With Flim Pro, you can use the latest AI models to generate images and videos from text prompts, references, or your own assets. Edit, remix, and refine visuals to craft compelling mood boards and treatments.

This quick guide breaks down how to communicate with these AI models on Flim so you can achieve better results for your projects.

🧪 A formula for effective prompts

1. Build your prompt like a scene

When it comes to generative AI, vagueness is the enemy of quality. To get high-quality outputs, always anchor your prompt with the core fundamentals of storytelling: Who, What, Where, and When.

To eliminate the guesswork, use this simple, highly effective formula to structure your prompts:

Prompt = [Subject + Action + Environment + Style + Lighting + Camera + Details]

Example #1

*Prompt: [Subject: A realistic, collectible action figure of a businessman with a grey suit and lanyard]

• [Action: Intensely typing on a keyboard at a computer desk]
• [Environment: A miniature cubicle farm office set with high white walls and green carpet]
• [Style: High-quality product photograph, toy photography aesthetic, slight macro lens blur]
• [Lighting: Cold, even overhead fluorescent panel lights]
• [Camera: Side-profile shot, eye-level with the figure, cinematic depth of field]
• [Details: Matte plastic textures, a small coffee mug, a stapler, and a clear toy quality to all materials]*

Example #2

*Prompt: [Subject: A stylish woman with blonde hair wearing futuristic, wrap-around sunglasses]

• [Action: Posing with a slight head turn, creating a dynamic motion blur and double exposure ghosting effect]
• [Environment: A dark, moody background with vibrant trails of light]
• [Style: Cinematic retro-futuristic photography, rave aesthetic, dreamlike neon overlay, film grain texture]
• [Lighting: Vivid neon glows of electric blue, hot pink, and magenta casting colorful highlights across her face and body]
• [Camera: Medium close-up shot, eye-level, capturing the movement with a slow shutter speed effect]
• [Details: Reflected ring light in the sunglasses lenses, soft ethereal glow, and hazy, overlapping silhouettes]*

2. Be specific, not verbose

Detailed prompts outperform vague ones, but quality comes from precision rather than length. Focus on the elements that matter most: appearance, mood, action, location, and atmosphere. These elements often have a bigger impact than adding more descriptive words.

3. Add motion and intention

For videos especially, describe both subject movement and camera movement. Great results come from clear visual actions rather than static descriptions.

4. Harness negative prompting