to get your hands dirty.

To help you get started fast, we put together a deep-dive breakdown of how to:

✅ Craft high-impact prompts that feel like Hollywood scenes
✅ Transform scrappy concepts into fully imagined video shots
✅ Iterate smarter, not harder
✅ Avoid the most common pitfalls (before they waste your credits)

Let’s get into it 👇

Table of Contents

• Getting Started ✅

• Guide to Prompting 🎬

• Prompting Tips from the Trenches 📌

• Meta-Prompting: Let AI Help You Write Prompts ✨

• Iteration & Experimentation 🧪

• Common Pitfalls (and How to Dodge Them) ⚠️

• Try It for Yourself 🚀

Getting Started ✅

Heads up - Veo 3 isn’t cheap (yet).

To really explore what it can do, you’ll need to sign up for Google AI’s Ultra plan at $250/month. The cheaper “Pro” tier only gives you enough credits for ~10 generations per month (great for testing, but limiting if you're experimenting heavily).

Here’s how to get rolling:

1. Open Google's Flow UI

2. Subscribe to Google AI - Ultra (or Pro, if you're just dabbling, for 10 Veo 3 generations per month)

3. In Flow, switch to the Veo 3 model - Under “Quality,” pick VEO 3 - Quality

4. Adjust “Outputs per prompt” based on your credit strategy — fewer outputs = fewer credits burned

Once you’ve got access, you're ready to prompt.

Guide to Prompting 🎬

After hours of experimenting, we’ve narrowed down the key elements that make a killer Veo 3 prompt.

To consistently get great results, think of your prompt like a short movie scene. You’ll want to hit these elements:

• Subject – Who or what is in the frame

• Setting – Where the scene takes place

• Action – What’s happening (in order)

• Audio – Sound effects, dialogue, background noise

• Camera Work – Shot style and movement

• Style/Mood – Visual tone, aesthetic, lighting

Here’s an example of a solid prompt that checks all those boxes:

Eye-level tracking shot, cinematic, Bigfoot sprints through a foggy forest, wearing a battered WWII-style helmet and a worn military vest, his face twisted in terror. Behind him, fiery explosions tear through the trees, hurling debris and lighting the forest in flashes of orange. He stumbles briefly, glances back wide-eyed, then pushes forward, crashing through underbrush. The audio features distant blasts, snapping branches, Bigfoot’s heavy breathing, and the clatter of his gear. The setting is a dense pine forest shrouded in smoke and haze. Lighting is natural with flickering firelight, tones are gritty and desaturated with sharp contrast from the bursts of flame.

And here’s a GIF version of the output (the audio/dialogue and the overall quality of the video came out great, just can’t embed the video directly in the email):

Pretty immersive, right?

Now let’s break down a few essential tips we’ve learned from testing 👇

Prompting Tips from the Trenches 📌

🎯 Be descriptive, not poetic
Think like Hemingway: short, concrete, visual sentences. Vague or flowery writing just confuses the model, and burns through credits.

🎥 Be specific with shot types
Mention how the scene is filmed - wide shot? Close-up? Tracking? These details massively improve results.

🧱 Describe action in sequence
Walk the model through the moment step by step: “She looks up. She gasps. She runs.” This helps the scene flow logically.

🎤 Keep dialogue clear + tight
Short, sharp dialogue works best. Include tone too:

Bigfoot says (panicked, whispering): “They’re right behind me...”
Ambient audio: Distant gunfire, echoing explosions, and the rustle of trees in the wind.

Meta-Prompting: Let AI Help You Write Prompts ✨

If writing all of that for every idea feels overwhelming, good news – we can let AI do some of the heavy lifting.

We’ve created a “meta-prompt” you can use in Claude or ChatGPT that will turn your messy idea into a ready-to-use Veo 3 prompt.

Here’s the meta-prompt structure:

You are an expert video director specialising in creating detailed prompts for Google's Veo 3 AI video generation model.

I need you to convert my rough idea into a professional Veo 3 prompt that follows best practices.

My concept: [INSERT YOUR ROUGH IDEA HERE]

Please analyse my concept and create a detailed Veo 3 prompt using this structure:

CORE ELEMENTS (Required):

• Subject: The object, person, animal, or scenery in the video

• Context: The background or setting where the subject is placed

• Action: What the subject is doing (described chronologically)

• Style: Film style keywords (horror film, film noir, cartoon style, cinematic, etc.)

OPTIONAL ELEMENTS (Include when relevant):

• Camera Motion: Aerial view, dolly shot, tracking, etc.

• Composition: Wide shot, close-up, etc.

• Ambiance: Colours, light, mood

• Sound Effects: Ambient or specific sound design

• Dialogue: Character says (emotion/tone): "Line here"

WRITING GUIDELINES:

• Keep it descriptive but simple (think Hemingway, not Tolkien)

• Structure action clearly and chronologically

• Use real camera/film terms

• Limit dialogue to under 20 words

• Include colour palettes, styles, shot types

Your response should ONLY include 5 different prompts, each a complete creative take on the same idea.

No extra commentary. Just 5 numbered prompts ready for Veo 3.

Iteration & Experimentation 🧪

Veo 3’s strength isn’t just its visuals – it’s how well it handles tweaks.

Change the shot type or mood, and it still keeps the vibe consistent.

For example, here’s a base prompt we used:

Eye-level wide shot, cinematic, early morning forest mist, Bigfoot crouched near a tranquil mountain lake surrounded by tall pines and moss-covered rocks, examining an old rusted compass in his hand. Gentle ripples on the lake mirror the pale pink sunrise, soft wind rustles tree branches, golden light filters through the canopy, with vibrant orange and deep green foliage.

Then we just swapped “foliage” for “hydrangeas.”
Same energy, new look.

The key: experiment with one variable at a time. Over time, you’ll build a personal style — a mental library of what works and what doesn’t.

Common Pitfalls (and How to Dodge Them) ⚠️

We’ve been hyping up Veo 3, but like any new tech, it’s not perfect. Here’s what to watch for:

💸 Credit drain is real
At ~$3 per generation, costs add up fast. Set limits before diving in.

👥 Character consistency is shaky
The model nails “vibe”, but struggles to recreate the same face across scenes. (This should improve over time.)

📝 Dialogue = random subtitles sometimes
Sometimes weird captions appear in scenes with speech. Usually fixable by regenerating, but at a credit cost.

🤷‍♂️ Literal interpretation moments
Like other AI models, Veo 3 can take things way too literally. You might say “Bigfoot bursts through the trees” and it drops him halfway in the sky or standing on a branch. Still, hilarious to watch.

Try It for Yourself 🚀

Veo 3 is a real leap forward for AI video – not just in visuals, but in storytelling potential. If you're a marketer, creative, founder, or content creator, the upside is huge.

This stuff is moving fast. What costs $250 today could be $25 a few months from now. Learn it early, and you stay ahead.

Now it’s your turn. Use our tips. Explore what’s possible. And if you make something wild, send it our way – we’d love to feature it on Blank2Bank!

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