"When VEO 3 Turns Your Fan into a Chaos Machine"
As a Generative AI user, I’m always exploring how to push AI tools like VEO 3 to create dynamic, realistic videos. My latest experiment? Getting a fan to "blow" objects out of a room, one by one, until it’s empty, with my brand “Adrian Video Image” framed on the wall. Sounds simple, right? Spoiler: it wasn’t! 😅 The fails were both frustrating and hilarious, but they taught me (and hopefully you) valuable lessons about prompt engineering. Here’s the journey—and why the flops are as important as the wins.
The Goal: Create a video where a spinning fan pushes papers, a pillow, a chair, a sofa, and curtains out of a living room, leaving only the fan and a branded picture frame. I wanted ASMR sounds (rustling papers, scraping furniture) for a cinematic feel.
The Fails (Watch for a Laugh!): My early attempts were… wild. Papers burst into the air like confetti. The fan toppled over. Furniture slid toward the fan. Objects appeared from nowhere. Check out the clips below for some AI-generated chaos that had me chuckling! 😂 These fails showed me VEO 3 wasn’t “getting” my prompts.
The Breakthrough: After multiple iterations, I landed on a prompt that worked (mostly). The final version had one piece of furniture sliding away correctly, though not everything cleared the room yet. The key? Short, step-by-step instructions like I was guiding a beginner: “Place a table 1 meter in front of the fan. Put papers on the table. Slide papers to the back wall.” I avoided vague words like “blow” (whicj means explode to VEO 3) and used precise verbs like “slide.” Each tweak taught me how to be clearer for VEO 3.
Lessons Learned:
1. Be Precise with Placement: Objects appearing randomly? Specify exact locations (e.g., “1 meter in front of the fan”).
2. Sequence Matters: To make objects move one by one, assign specific timings (e.g., “Papers leave at 1 second, chair at 3 seconds”).
3. Simplify Language: VEO 3 needs clear verbs like “slide” or “move,” not abstract terms like “strong” or “near.”
4. Iterate, Iterate, Iterate: Each fail revealed what VEO 3 misunderstood, guiding me to a better prompt.
Why Share the Fails? They’re entertaining, sure, but they also show the reality of working with AI. As trainers and creators, we don’t just celebrate successes—we learn from the flops. My next step is refining the prompt to get all objects to leave the room.
Got any VEO 3 tips for dynamic motion or physics? Drop them in the comments—I’d love to hear!
Watch the fails and the latest attempt below. What’s your funniest AI fail? Let’s learn together! 🚀
~ Adrian Lee @adrianvideoimage
VEO 3 Prompt: Imagine a living room with sunlight from a window. Place a silver pedestal fan on the floor. The fan blades spin. Put a picture frame on the back wall. Print 'Adrian Video Image' in white text on the picture frame. Put a wooden table 1 meter in front of the fan. Place papers and one pillow on the table. Put a sofa and a chair 1 meter in front of the table. Put curtains 2 meters behind the table. Papers slide on the floor away from the fan to the back wall. Papers leave the room after 1 second. Pillow slides on the floor away from the fan to the back wall. Pillow leaves the room after 2 seconds. Chair slides on the floor away from the fan to the back wall. Chair leaves the room after 3 seconds. Sofa slides on the floor away from the fan to the back wall. Sofa leaves the room after 4 seconds. Curtains slide on the floor away from the fan to the back wall. Curtains leave the room after 5 seconds. The room is empty after 6 seconds except for the fan and picture frame. Include sounds: fan hums, papers rustle, pillow swishes, chair scrapes, sofa scrapes, curtains rustle. Film at 24 frames per second. Use a wide-angle lens to show the fan, table, sofa, chair, curtains, picture frame, and back wall.
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