How to Make an AI Video from Text (Step-by-Step)

Text-to-video AI lets you describe a scene in plain language and get a finished clip back in minutes — no camera, no editing suite. This guide takes you from a blank prompt box to your first generated video, step by step.

Step 1: Pick the right model

Different models suit different goals. On FAV, a quick way to choose: Seedance 2.0 for flexible, multi-reference generation up to 1080p; Veo 3.1 when you want native audio and a cinematic look; the Fast variants of either when you want to iterate cheaply.

Step 2: Write a prompt that works

A good video prompt does more than name a subject — it describes the scene, the motion, the camera and the style. Think of it as briefing a cinematographer.

1. 1Subject and action: what is happening, and what moves.
2. 2Setting: where it takes place, time of day, weather, mood.
3. 3Camera: angle and movement (e.g. "slow dolly in", "FPV camera hurtling forward").
4. 4Style: the visual language (e.g. "cinematic", "anime sakuga", "cyberpunk neon").

A heavily modified post-apocalyptic war vehicle — a massive V8 muscle car with huge spiked wheels — tears across a desert highway, camera tracking alongside at speed, dust and debris kicking up, Mad Max style.— A real Seedance 2.0 prompt from the FAV gallery

Notice how that prompt specifies the subject, the motion, the camera behavior and the style — that specificity is what separates a flat result from a dynamic one.

Step 3: Set resolution, duration and ratio

• Resolution: higher looks better but costs more per second. 720p is a good default; reserve 1080p/4K for finals.
• Duration: Seedance is flexible (up to 15s); Veo uses fixed 4/6/8s. Shorter clips cost less and iterate faster.
• Aspect ratio: 16:9 for landscape, 9:16 for vertical/social, 1:1 for square.

Step 4: Generate and refine

Submit the job and the model queues your generation. On FAV, credits are reserved up front and any overpayment is refunded automatically once the real output is measured. When it completes, review the result and refine your prompt — small wording changes (camera direction, lighting, pacing) often make a big difference. Iterate on a cheap Fast model, then re-run your best prompt at higher resolution for the final.

Step 5: Use your video

Once complete, download the clip or re-use it as a reference for a follow-up generation. Models like Kling O3 Pro can even take a finished video back as input for editing — so your first generation can become the starting point for the next.