✅ Text-to-video: Describe a scene, get a video
✅ 20-60 second clips: Coherent short videos
✅ High resolution: Up to 1080p-2K
✅ Basic physics: Objects move realistically
✅ Generated audio: Matching sound and music
✅ Style control: Cinematic, animated, documentary

⚠️ Long-form content: Multi-minute videos
⚠️ Complex physics: Still imperfect
⚠️ Fine control: Precise timing, specific actions
⚠️ Consistency: Same character across scenes

✅ TikTok-style mobile app
   Create and share videos easily

✅ ChatGPT integration
   Describe scenes conversationally

✅ Multiple aspect ratios
   Vertical, horizontal, square

✅ Up to 60 seconds
   Longer than initial launch

✅ Remix feature
   Modify generated videos

🎬 Photorealistic humans and environments
📱 Mobile-first, social-ready format
💬 Natural language prompting
🔄 Iterative refinement via conversation

❌ Physics can break on complex scenes
❌ Visible watermarks (C2PA)
❌ Content restrictions (no violence, etc.)
❌ Rate limits on free tier

"A cozy coffee shop on a rainy day. Camera slowly 
pushes in through the window, revealing customers 
reading and working on laptops. Warm lighting, 
steam rising from cups. Lofi aesthetic."

✅ Native audio generation
   Sound effects, dialogue, music created automatically

✅ Up to 2K resolution
   Higher quality output

✅ Precise camera controls
   Pan, zoom, tracking shots

✅ Flow (creative app)
   Dedicated creation interface

✅ Scene extension
   Extend existing videos seamlessly

🔊 Audio built-in (major differentiator)
🎥 Better camera control
⚡ Faster generation
🔧 Enterprise API available

❌ Short audio segments (perfecting longer)
❌ Stricter content policies
❌ Limited availability (some regions)
❌ Learning curve for controls

"Drone shot rising over a tropical beach at sunset. 
Waves gently lapping the shore, palm trees swaying 
in the breeze. Camera tilts up to reveal the golden 
sun touching the horizon."

Sora 2: More accessible, social-focused, ChatGPT integration
Veo 3: More controlled, higher quality, built-in audio

✅ Product teasers
✅ Social media ads
✅ Concept visualization for pitches
⚠️ Not ready for: Final broadcast commercials

✅ YouTube shorts/TikToks
✅ Podcast visualizations
✅ Educational explainers
⚠️ Not ready for: Long-form polished content

✅ Storyboard visualization
✅ Concept proof-of-concept
✅ Background plates
⚠️ Not ready for: Final theatrical release

✅ Internal training videos
✅ Quick demo content
✅ Presentation visuals
⚠️ Not ready for: Customer-facing polished content

[SUBJECT] + [ACTION] + [SETTING] + [STYLE] + [CAMERA]

Example:
"A chef [SUBJECT] carefully plating a dessert [ACTION] 
in a Michelin-star kitchen [SETTING], cinematic lighting 
[STYLE], slow push-in on the dish [CAMERA]"

Motion: What's moving? How?
Time: Duration, speed (slow-mo, timelapse)
Camera: Static, pan, zoom, tracking, aerial
Mood: Lighting, color grade, atmosphere
Audio (Veo): Music style, sound effects, dialogue

❌ "Make a video about cooking"
   Too vague, no visual direction

✅ "Close-up of hands chopping vegetables on a wooden 
    cutting board. Bright kitchen, morning light streaming 
    through window. Sound of knife on board."
   Specific, visual, sensory

Democratization: Anyone can create video content
Speed: Hours of production → minutes
Iteration: Try 20 versions easily
New formats: Previously impossible concepts

Tool, not replacement: Augments workflows
Pre-production: Faster concept testing
Rough cuts: Quick visualization
Still needed: Direction, editing, refinement

⚠️ Deepfakes and misinformation potential
⚠️ Copyright questions (training data)
⚠️ Job displacement concerns
⚠️ Authenticity and disclosure needs

- Longer videos (5+ minutes)
- Better consistency across scenes
- More precise control
- Higher resolution (4K)

- Full film production capabilities
- Real-time generation
- Character consistency across projects
- Complex multi-character scenes