Veo 3 Prompt: Create a $150K CGI Skincare Ad with Magical Botanical Transformation
Generate a visually stunning, high-end commercial for a luxury skincare product using this advanced Veo 3 prompt. This structured JSON prompt crafts a powerful narrative of transformation, showing a single drop of serum miraculously turning a dry, cracked landscape into a lush, vibrant botanical garden. The resulting video captures a level of CGI quality and cinematic storytelling typically reserved for six-figure advertising campaigns.
This prompt is perfect for brands in the beauty, wellness, or luxury goods sectors looking to create visually arresting and memorable product reveals. The hyper-realistic CGI, dynamic camera movements, and detailed audio design work together to evoke a sense of magic, efficacy, and premium quality.
Why This Prompt Works
This is a masterclass in effective Veo 3 prompting, leveraging several key best practices to achieve a professional, broadcast-quality result:
- Narrative Sequencing: The prompt breaks the 8-second video into four distinct, timed scenes. This creates a clear story arc problem (dryness), solution (the drop), transformation (the bloom), and result (the revitalized world) that is easy for the AI to follow and visually compelling for the viewer.
- Extreme Specificity: Instead of vague terms like “makes things better,” the prompt uses concrete, sensory details like “parched, cracked, desaturated earth” transforming into “lush, hyper-vibrant moss, dew-kissed leaves, and delicate, bioluminescent micro-flora.” This precision guides Veo 3 to render a specific, high-impact visual.
- Dynamic Camera Control: The prompt meticulously defines camera compositions (Medium Close-up, Extreme Close-up), motions (orbital dolly, tracking shot, crane shot), and lenses (macro, wide-angle). This control is what gives the final video its cinematic and professional feel, moving beyond simple static shots.
- Comprehensive Audio Design: Each scene has a detailed audio blueprint, including ambient sounds, music cues, and specific sound effects (SFX). This layering of sound from a “faint crunching dust” to an “energetic orchestral crescendo” elevates the video from a simple animation to an immersive experience. For another example of this technique in action, check out this prompt for a CGI perfume commercial.
How to Customize & Enhance
This powerful prompt serves as an excellent template. Consider these modifications to tailor it to your specific needs:
- Change the Product & Effect: Adapt this concept for another product. Imagine a drop of coffee concentrate turning a plain cup of water into a swirling vortex of rich espresso, or a cleaning agent transforming a grimy surface into a sparkling, pristine one.
- Modify the Environment: Swap the “before” state from cracked earth to a dull, monochrome cityscape. The “after” state could then be a vibrant, futuristic metropolis, perfect for a tech product. For inspiration on world-building, see this similar botanical transformation ad.
- Adjust the Color Palette: The `overall_style` section allows for easy color changes. Shift the palette to fiery reds and oranges for an energy drink, or cool blues and silvers for a tech gadget reveal.
- Alter the Voiceover: Easily change the voiceover text in scenes 3 and 4 to match your brand’s messaging and slogan. You can generate even more complex and customized ideas using our Veo 3 Prompt Writer tool.
json Prompt
{
"video_length_seconds": "8",
"aspect_ratio": "16:9",
"overall_style": {
"visual_aesthetic": "High-dopamine visuals, glossy hyper-realism, vibrant and energetic CGI, visually arresting, elegant cinematic realism, dynamic product showcase, pristine studio aesthetic.",
"color_palette": "Crystal clear liquid tones, dewy greens, soft pearlescent whites, vibrant botanical colors, glowing light effects, energetic and revitalizing palette.",
"film_attributes": "Rapid cuts and transitions, dynamic camera movements, exaggerated motion blur for dynamism, seamless transformation effects, crisp focus, fluid and precise camera movements, cinematic risers, high-fidelity material rendering, subtle reflections and refractions, glowing effects.",
"tone_and_mood": "Revitalizing, transformative, luxurious, enchanting, dynamic, exciting, premium, indulgent, sophisticated, high-energy."
},
"keywords": [
"skincare",
"serum",
"radiance",
"luxury",
"CGI",
"transformation",
"glow",
"botanical",
"revitalize",
"beauty",
"premium",
"dewy",
"vibrant",
"magical",
"reveal",
"essence",
"healthyskin",
"antiaging"
],
"scenes": [
{
"scene_id": 1,
"start_time_seconds": 0,
"end_time_seconds": 1.5,
"description": "A sleek, minimalist bottle of 'AuraGlow Radiance Serum' stands perfectly centered on a parched, cracked, desaturated earth. The environment is stark, dusty, and devoid of life, emphasizing dryness and dullness. The bottle's label, featuring subtle pearlescent accents, catches a soft, single highlight.",
"camera": {
"composition": "Medium Close-up",
"motion": "Slow, elegant orbital dolly around the bottle, then a gentle push-in to focus on the dropper tip.",
"angle": "Eye-level, then slightly overhead for the dropper",
"lens": "Macro lens to highlight textures"
},
"environment_details": {
"setting": "A barren, cracked earth landscape, desaturated and dusty, resembling parched desert ground."
},
"transition_to_next_scene": "Smooth, rapid cut to focus on the falling drop.",
"audio_design_for_scene": {
"ambient_sounds": "Subtle, dry, almost silent desert wind, faint crunching dust",
"music": "Sparse, melancholic ambient music with a hint of anticipation",
"sfx": "Faint, dry rustling sound"
},
"elements_in_scene": [
"Sleek, minimalist 'AuraGlow Radiance Serum' bottle with dropper",
"Parched, cracked, desaturated earth",
"Subtle pearlescent label on the bottle"
],
"motion_elements_internal": "Bottle stands still, then the dropper is subtly raised, a single glistening drop forming at its tip."
},
{
"scene_id": 2,
"start_time_seconds": 1.5,
"end_time_seconds": 3,
"description": "An extreme close-up captures a single, perfectly spherical, glistening drop of 'AuraGlow Radiance Serum' falling from the dropper. It descends in slow motion towards the parched, cracked earth below. As it approaches, a faint, ethereal glow emanates from the drop.",
"camera": {
"composition": "Extreme Close-up",
"motion": "Slow, controlled tracking shot, following the falling drop, then a subtle push-in as it nears the surface.",
"angle": "Slightly low-angle, looking up at the falling drop",
"lens": "Macro lens for ultra-fine detail"
},
"environment_details": {
"setting": "Focus on the micro-surface of the cracked earth and the falling drop."
},
"transition_to_next_scene": "Instantaneous, explosive light flash and ripple effect.",
"audio_design_for_scene": {
"ambient_sounds": "Silence, heightening focus on the drop",
"music": "Building, high-frequency tone with a sense of impending magic",
"sfx": "Delicate 'ping' as drop nears surface, subtle, high-pitched hum, ethereal shimmer"
},
"elements_in_scene": [
"Glistening, perfectly spherical serum drop, glowing faintly",
"Ultra-detailed cracked earth surface"
],
"motion_elements_internal": "Slow-motion descent of the serum drop, subtle ethereal glow pulsating from it."
},
{
"scene_id": 3,
"start_time_seconds": 3,
"end_time_seconds": 5,
"description": "The moment the drop touches the cracked earth, an instantaneous burst of vibrant, pearlescent light erupts from the point of impact. A ripple of intense, dewy green life and soft, glowing light spreads outwards with incredible speed. The parched ground transforms within milliseconds into lush, hyper-vibrant moss, dew-kissed leaves, and delicate, bioluminescent micro-flora, pulsating with natural light. The camera pushes into this newly formed, pristine micro-ecosystem.",
"camera": {
"composition": "Close-up",
"motion": "Rapid, dynamic push-in, tracking the spreading ripple of transformation, then a slow, admiring orbital around the newly formed flora.",
"angle": "Dynamic, shifting from overhead to eye-level with the flora",
"lens": "Macro lens to emphasize detail"
},
"environment_details": {
"setting": "A rapidly transforming micro-ecosystem, from barren earth to lush, glowing botanical garden."
},
"transition_to_next_scene": "Fast, sweeping camera pull-back, revealing the broader transformation.",
"audio_design_for_scene": {
"ambient_sounds": "Subtle, magical ambient hum, faint growing sounds",
"music": "Sudden, energetic orchestral crescendo with sparkling synth elements",
"sfx": "Explosive 'pop' on impact, rapid 'whoosh' of spreading light, delicate 'chimes' of growth, dewy 'sizzle'",
"voiceover": "A single drop to awaken true radiance."
},
"elements_in_scene": [
"Burst of pearlescent light",
"Rapidly spreading ripple of dewy green life",
"Hyper-vibrant moss, dew-kissed leaves, bioluminescent micro-flora"
],
"motion_elements_internal": "Instantaneous eruption of light, rapid outward spread of transformation, growth of flora, pulsating bioluminescence."
},
{
"scene_id": 4,
"start_time_seconds": 5,
"end_time_seconds": 8,
"description": "The transformation expands dramatically. The entire environment is now a sprawling, dewy, hyper-vibrant botanical garden, filled with exotic, glowing flora and soft, ethereal light. The initial 'AuraGlow Radiance Serum' bottle is now elegantly placed amidst this lush setting, surrounded by other products from the 'AuraGlow' line, each bottle shimmering with its own internal glow. The scene is bathed in a warm, inviting, and revitalizing light.",
"camera": {
"composition": "Wide Shot",
"motion": "Sweeping crane shot, pulling back and then slowly orbiting around the full product line, showcasing the transformed environment.",
"angle": "High-angle, then settling to eye-level with the products",
"lens": "Wide-angle lens to capture the expanse"
},
"environment_details": {
"setting": "A sprawling, dewy, hyper-vibrant botanical garden with exotic, glowing flora, symbolizing ultimate skin revitalization."
},
"transition_to_next_scene": "",
"audio_design_for_scene": {
"ambient_sounds": "Lush, vibrant garden sounds with subtle magical undertones, gentle breeze",
"music": "Uplifting, majestic, and serene orchestral piece with a sense of fulfillment",
"sfx": "Soft, ethereal 'chimes', gentle 'whoosh' of expanding light, subtle 'sparkles'",
"voiceover": "AuraGlow. Where nature's essence meets radiant beauty."
},
"elements_in_scene": [
"Full 'AuraGlow' product line (multiple bottles)",
"Sprawling, dewy, hyper-vibrant botanical garden",
"Exotic, glowing flora",
"Soft, ethereal light illuminating the scene"
],
"motion_elements_internal": "Continued subtle growth and pulsation of flora, gentle shimmering from the products, ethereal mist rising, creating a sense of a living, breathing, revitalized world."
}
],
"brand_info": {
"key_colors": [
"crystal clear",
"pearlescent white",
"vibrant green",
"soft gold",
"deep botanical hues"
],
"name": "AuraGlow",
"product": "Radiance Serum",
"slogan": ""
},
"ending_visual": "The full 'AuraGlow' product line glowing within a magnificent, dewy botanical garden, with the brand name 'AuraGlow' and the slogan 'Discover Your Radiance' appearing on screen.",
"final_audio_cue": "Uplifting, majestic final chord with a soft, lingering sparkle.",
"final_on_screen_text": ""
}