What does it take to create a video that feels less like an AI generation and more like a scene from a feature film? At Flixr, we believe it’s a blend of powerful technology, creative iteration, and a deep understanding of storytelling.
Today, we're pulling back the curtain to show you exactly how we transformed a simple idea—"a man and his dog on a summer road trip"—into a cinematic and emotionally resonant video. Join us as one of our AI video architects walks you through the process, step by step.
Every great video starts with a core concept. Our goal wasn't just to generate clips; it was to create "something more cinematic, more realistic." We envisioned a short story capturing the simple joy of a man and his dog enjoying a scenic drive through the Italian countryside at golden hour.
Initial Scene Plan:
This is where the magic begins. To achieve the consistency and quality we were after, we turned to our proprietary tool: the Veo3 Prompt Architect.
"It's the internal tool we actually build inside of Flixr to create and to help us create better prompts," our creator explains. This custom GPT helps generate and critique advanced prompts, ensuring perfect structure, emotion, and, most importantly, character consistency.
To maintain the same man and dog across multiple scenes, establishing a consistent character from the start is non-negotiable.
Our Initial Character Prompt:
A mid-age man of 40 years old in a Mustang with his dog as a passenger. He is driving across rural Italy mountains in a sunset/golden hour and I want a cinematic drone shot, a little dramatic following the car, maybe doing a pan?
The Prompt Architect took this idea and refined it into a highly detailed script, complete with camera directions, lighting cues, and even audio suggestions—a perfect blueprint for the AI video model.
With a solid prompt in hand, we moved to the generation phase. But as any AI creator knows, the first result isn't always perfect. The process is one of iteration and creative problem-solving.
We encountered a few classic AI quirks: one generation gave the driver a hilarious pair of dog ears, while another showed the car moving backward.
Instead of scrapping the shot, we found a solution. "What we will do in here, this is actually very usable," our creator noted. "Instead, we will do in post, we will reverse the clip so it can actually go correctly." This is a key part of the workflow: understanding the AI's output and knowing how to refine it.
With our establishing shot secured, we generated the rest of our scenes:
For each new prompt, we re-emphasized consistency:
Make sure you are maintaining complete consistency with the dog and with the character we just created.
This instruction ensures the AI model refers back to the established look and feel, creating a seamless narrative.
Once all the clips were generated and upscaled, we moved into our editor, DaVinci Resolve. Here, we pieced the story together, sequencing the shots to build a narrative arc: the journey, the arrival, and the peaceful conclusion. We added a gentle, country-style acoustic track that perfectly matched the video's warm, nostalgic tone.
The result? See for yourself.
Creating compelling AI video is more than just typing a sentence. It’s an art form that requires a strategic approach to prompting, a willingness to iterate, and the creative vision to assemble disparate clips into a cohesive story.
As our creator says, "Don't always think that you can get the best output from the model itself. Always play around it. That is the only way."
Ready to bring your own cinematic vision to life with the power of AI? The experts at Flixr Studios are here to help. Contact us today.