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Resource · Sora 2 Prompt Guide

Sora 2 best prompts — patterns that work.

Lessons from generating thousands of Sora 2 outputs: phrasing that works, motion vocabulary the model responds to, audio cues that ship sound-on, and the prompt patterns that retain identity.

30+Patterns
AudioCue library
TestedAcross 1000s

Capabilities

What it does.

06Features
01

Identity preservation phrasing

Specific clauses Sora 2 honors for keeping a face or object faithful across cuts.

02

Motion vocabulary

Verbs the model interprets as 'dolly', 'orbit', 'crash zoom' — not all synonyms work.

03

Audio cue library

How to spec ambient sound, dialogue, SFX — what Sora 2's audio engine respects.

04

Anti-pattern list

Phrasings that produce mush, ghost limbs, or watermark artifacts.

05

Aspect ratio cues

Hint at composition — 'vertical phone shot', 'cinemascope wide' — and Sora honors them.

06

Length / pacing patterns

How to write a 15s arc with a hook, a beat, a payoff that retains viewers.

Samples

Generated here.

Every clip below was rendered through Prototipal — no curation, no cherry-picked external content.

06Samples
01
Identity-preserving prompt
02
Audio-first prompt
03
Motion-vocab demo
04
Pacing arc demo
05
Style transfer prompt
06
Cinematic grade prompt
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