HOW TO CREATE VIRAL AI VIDEO

This is a beautiful concept that evokes a sense of freedom, nostalgia, and the natural world. It feels very cinematic, similar to movies like Into the Wild or the vast landscapes of a Studio Ghibli film brought to life.
To make this "accurate and viral," we need to translate your poetic description into concrete cinematographic instructions.
Here is a breakdown of how to approach this, with specific prompts for different scenes and viral aesthetics.
The Strategy: "Epic Naturalism"
For this concept to go viral, it needs to feel visually overwhelming (in a good way). We want to emphasize the scale of the environment versus the smallness of the boy.
Key Visual Elements to emphasize:
 * Extreme Wide Shots: To show the "infinite sky."
 * Golden Hour Lighting: Low sun, long shadows, warm light. This is almost a cheat code for beautiful, viral video.
 * Texture: You want to feel the dry grass, the dust, and the heat.
Scene-by-Scene Prompts
Since current AI video models struggle to make one long 60-second video with scene changes, your best strategy is to generate 3-5 shorter clips (4-10 seconds each) and edit them together.
Here are prompts for the essential shots of your narrative.
Scene 1: The Establishing Shot (Vastness & Sky)
Goal: Establish the environment and the scale of the adventure.
> Prompt: Extreme wide landscape shot, cinematic. A lone young boy, maybe 10 years old with a worn backpack, is a tiny figure walking across a vast, dry steppe landscape. Sparse, scrubby bushes and lone acacia trees dot the horizon. The sky is massive, taking up 70% of the frame, infinite blue with gigantic, slow-moving cumulus clouds. Golden hour light casting long shadows. Film grain, 8k, highly detailed, epic scale. --ar 16:9
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Scene 2: The "Foraging" Action (Berries)
Goal: Show self-sufficiency and interaction with the environment. We need a closer shot here.
> Prompt: Medium handheld camera shot. The young boy pauses at a dry, thorny tree. He reaches up with a dusty hand to pluck small red berries from a branch and examines them before eating one. Sunlight flickers through the sparse leaves, creating lens flare. Shallow depth of field, focusing closely on his hands and the berries. Photorealistic, documentary style.
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Scene 3: The Break (Drinking Water)
Goal: Show the reality of the journey.
> Prompt: Tracking shot, side profile, slow motion. The boy is sitting on a large rock, looking out over the endless horizon of sparse farmland. He lifts an old, dented metal canteen to his mouth and drinks water, sweat on his brow. The heat haze shimmers in the distance. Midday sun, harsh light, raw and realistic texture.
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Scene 4: The Feeling of Freedom (Viral Hook)
Goal: An emotional shot that captures the "unrestricted wandering" vibe.
> Prompt: Low angle, tracking shot moving rapidly just above the ground through dry tall grass. The camera follows the boy from behind as he runs with his arms outstretched towards the horizon. The massive blue sky dominates the frame above him. Joyful, sense of freedom, cinematic movement, warm colors of sunset.
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Viral Aesthetic Variations
You can take the prompts above and add these "flavor text" prefixes/suffixes to change the entire vibe for different platforms.
Variation A: The "Nostalgic Film" Look (Great for TikTok/Reels)
Add this to the end of the prompts:
> "... vintage 35mm film look, warm colors, slight film grain, nostalgic feel, Wes Anderson style symmetry."
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Variation B: The "Hyper-Realistic Documentary" (Great for YouTube Shorts)
Add this to the start of the prompts:
> "Raw documentary footage, handheld GoPro, natural lighting..."
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Variation C: The "Dreamscape" (More artistic and surreal)
Add this to the end of the prompts:
> "... saturated colors, Studio Ghibli inspired landscape, ethereal lighting, dreamy atmosphere, volumetric fog."
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Crucial Advice for Consistency
If you generate these four scenes separately with just text, the "boy" will look different in every single clip.
To make it accurate and consistent:
 * Generate an Image First: Use an AI image generator (like Midjourney or Dall-E 3) to create the perfect still image of your boy in this landscape.
 * Use Image-to-Video: Take that generated image and upload it into your video tool (Runway Gen-3, Kling, or Pika).
 * Prompt the Motion: Use the text prompts above to tell the image how to move.
Example Image-to-Video Prompt: "The boy in the image begins to walk forward through the grass, the camera slowly pans upwards to reveal the vast sky."

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