Retro VHS-Style AI Video

About the “Retro VHS-Style AI Video” template

Fill in the form and get a prompt to paste into Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini that gives you a video that looks like a VHS tape or a 1980s–90s home camcorder: a style bible (washed-out palette, noise, tracking lines, on-screen date), a shot sequence, an English video prompt and a key-image prompt for every shot, royalty-free sound, consistency tips and a post text with an AI notice. It is one of the templates in AI Video.

What it will ask you (12)

1. Video idea or story (e.g. a living-room birthday party where the cake has a mind of its own)
2. Sub-style
3. Tape effects you want to see
4. Place and setting, without real place names (e.g. a living room with floral wallpaper, summer 1991)
5. Original lead, if you already have one in mind (e.g. a dachshund in a party 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 narration, voice-over 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. garbled text, distorted hands, an image that is too sharp) (comma-separated)

Example result

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

# Retro VHS-style video · the cake that did not want to be blown out · home family video

SHARPENED IDEA
  'At a 1991 birthday party, the cake slowly slides away every time someone leans in to blow.'
  First second: lit candles and a cake that has already moved a hand's width.

STYLE BIBLE
  Palette: washed-out cream #E8D9B5 · lamp orange #D98C4A · wallpaper green #7F8F6A · greyish blacks #2B2A28
  Light: warm ceiling lamp and camcorder flash that blows out the centre
  Camera: shoulder-held at chest height, digital zoom that overshoots, hunting focus
  Texture: low resolution, bleeding chroma, moving noise, white date in the lower right
  Anchor: 1990s home camcorder VHS footage, low resolution, soft focus, washed-out warm
  colours, slight chroma bleed, faint moving tape noise, white date stamp in the lower
  right corner reading 'AUG 12 1991 4:32 PM'.

SEQUENCE (4 shots · 20 s · vertical · no narration)
  Shot 1 · 0-5 s   · the cake with five candles on the living-room table
  Shot 2 · 5-10 s  · the cake slides by itself towards the edge
  Shot 3 · 10-15 s · jerky zoom: the cake stops, the candles flicker
  Shot 4 · 15-20 s · a dachshund in a party hat finally blows out the candles

VIDEO PROMPT · SHOT 2
  Vertical 9:16. [Style anchor]. A round white birthday cake with five lit candles on a
  lace tablecloth slowly slides by itself towards the edge of a wooden dining table in
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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 “Retro VHS-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 video that looks like a VHS tape or a 1980s–90s home camcorder: a style bible (washed-out palette, noise, tracking lines, on-screen date), a shot sequence, an English video prompt and a key-image prompt for every shot, royalty-free sound, consistency tips and a post text with an AI notice.

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.