Prompting Playbook for Sora 2

Use case: Product teaser (template 1)

| Element | Value |
|---|---|
| Subject | A matte black ceramic pour-over coffee dripper with a thin polished copper rim, sitting on a clear glass carafe |
| Action | 1) A thin stream of dark coffee trickles from the dripper into the carafe while soft steam curls up from the rim; 2) the dripper and carafe turn a slow quarter turn; 3) the final second holds still on the dripper's front, copper rim catching the light |
| Scene | A walnut kitchen counter by a window, early morning just after sunrise, a faint haze of steam in the air, uncluttered background |
| Angle / Move | Vertical close-up at counter height, slightly above eye level / slow dolly in |
| Lens | 85mm-style telephoto feel, shallow depth of field, kitchen background in soft bokeh |
| Light / Palette / Mood | Soft low-angle morning sunlight from a window on the left with gentle fill and a warm rim on the copper / matte black, warm copper, honey-brown walnut, soft cream highlights / calm, quiet, unhurried |
| Style / Time | Premium commercial look, photorealistic / real-time pace, steady trickle throughout, still hold in the last second |
| Audio | Close, clear coffee trickling into glass, a faint soft drip, quiet low morning room tone, no music |
| Negative | text, logos, letters, labels, hands, people, clutter, reflections of people, plastic look |

Final prompt (paste into Veo / Gemini / Flow):

Premium commercial look, photorealistic, vertical close-up at counter height of a matte black ceramic pour-over coffee dripper with a thin polished copper rim, sitting on a clear glass carafe on a walnut kitchen counter by a window in the early morning just after sunrise. A thin stream of dark coffee trickles from the dripper into the carafe while soft steam curls up from the rim, and the dripper and carafe turn a slow quarter turn. Slow dolly in, 85mm-style telephoto feel, shallow depth of field with the kitchen background in soft bokeh. Soft low-angle morning sunlight from a window on the left with gentle fill and a warm rim light catching the copper, palette of matte black, warm copper, honey-brown walnut and soft cream highlights, calm and quiet mood. Real-time pace; the final second holds still on the dripper's front.
Audio: close, clear sound of coffee trickling into a glass carafe, a faint soft drip, quiet low morning room tone, no music.
Negative prompt: text, logos, letters, labels, hands, people, clutter, reflections of people, plastic look

Settings: 9:16, 8 seconds, audio on.

Beat sheet

| Beat | Purpose | What the viewer must get | Seconds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hook | A reporter in the rain, recording a source who is trusting him with something | 4 |
| 2 | Problem / stakes | The recording is precious and private; the small device in his wet hand is what holds it | 4 |
| 3 | Reveal | Later that night, at home, he sets Fieldnote down and starts it working | 4 |
| 4 | Proof | The words appear on its own e-ink screen: transcribed on the device, no laptop, no cloud | 8 |
| 5 | Payoff + CTA | He has every word, privately; music enters; end line | 4 |

Storyboard table (shots 1–3 of 6)

| # | Sec (gen → use) | Framing | Camera move | Subject action | Dialogue / on-screen text | Audio / ambience | Continuity notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 → 4 | Medium shot, eye level, over the source's shoulder (her back soft in frame-left foreground); he stands under the awning facing screen left | Slow handheld push-in | Holds Fieldnote out toward her at chest height; listens; gives one small nod | Source (on camera, from behind): "They said it would stay between us." | Location A bed; her voice close; rain on the awning | Location A. Faces screen left. Recorder in his right hand, red light on. Jacket zipped halfway, wet shoulders. |
| 2 | 4 → 4 | Extreme close-up on his right hand holding Fieldnote, the source's coat a soft blur beyond | Static | Rain beads on the graphite body; the red light glows steadily; his thumb shifts once on the edge | VO: "What they tell me stays with me." | Location A bed, close rain ticks on the device | Location A. Recorder points screen left. Screen pale grey and blank. Ends with recorder centred, for a match cut. |
| 3 | 4 → 4 | Medium close-up on the kitchen table under the pendant lamp | Static | His right hand enters from frame right and sets Fieldnote down, centred; his thumb presses the round button; hand withdraws | none | Location B bed; soft tap of the recorder on wood; one button click | Location and lighting change (B). Match cut from shot 2 on recorder position. Device dry now, red light off. |

[The full answer continues with shots 4–6 and a coverage alternate, the ten-line continuity block pasted word for word into all seven shot prompts, each prompt's first and last frame, and the stitch plan with voice-over script, caption placement and export settings.]

Pack: `references/pack-product-shots.md`.

Three options

1. PS-09 Strawberry Milkshake Product and Infographic. A ready-made premium cold-drink hero shot: seamless pastel backdrop, realistic condensation droplets and "premium café advertisement" styling, which is exactly the look a chilled cold-brew can needs.
Prompt by @Strength04_X (𝐌), source: https://x.com/Strength04_X/status/2090665058980462697, via awesome-nano-banana-pro-prompts, CC-BY-4.0.

2. PS-02 Luxury Chocolate Ad Still Life. The only prompt in the pack that is a full ad layout with on-image copy, but you would have to delete its placeholder copy and invented logos and rebuild most of the props.
Prompt by @AiwithLucas_ (Lucas AI), source: https://x.com/AiwithLucas_/status/2089231817916420518, via awesome-nano-banana-pro-prompts, CC-BY-4.0.

3. PS-01 Premium Beverage Advertising Photography. Written for a beverage-brand hero ad and works from your attached references, but the prompt is only one line long, so lighting and composition would come from what you attach.
Prompt by @exywuu (Exywuu), source: https://x.com/exywuu/status/2092222318084788564, via awesome-nano-banana-pro-prompts, CC-BY-4.0.

Pick: PS-09

What to attach. Image 1: a clear, front-on photo of your real Northbound can, logo facing the camera.

Adapted prompt (4:5 Instagram ad)

Image 1: product photo of the Northbound cold-brew coffee can. Use this exact can.

A vertical 4:5 Instagram feed ad. A high-quality professional product photograph of a premium cold-brew coffee can, the 330 ml matte navy aluminium can from Image 1 with its white logo, standing upright and centered against a soft pastel pink seamless studio background. Preserve the can's exact shape, proportions, matte navy finish, white logo and label from Image 1; do not redesign it, recolour it or add any new graphics to it. The can sits on the same seamless surface with a few clear ice cubes and a small scatter of dark roasted coffee beans at its base. Realistic condensation droplets cover the can with soft reflections from the studio lights. Elegant soft lighting creates subtle natural shadows beneath the can. The can fills about 55% of the frame height in the lower two thirds of the image, logo facing the camera.

Text: the headline "Cold. Bold. Northbound." across the top third of the image, centered, in a bold clean white sans-serif with generous letter spacing, large enough to read on a phone. Render this headline exactly once, spelled exactly as written. Apart from the can's own logo from Image 1, no other text, no prices, no taglines, no extra logos, no watermark.

Ultra-sharp focus, DSLR macro beverage photography, premium café advertisement style, hyper realistic, clean commercial composition, 8K.

Tool settings: aspect ratio 4:5; in AI Studio or the API also set the output resolution to 2K so the headline stays sharp.

Prompt by @Strength04_X (𝐌), source: https://x.com/Strength04_X/status/2090665058980462697, via awesome-nano-banana-pro-prompts, CC-BY-4.0. Adapted: subject swapped from a strawberry milkshake in a glass to the Northbound can, Image 1 reference and preserve-the-product line added, 4:5 aspect ratio and headline added, the original's second (infographic) paragraph removed.

[The full answer ends with a one-fix-per-turn table for headline contrast, product drift, garbled text and framing.]