Thread by @emollick

Veo 2 prompt: "a distant shot zooms in to reveal a knight wearing a golden helmet, he begins to charge on his zebra, lowering his lance, charging towards a clockwork octopus" (this is one of the initial 4 videos it made)

"an woman with short black hair assembles an impossibly complicated device, close up on her face, she is sweating"

The consistency of small details is really impressive, the fact that the shaft of the screw turns at the same speed and direction, hair and sweat, tattoos...

"a man holding the leash of a golden retriever stares mournfully at a fireworks display over his small town of Tudor-style homes, the flashes punctuate the darkness."

All videos are from the first 4 from the prompt. I did learn that you can't ask for many cuts or scene changes.

"a low angle pov drone shot flies along a beach as a vast beast ascends from the water"

Water dynamics are pretty impressive

"A commander of a space ship,  wearing a futuristic military uniform with a mechanical parrot on her shoulder; walks around giving orders on a damaged and burning starship bridge"

So here is a failed case. Prompting for a complex gymnastics routine at a crumbling castle, you can see that model still can't do what is the hardest AI video edge case right now - gymnastics. Tumbling + multiple occluded limbs + human anatomy pushes these models to their limits.

"black and white documentary footage of the filming of the Apollo Moon Landing on a soundstage, with appropriate 1960s era equipment"

I think the lighting on the woman's face is super interesting here, as is the physicality of the interaction with the equipment.

I continually get great initial results from a single prompt. It feels crazy to be able to summon these videos into existence.

"a woman stands on featureless high tower made of concrete with veins of gold and lapis, below waves crash as a stormy ocean spreads in all directions"

"a pug is crowned king of england in an elaborate ceremony, ending with a crown being placed on its head"

I liked all of the initial videos so much.

"The camera swoops through a hyperealistic space evocative of piranesi and escher, filled with stairs and ruins, a couple holding hands walks down one of the stairs"

Impressed by the shadows, the solidity of the people's feet on the stairs, the switching of the held hands...