10 Claude Prompts to Create Videos

1 · Brief

Help me write a video brief. Ask me one question at a time about the goal, audience, platform, aspect ratio, duration, key message, tone, brand colors and fonts, assets, voiceover, music, and call to action. Then write the brief to brief.md.

2 · Plan

Read brief.md. Before writing any code, propose the scene list, timing, visual style, transitions, and file structure. List any assets or decisions you still need from me. Wait for my approval.

3 · Storyboard

Turn the approved plan into a storyboard table: scene number, start and end time, on-screen text, visuals, motion, voiceover line, and sound. Flag any line that is too long to read in its time slot.

4 · Brand rules

Add our video brand rules to CLAUDE.md: colors as exact hex values, fonts and weights, logo files and minimum sizes, caption style, safe zones for each platform, preferred transitions, and things to never use.

5 · Build

Build the video from the approved storyboard using the brand rules in CLAUDE.md. Use only files from the assets folder. Keep each scene in its own file. Start the preview and tell me how to open it.

6 · Captions

Add captions from the voiceover script with word-level timing. Keep them inside the safe zone, at most two lines, high contrast, and in our caption style. Make sure captions are on screen from the first frame to the last.

7 · Kinetic text

Create a 15-second kinetic typography video for the line “[line]”. Animate each word in on the beat, with one strong emphasis word in our accent color. 9:16, 30 fps.

8 · Product demo

Create a 45-second product demo from these screenshots in assets/screens. Show each screen in a device frame, zoom into the key feature, add a short caption per step, and end with the call to action “[CTA]”.

9 · Data video

Turn data/[file].csv into a 30-second animated chart video. Animate the bars or lines growing, label the key numbers, and highlight the biggest change. Check every number against the file.

10 · Review and render

Review the whole video before rendering: spelling, timing, captions in safe zones, contrast, audio levels, and every fact against the brief. List problems and fix them with my approval. Then render the final MP4 at [resolution] and [fps] to exports/.