How to create effective prompts with Gemini Omni

What to think about while writing prompts

The more detail you add, the more control you’ll have over the final output. Use a mix of the elements below to create results that better reflect your imagination.

Shot framing and motion

How do you want to frame your shot? Wide-angle, medium, or close-up? How do you want your camera to move? Should it glide gently, or rush suddenly? Experiment to find the right approach for your scene.

Style

How should your scene feel? Realistic, or cinematic? Grounded, or majestic? Tell Gemini Omni the effect you want to create, and leave the model to work out the details.

Lighting

How should your scene be lit? Where does the light come from – the sun, a streetlamp, or off-screen? What effect does it create? Is the lighting crisp, warm, or ethereal?

Location

Where is your scene set? Tell Gemini Omni the landscape you imagine – like “an alien landscape with clear, azure water”. But you don’t need to describe every single little detail, as Omni will work with your overall intention.

Action

What is happening in your scene? Who are the characters and objects? How are they moving and interacting?

Edit through natural conversation

Think of Gemini Omni like Nano Banana – but for video. Build and fine-tune your creation at any step with natural language.

Edit iteratively

Ask Gemini Omni for a specific update, like a background change or new caption, without needing to prompt your entire scene again.

Omni will preserve your video across multiple amends – keeping what works, and allowing to focus on what isn’t.

Prompt: Change the bee into a small swarm of fireflies.

Edit how your camera works

Change the camera angle, point of view, and movement through natural conversation.

Change the camera angle to be over the violinist’s shoulder.

Change the action

Ask Gemini Omni to change how your scene moves and animates. Or ask it to sync two different inputs – like pairing the lights of a building with the beats of a soundtrack.

Prompt: The lights of the apartments start turning on in sync with the music.

Apply real world knowledge

Use Gemini Omni’s knowledge of history, science, and culture to create output that looks, and feels, real. You don't need to over-explain – you just need to ask.

World understanding

With Veo, you need to share precise instructions to get the best results.

But with Gemini Omni, you don't have to be as prescriptive with your prompt. Instead, tell Omni what you want to create – and watch the model’s reasoning and world knowledge bring the details to life.

Prompt: Explain the difference between regular computing and quantum computing. Visualize this sentence using a contemporary flat-media style that blends minimalist vector shapes with rich organic textures. The aesthetic is defined by a high-contrast, "electric" color palette of neon pinks, cyans, and limes set against a deep navy background. A hallmark of this style is the use of stipple shading and grainy gradients, which adds a tactile, risograph-like quality to the otherwise simple geometric forms. By combining sharp edges with these softened, speckled transitions, the illustration achieves a playful, editorial feel.

Prompt: word by word, one word on a the screen at a time: did, you, know, that, this, model, can, do, pretty, good, text!? each word appears with a different animated style, perfect pacing to a rhythm, sizzle reel.

Text rendering

Choose your type, placement, animation, and exposure. Gemini Omni doesn’t just allow you to render text more accurately – but to create it in sync with your visuals.

Reference complex actions

When you refer to a complex action Gemini Omni understands your intention, and how this action should be applied across your video. You don’t need to describe it across every frame.

Prompt: Edit this keeping everything the same. Add animated motion effects coming out of the skateboard.

Direct your camera

Prompt Gemini Omni to follow specific videography directions. If you want a continuous shot, ask for “one continuous shot” or “oner”. Try out specific angles – like “static”, “locked off”, or “fixed”.

Explore different movements, like “push in”, “punch in”, or “dolly zoom”. Want a particular type of camera? No problem – try “natural smartphone zoom”, “film camera”, or “webcam style”.

Prompt: Change the camera angle, a close-up on his shoes, quickly tilting up to medium shot, then widening.

Reference anything

Reference and combine more ingredients to maintain control and consistency over your scene

Combine any input

Reference any kind of media. Combine multiple elements together to create your scene – including images, videos, text, and audio.

Prompt: The birds from <video> loosely form the imperfect shape of a bird based on <image>. They move to the music from <audio> and dissipate as they fly

Apply new styles

Want to reimagine how a scene looks, while maintaining the original motion and details? Ask Gemini Omni to apply a new style – like anime, claymation, or watercolour.

Prompt: Create a four-part stylistic progression of the video reference that begins with a vibrant colored crayon aesthetic, featuring rich, waxy, textured strokes and playful, hand-drawn character designs against a backdrop of heavily granulated paper. Transition seamlessly into a graphite pencil sketch on textured paper, utilizing cross-hatching, varying line weights, and a 12fps "line boiling" effect to emphasize a hand-drawn feel. Next, morph into a hyper-realistic 3D translucent glass style, characterized by complex light refractions, caustic patterns, and soft internal glows within a minimalist studio setting. Conclude the sequence with a tactile risograph print look, applying a limited three-color palette, grainy halftone textures, and intentional registration overlays for a retro, mechanical finish.

Add a storyboard

Already know the narrative arc of your video? Share a visual storyboard with Gemini Omni to generate a video based on your key beats.

Prompt: Show me in this story. Follow the story exactly in order starting top left. Entire story in 10 seconds. Cinematic

Keep your scene consistent

Want to keep a character, object, or environment consistent? Add a reference – from real-life or created through Nano Banana – and Gemini Omni will use it across your scene.