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About the “Surreal 'What If…?' AI Video” template

Turn an impossible premise ('what if cats worked in an office?') into a short vertical video shot with a completely straight face, like a mock documentary: world rules, hooks, a shot sequence and a paste-ready English video prompt for every shot, always labelled as AI-generated fiction. It is one of the templates in AI Video.

What it will ask you (12)

Your 'What if…?': the impossible or absurd premise (e.g. what if cats worked in an office?)
Place and period where it happens, without real place names (e.g. a grey 1990s office, on a Monday morning)
Which 'serious' register is it shot in?
Tone (pick up to 2)
AI video tool you will use
Number of shots
Approximate total length (check how long each clip can be in your tool)
With narration or voice-over (otherwise only ambient sound and on-screen text)
Language of the narration and on-screen text (e.g. English)
Where will you publish it?
Original lead, if you already have one in mind (e.g. a grey tabby cat in a knitted tie). No real people or known characters
Things you do NOT want to appear (e.g. garbled text, extra fingers, style changes) (comma-separated)

Example result

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

# Surreal "What if…?" video · what if clouds had to park? · mock documentary

REFINED PREMISE AND RULES OF THE WORLD
  "In this town, clouds park every evening like any other resident."
  - Each cloud takes one space, never two.
  - They manoeuvre slowly and silently.
  - Nobody finds it odd.

SHOT SEQUENCE (2 shots · 12 s · deadpan narration)
  Shot 1 · 0-6 s  · a cloud reverses into an empty space
  Shot 2 · 6-12 s · a resident walks past three parked clouds with the shopping

VIDEO PROMPTS, ONE PER SHOT
Shot 1
  Vertical 9:16, 6 seconds. A small, dense white cumulus cloud the size of a car
  hovers half a metre above the tarmac and slowly reverses into an empty parking
  space in a quiet open-air car park of a small seaside town at dusk.
  Observational documentary style, static long-lens shot, soft orange dusk
  light, light film grain. Audio: distant sea, faint wind, and a calm narrator
  says: "As evening falls, they return." No logos, no readable text, no licence
  plates.
Shot 2
  Vertical 9:16, 6 seconds. Same quiet open-air car park of a small seaside town
  at dusk. Three small, dense white cumulus clouds the size of cars rest inside
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How to use it

Answer the questions in the form above.
Generate the prompt and copy it, or open it straight in your AI.
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 “Surreal 'What If…?' AI Video”?: A complete prompt tailored to your answers, ready to paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. Turn an impossible premise ('what if cats worked in an office?') into a short vertical video shot with a completely straight face, like a mock documentary: world rules, hooks, a shot sequence and a paste-ready English video prompt for every shot, always labelled 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.