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Timestamp Prompts: Narrative Control for AI Video (Runway, Veo, Sora, Kling)

Explains timestamp-based prompting, writing separate instructions for different points within a single generated clip, and tests it across Runway, Veo, Sora, and Kling. Covers which models honor timing cues and which ignore them.

AI Video School · 11 min · Intermediate · AIF · AI Filmmaking · 2026

What you take away

Structure a prompt with timestamps to control pacing within one shot instead of only describing the whole action.

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