30 Grok Imagine Prompts, With the Videos They Made

30 Grok Imagine prompts copied exactly from the canvas of the film Dreamland, each beside the video or image it made and the start frame it animated.

By Zoey Z.Last updated

An ink drawing of a fountain pen whose ink line becomes a strip of film

Most Grok Imagine prompt guides show prompts without the result, so you cannot tell what the words actually did. Dreamland, a 217-second film made in Flick with Grok Imagine 1.5, kept all 89 of its Grok Imagine video prompts on a public canvas. This page collects 30 Grok Imagine prompts from it, copied exactly, each beside its clip, then shows what those 89 prompts have in common. Grok Imagine video needs the Standard plan in Flick; Grok Imagine images are on the free plan.

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Grok Imagine prompts for quick cuts and multiple angles

Ask for multiple angles and quick or hard cuts, because Grok Imagine 1.5 turns one start frame into several views of the same scene when the prompt asks for it.
  • Name the cut: “quick cuts”, “hard cut”, “not smooth cuts”.
  • Ask for angles: “Multi angle shot”, “Multiple view angle”.
  • Add one word for the motion you want, such as “natural motion” or “real motion”.
Orange sports car parked on a red-lit cliff edge before a distant city of towers
Start frame: Orange sports car parked on a red-lit cliff edge before a distant city of towers
Start frame
00:15

Cinematic multi angle quick cuts

cinematic, Multi angle shot quick cuts
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
Flamenco dancer on a rooftop dripping red, a castle and a setting sun behind her
Start frame: Flamenco dancer on a rooftop dripping red, a castle and a setting sun behind her
Start frame
00:12

A dancer on a melting rooftop, hard cut

Multi angle shot, hard cut
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
Long wooden boardwalk running across cracked blue sea ice
Start frame: Long wooden boardwalk running across cracked blue sea ice
Start frame
00:08

Natural motion across broken ice

Multiple view angle, natural motion, hard cut
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
Figure leaping between floating rocks with waterfalls, stepped pyramids in the clouds behind
Start frame: Figure leaping between floating rocks with waterfalls, stepped pyramids in the clouds behind
Start frame
00:15

A leap between waterfall cliffs, not smooth cuts

multi angle, quick cuts, not smooth cuts
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
Crowds walking along the curved white terraces of a vast futuristic stadium
Start frame: Crowds walking along the curved white terraces of a vast futuristic stadium
Start frame
00:15

A crowd in a curved white stadium

Animate, multi angles, quick cuts
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
Motorbike rider in silhouette jumping a gap between broken towers at sunset
Start frame: Motorbike rider in silhouette jumping a gap between broken towers at sunset
Start frame
00:15

A motorbike jumps a gap, real motion

animate this scene, quick cuts, no smooth cut, real motion
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland

Grok Imagine prompts for camera moves

Name the camera move and say what the subject does while it happens, so Grok Imagine can tell a camera orbit from movement in the scene.
  • For a frozen moment, hold the subject still and move the camera: “Fixed subject without any motion, looks frozen in time, 360 rotate with dolly zoom”.
  • For a still poster, lock the camera and ask for small motion: “fixed camera angle”.
Runner frozen mid-leap between broken highway ramps and two tower blocks at dusk
Start frame: Runner frozen mid-leap between broken highway ramps and two tower blocks at dusk
Start frame
00:15

A frozen leap with a 360 rotation

Fixed subject without any motion, looks frozen in time, 360 rotate with dolly zoom
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
Lone figure at the top of mossy stone steps in a deep green forest
Start frame: Lone figure at the top of mossy stone steps in a deep green forest
Start frame
00:15

Quick cuts on a frozen subject with a dolly zoom

animate this scene, quick cuts, no smooth cut, real motion, Fixed subject without any motion, looks frozen in time, 360 rotate with dolly zoom
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
Tiny figure standing at the edge of a dark misty cliff
Start frame: Tiny figure standing at the edge of a dark misty cliff
Start frame
00:10

Fast rotation over a cliff edge

fast rotate, zoom dolly zoom pan
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
Samurai on horseback riding along a cliff of cherry blossoms toward floating pagodas
Start frame: Samurai on horseback riding along a cliff of cherry blossoms toward floating pagodas
Start frame
00:12

Soft camera drift with parallax and hard cuts

Cinematic motion with gentle atmospheric movement - subtle wind effects on clothing and environment, soft camera drift creating depth and scale, natural lighting shifts and shadows dancing across the landscape, ambient particles floating in the air, gentle breathing motion for the figure, ethereal mist or dust adding mystique, smooth parallax movement between foreground and background elements, creating an immersive contemplative mood with epic scale and emotional resonance, multiple angle view with hard cut
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
Illustrated poster of a leopard smoking among leaves on a red background, vertical
Start frame: Illustrated poster of a leopard smoking among leaves on a red background, vertical
Start frame
00:08

A vertical poster with a fixed camera

Animate the character in vertical format with fixed camera angle - gentlemotion
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
Illustrated poster of a hippo with butterflies and an old TV on a pink background, vertical
Start frame: Illustrated poster of a hippo with butterflies and an old TV on a pink background, vertical
Start frame
00:10

A vertical poster with gentle motion

Animate the character in vertical format with fixed camera angle - gentle motion
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland

Grok Imagine prompts for action

Name the action in a word or two and let the start frame carry the rest, as most action prompts behind Dreamland do in under ten words.
  • One word can be enough: “running”.
  • Name a subject the frame does not show: “dinosaur”, “flying carpet”, “samurai combat”.
Stone path leading through a deep jungle valley under tall trees
Start frame: Stone path leading through a deep jungle valley under tall trees
Start frame
00:15

A dinosaur run through a jungle valley

cinematic, Multi angle shot quick cuts, running, dinosaur, cinematic angles with high motion
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
Ballerina en pointe on a floating white rock among clouds and ruined columns
Start frame: Ballerina en pointe on a floating white rock among clouds and ruined columns
Start frame
00:15

A ballerina on a floating rock

dancing, multi angle quick shots
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
Old man sitting on a patterned rug in a dark room, lit from the side
Start frame: Old man sitting on a patterned rug in a dark room, lit from the side
Start frame
00:15

An old man on a flying carpet

multi angle, quick cuts, not smooth cuts, flying carpet
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
Figure running up floating stone steps with waterfalls pouring into the clouds
Start frame: Figure running up floating stone steps with waterfalls pouring into the clouds
Start frame
00:12

One word: running

running
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
Korean temple roof on top of a tall white stone wall under a blue sky
Start frame: Korean temple roof on top of a tall white stone wall under a blue sky
Start frame
00:15

Samurai combat on a temple wall

remake the scene in 16:9 aspect ratio, make a video with different views of the character with quick cuts, samurai combat
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
Figure in a brown cloak asleep on the grass at the edge of a sheer sea cliff
Start frame: Figure in a brown cloak asleep on the grass at the edge of a sheer sea cliff
Start frame
00:15

A sleeping figure at a cliff edge

cinematic, multi angle, the hobbit character
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland

Grok Imagine prompts for effects and surreal scenes

Start with “animate this scene” and add the effect or the mood, because with a start frame Grok Imagine needs the change, not a description of the picture.
  • Add the effect after a comma: “effects fire”, “ufo”, “Giant storm, wind”.
  • A mood word alone works too: “surreal”.
Pillar of orange fire rising from a dark field at night
Start frame: Pillar of orange fire rising from a dark field at night
Start frame
00:15

Fire rising in the dark

animate this scene, effects fire, surreal
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
Giant striped seed pod floating above a steaming turquoise volcanic lake
Start frame: Giant striped seed pod floating above a steaming turquoise volcanic lake
Start frame
00:15

A giant seed over a steaming lake

animate this scene, effects
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
White skull-like craft flying low over a fjord between grey cliffs
Start frame: White skull-like craft flying low over a fjord between grey cliffs
Start frame
00:15

A UFO through a fjord

animate this scene, effects, ufo
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
Lone man on a stone path looking out over a dense jungle
Start frame: Lone man on a stone path looking out over a dense jungle
Start frame
00:15

A storm over a jungle path

Giant storm, wind, make a storytelling
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
Green wheat field ending at a cliff, a curved white building on the far edge
Start frame: Green wheat field ending at a cliff, a curved white building on the far edge
Start frame
00:15

Two words: surreal landscape

surreal landscape
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
Looking down a deep well lined with blue and red mosaic tiles
Start frame: Looking down a deep well lined with blue and red mosaic tiles
Start frame
00:15

One word: surreal

surreal
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland

Grok Imagine prompts that remake a still as a wide shot

Tell Grok Imagine to remake the scene in 16:9 with different views of the character, the prompt Dreamland used to turn stills, portraits included, into wide moving shots.
  • Dreamland reused one opening line and changed the last words: “remake the scene in 16:9 aspect ratio, make a video with different views of the character with quick cuts”.
  • One portrait start frame came out as a wide 1280 by 720 clip after this prompt.
Wildflower meadow rippling like waves between Paris apartment buildings
Start frame: Wildflower meadow rippling like waves between Paris apartment buildings
Start frame
00:15

A Paris street turned into a wide shot

remake the scene in 16:9 aspect ratio, make a video with different views of the character with quick cuts, paris
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
Curving white concrete building cantilevered over a beach and dunes
Start frame: Curving white concrete building cantilevered over a beach and dunes
Start frame
00:15

Surreal architecture by the sea

remake the scene in 16:9 aspect ratio, make a video with different views of the character with quick cuts, futuristic and surreal architecture
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
Aerial view of endless rows of identical white houses along a straight road
Start frame: Aerial view of endless rows of identical white houses along a straight road
Start frame
00:15

Endless rows of identical houses

remake the scene in 16:9 aspect ratio, make a video with different views with quick cuts
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
Young woman sitting on the wreck of a silver spaceship under a pale sky
Start frame: Young woman sitting on the wreck of a silver spaceship under a pale sky
Start frame
00:12

A character on a wrecked ship, from several views

in 16:9 aspect ratio, make a video with different views of the character with cuts, motion, natural movement
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland

Grok Imagine image prompts

For a Grok Imagine image, write a full description, subject, place, light and style, because without a start frame the prompt is all the model has.
  • Dreamland's two Grok Imagine stills use prompts of over 40 words, against a median of 12 for its video prompts.
  • The horse prompt asks for a vertical picture, but the image came out wide: the aspect ratio setting decides the shape, not the words.
Wild horse in side profile at the edge of a golden prairie that drops away into a sheer cliff

A wild horse on a sudden cliff

Minimalist surreal nature portrait of a wild horse standing proudly on the sudden vertical drop of a golden prairie that plunges straight down, side profile at dawn...beautiful day, weird. editorial style, realistic and minimal, realistic photo style 2:3 aspect ratio vertical
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
Barn owl on a cracked marble ledge over darkness, a lone man standing at the far end

A barn owl on a crumbling ledge

Surreal side-profile portrait of a barn owl perched calmly on a crumbling stone windowsill, the marble ledge cascading straight down into void, soft architectural light.  editorial style, minimal surreal atmosphere, a lonely person standing and contemplating the view, realistic photo, surreal
MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland

What makes a good Grok Imagine prompt?

A good Grok Imagine video prompt is short: it names the cuts and angles, the camera and one change to the start frame, and leaves the look to the picture.
How Dreamland's Grok Imagine prompts are written: the share of its 89 Grok Imagine 1.5 video prompts that do each, counted October 2026
PatternPrompts (of 89)Share
Median prompt length12 words
Ten words or fewer4449%
Asks for cuts, multiple angles or different views7382%
Says “cut”6472%
Says “16:9”2124%
Asks for a fixed camera or a fixed subject67%

  1. 1. Ask for the cuts

    Seven in ten of the 89 prompts say “cut”.

    multi angle, quick cuts, not smooth cuts
    MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland

  2. 2. Describe the change, not the picture

    The start frame already sets the place, the light and the people.

    animate this scene, effects fire, surreal
    MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland

  3. 3. Hold the subject still to move the camera

    Say what stays frozen, then name the move.

    Fixed subject without any motion, looks frozen in time, 360 rotate with dolly zoom
    MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland
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  1. 4. Keep one opening line and change the end

    Dreamland reused a few openings across many clips and changed the last words each time.

    remake the scene in 16:9 aspect ratio, make a video with different views of the character with quick cuts, samurai combat
    MaxVOAO, director of Dreamland

A Grok Imagine prompt template built from these patterns

Fill the brackets and delete the parts you do not need.

animate this scene, [multi angle / one fixed camera angle], [quick cuts / hard cut / no cuts], [the camera move], [the action in a few words], [one effect or mood word]

How do you use these prompts in Flick?

Copy a prompt, open Image to Video in Flick with Grok Imagine 1.5, connect your own start frame and generate a few takes to compare side by side.

  1. 1Copy a prompt

    Pick the clip closest to the shot you need and press Copy prompt.

  2. 2Pick Grok Imagine 1.5

    Open Image to Video and choose Grok Imagine 1.5, which runs on the Standard plan and needs a start frame.

  3. 3Connect your start frame

    Connect your own picture as the start frame, then swap the subject words in the prompt for yours.

  4. 4Generate, then adjust

    Set the length, generate, then change a single part of the prompt, such as the cuts or the camera, and run it again.

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What is Grok Imagine?

Grok Imagine is xAI's image and video model. In Flick, Grok Imagine 1.5 turns a start frame into a video with sound, Grok Imagine 1.5 Multi makes a video from reference images, and Grok Imagine also makes and edits images.

How long should a Grok Imagine prompt be?

With a start frame, a short Grok Imagine prompt works: the 89 video prompts behind the film Dreamland have a median of 12 words. Without a start frame, as for an image, describe the subject, place, light and style in full.

How do I get multiple shots from one Grok Imagine video?

Ask for multiple angles and cuts in the prompt, for example “multi angle, quick cuts, not smooth cuts” or “Multi angle shot, hard cut”. Grok Imagine 1.5 then shows the start frame's scene from several views in one clip.

How long can a Grok Imagine video be in Flick?

In Flick, Grok Imagine 1.5 makes clips of 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 or 15 seconds at 480p, 720p or 1080p (the highest resolution is for 16:9 clips).

Can Grok Imagine make vertical videos?

Yes. In Flick, Grok Imagine 1.5 Multi lets you pick 9:16, and Grok Imagine 1.5 takes its shape from the start frame and the prompt. The film Dreamland got four vertical clips from portrait start frames with “Animate the character in vertical format”.

Is Grok Imagine free on Flick?

Grok Imagine images are on Flick's free plan. Grok Imagine video needs the Standard plan, $20/month or $16/month billed yearly, and a 96 credit clip at the default settings. You get 100 credits when you sign up.

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