Found-Footage-Style AI Video

About the “Found-Footage-Style AI Video” template

Fill in the form and get a prompt to paste into Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini that gives you a fiction video with a found-footage look (handheld camera, night vision, security camera or phone): a style bible, a shot sequence, an English video prompt and a key-image prompt for every shot, royalty-free sound, consistency tips and a post text that identifies it as AI-generated fiction. It is one of the templates in AI Video.

What it will ask you (12)

1. Video idea or story (e.g. a garden shop camera records the gnomes swapping places every night)
2. Sub-style
3. Type of camera that 'records' it
4. Place and setting, without real place names (e.g. an empty greenhouse before dawn)
5. Original lead, if you already have one in mind (e.g. a garden gnome with a faded red hat). No real people or known characters
6. AI video tool you will use
7. Number of shots
8. Approximate total length (check how long each clip can be in your tool)
9. Format
10. With the voice of whoever is filming, or dialogue (otherwise only ambient sound and on-screen text)
11. Language of the voice and on-screen text (e.g. English)
12. Things you do NOT want to appear (e.g. jump scares, close-up faces, garbled text) (comma-separated)

Example result

What the AI returned with this prompt and some sample answers.

# Found-footage-style video · the night-shift gnomes · absurd security camera

SHARPENED IDEA AND IMPOSSIBLE ELEMENT
  'A garden shop camera records the gnomes swapping places every night.'
  The impossible part: a gnome hops off the shelf in the first shot, in plain sight.

STYLE BIBLE
  Palette: black-and-white infrared, light grey #CFCFCF · mid grey #7A7A7A · noisy black #141414
  Light: infrared that lights the centre and leaves the edges dark
  Camera: fixed on the ceiling, wide angle with a touch of fisheye, never moves
  Texture: heavy digital compression, grain, low frame rate
  Anchor: fixed ceiling security camera footage, high wide angle, slight fisheye
  distortion, grainy black-and-white infrared image, heavy digital compression,
  made-up timestamp 'CAM 03 · 02:14:07' in the top left corner, static camera.

SEQUENCE (3 shots · 15 s · vertical · no voice)
  Shot 1 · 0-5 s   · a gnome with a faded hat hops down from the shelf
  Shot 2 · 5-10 s  · three gnomes cross the aisle in single file, hopping
  Shot 3 · 10-15 s · dawn: all of them still, but on different shelves

VIDEO PROMPT · SHOT 1
  Vertical 9:16. [Style anchor]. High wide-angle view of an empty garden shop aisle at
  night with rows of ceramic garden gnomes on wooden shelves; one gnome with a faded
  red hat hops down to the floor and freezes. Static camera, no movement. Audio: low
…

How to use it

1. Answer the questions in the form above.
2. Generate the prompt and copy it, or open it straight in your AI.
3. Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. If the result doesn't fit, ask the AI to adjust it or generate it again with other answers.

Frequently asked questions

What do I get with “Found-Footage-Style AI Video”?

A complete prompt tailored to your answers, ready to paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. Fill in the form and get a prompt to paste into Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini that gives you a fiction video with a found-footage look (handheld camera, night vision, security camera or phone): a style bible, a shot sequence, an English video prompt and a key-image prompt for every shot, royalty-free sound, consistency tips and a post text that identifies it as AI-generated fiction.

How long does it take?

You answer 12 guided questions; most have options to pick from, so it usually takes a couple of minutes.

Is it free?

Yes. Fill in the form, sign in with Google and copy the prompt, at no cost.

Do you store what I type?

Yes, in your history: we keep your answers and the generated prompt, linked to your account, for 12 months. You can see and delete them in “My account”. For health, diet, fitness and finance templates we store nothing.