Video to Prompt Generator

Turn a Video Into AI Video Prompts

Paste a link to a video whose look you want to copy, and ScreenApp’s AI watches it and writes the prompts to make something similar in an AI video maker. It splits the video into scenes, describes what is on screen in each one, and turns every scene into a prompt you can paste into Sora, Veo, Kling, Runway or any other text-to-video tool.

The AI reads the video frames, not just the audio, so the prompts describe what you actually see: the framing, the camera move, the lighting and the pace of the cuts. The breakdown and the prompts stay in your library next to the video, and you can ask follow-up questions in the same chat.

What you get:

• A scene-by-scene breakdown of the video
• One prompt per scene, covering the subject, shot, camera move, lighting, pacing and sound
• AI reads video frames, not just the audio, for videos up to 50 minutes long
• Links from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Vimeo and Loom links, direct audio and video links, PDFs and web articles, or a video file you upload
• AI chat with any recording, so you can ask for a shorter version, another model’s format, or a different style

What the AI Looks At in Each Scene

A good AI video prompt names the things a camera operator and an editor would decide. The AI goes through the video and writes those down for every scene, so the prompt is built from what is actually on screen.

• Subject and action: who or what is in the shot, and what they do
• Setting: the location, the time of day and the props in view
• Framing: close-up, medium shot, wide shot, overhead or point of view
• Camera move: static, handheld, pan, tilt, push in, pull back or tracking
• Lighting and color: natural or studio light, soft or hard, warm or cool tones
• Pacing: how long the scene lasts and how it cuts to the next one
• Text and graphics: captions, titles and overlays that appear on screen
• Sound: voiceover, dialogue, music or sound effects, taken from the audio track

What You Can Do With the Prompts

Recreate a format with your own subject. Keep the shots, pacing and style of a video you like, and swap in your product, your character or your topic. Tell the chat what to replace and it rewrites every scene prompt with your subject.

Build a shot list before you generate. The scene breakdown works as a storyboard. Read through it, cut the scenes you do not need, and generate only the shots that matter, which saves credits in paid AI video makers.

Write prompts for a specific model. Sora, Veo, Kling and Runway respond to prompts in different ways. Ask the chat to rewrite the prompts for the model you use, shorter or longer, or as one combined prompt instead of one per scene.

Change the format for another platform. Ask for the same scenes reframed for a vertical 9:16 video for TikTok and Reels, or a horizontal 16:9 version for YouTube.

Make image prompts for key frames. Some AI video makers start from an image. Ask the chat for an image prompt for the first frame of each scene, then animate those frames in your video tool.

Make variations to test. Ask for three versions of the opening scene with different hooks, settings or moods, and test which one works before you produce the rest.

Keep a library of reference videos. Every video you analyze stays in your ScreenApp library with its breakdown. ScreenApp has one AI chat that searches and answers from every recording in your library, or a single folder, so you can put your reference videos in one folder and ask what they have in common, or ask for prompts that combine the best shots from several of them.

How to Turn a Video Into Prompts

1. Paste the link: copy the link of a public TikTok, Instagram Reel, YouTube Short or YouTube video into the tool above, or upload a video file. Sign in with a free account.
2. Let the AI watch it: ScreenApp imports the video and opens a chat that asks for the scene breakdown and the prompts.
3. Copy the prompts: paste each scene’s prompt into the AI video maker you use. Ask the chat to rewrite them for a specific model, a different subject, or a vertical or horizontal frame.

The prompts describe a video. They are not the settings the original was made with, so expect to adjust them after a first try in your video tool. A clip with fast cuts or text on screen breaks into more scenes, and each prompt is only as accurate as what the AI can see in the frames. ScreenApp imports one link at a time; playlist URLs are not imported as a batch, and it cannot import Spotify and other DRM-protected streaming services.

Example: One Scene Turned Into a Prompt

This shows the format of what the AI writes. The scene is made up for this example, and real output depends on the video you paste.

The scene in the original video: a close-up of hands pouring coffee into a glass cup on a wooden kitchen counter, morning light from a window on the left, the camera slowly pushing in, about three seconds long, with soft acoustic music.

The prompt the chat writes for it:

Close-up of hands pouring hot coffee into a clear glass cup on a wooden
kitchen counter. Soft morning sunlight from a window on the left, warm
tones, shallow depth of field. Slow push-in camera move. Calm, cozy mood.
3 seconds. Soft acoustic guitar in the background.

From there you can ask the chat to change the subject (“make it green tea in a ceramic mug”), the format (“vertical, for a Reel”) or the model (“rewrite this for Veo”).

Tips for Better Prompts

• Use short clips with clear scenes. A video with a few distinct shots gives sharper prompts than a long video with constant movement.
• Say which AI video maker you use. Tell the chat the model before it writes the prompts, so it uses the length and wording that model handles best.
• Describe your own version. Give the chat your product, brand colors, audience and the message you want, and it writes prompts for your video instead of a copy of the original.
• Generate one scene at a time. AI video makers handle one clear shot per prompt better than a whole story in one prompt. Generate each scene, then edit them together.
• Fix one detail per try. If a result is off, ask the chat to change one thing, such as the lighting or the camera move, and generate again.

Video to Prompt Generator vs Other Tools

Sources, checked 2026-10-08: screenapp.io/features/ai-video-watcher, promptaivideos.com, videotoprompt.dev, ScreenApp pricing

• vs PromptAI Videos: PromptAI Videos is built only for prompts and lets you pick a target model before it writes them. It takes clips up to 2 minutes and 30 MB, with 5 free videos after sign-in. ScreenApp takes longer videos and keeps a chat open, so you can change the prompts without starting again.
• vs VideoToPrompt.dev: VideoToPrompt.dev needs no account for the first analysis, but its free tier stops at 60 seconds and it accepts YouTube Shorts links only. ScreenApp imports TikTok and Instagram links directly.

Who Turns Videos Into Prompts

AI video creators find a clip with a look they want and use the scene prompts as a starting point in Sora, Veo or Kling, instead of describing every shot from memory.

Social media marketers see a format that works in their niche and break it into prompts so they can make their own version with their own product and message.

Agencies and freelancers show a client a reference video and turn it into a shot list and prompts before they start generating.

Brands testing ads take a reference ad’s structure, the hook, the product shot and the closing frame, and rebuild it with their own product in an AI video maker.

People learning prompt writing compare a finished video with the prompts the AI writes for it, to see which details make a prompt produce a specific shot.