# Cinematic & short films models & tools for AI video

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26 models & tools for cinematic & short films: cinematic AI footage, short films, trailers and multi-shot scenes made with Seedance, Kling and Veo.

## Models & tools (26)

- [Higgsfield Generate](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/higgsfield-generate.md) — Higgsfield: Generate images, video, 3D and audio across 30+ models, plus ad videos and virality scoring, from one CLI.
- [Gemini Omni Flash](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/gemini-omni-flash-api.md) — Google Gemini: Generate and edit video with Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash: text-to-video, first/last frames, extensions, edits.
- [Melies](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/melies.md) — Melies: Generate images, video, movie posters and thumbnails from the terminal with 148 AI actors and style flags.
- [AI Video Generation](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/inference-sh-ai-video-generation.md) — inference.sh: Generate video with 40+ models from one CLI: Veo 3.1, Seedance 2.0, HappyHorse, Wan, Grok and more.
- [Google Veo](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/inference-sh-google-veo.md) — inference.sh: Generate cinematic video from text with Google Veo 3.1 and Veo 3.1 Fast.
- [HappyHorse](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/inference-sh-happyhorse.md) — inference.sh: Generate and edit video with Alibaba HappyHorse 1.0: text, image and reference-to-video plus video edits.
- [Image to Video](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/inference-sh-image-to-video.md) — inference.sh: Animate stills into video: pick the right model, then prompt motion and camera moves that hold together.
- [P-Video](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/inference-sh-p-video.md) — inference.sh: Generate fast 720p/1080p video with audio using Pruna P-Video and Wan text- and image-to-video.
- [Seedance 2.0](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/inference-sh-seedance.md) — inference.sh: Make 4–15 s videos with synced audio in Seedance 2.0: text, image or reference-to-video up to 1080p.
- [Runway Media](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/runway-media.md) — Runway: Generate and edit images, video, music, speech and sound effects from chat with Runway's MCP tools.
- [Runway Studio Skills](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/runway-studio-skills.md) — Runway: Run Runway's API from Python scripts: text, image and video-to-video, character performance, images, TTS.
- [FLUX 3 Video](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/flux-3-video.md) — Black Forest Labs: Route any FLUX 3 video job to the right specialist: diagnosis, direction, audio or execution.
- [Kling AI](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/klingai.md) — Kling AI, beta: Official Kling CLI: text/image-to-video, Omni reference and edit, images, reusable subjects, quota
- [Seedance Video Gen](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/video-gen.md) — qiujiahong, beta: Text- and image-to-video with Doubao Seedance on Volcengine, with optional audio and first/last frame
- [Tianshu Wan Video](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/tianshu-wan-video.md) — wangshengli0421, beta: Text-to-video and image-to-video with Alibaba's Wan 2.6 through DashScope, from a small Node.js script
- [dLazy Video Generate](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/dlazy-video-generate.md) — dlazyai, beta: Picks a video model for your prompt from about 20 on dLazy (Jimeng, Kling, Veo, Seedance, Wan, PixVerse) and runs it
- [dLazy Jimeng First-Frame Video](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/dlazy-jimeng-i2v-first.md) — dlazyai, beta: Animates a single first-frame image into a 5 or 10 second Jimeng (Dreamina) clip through the dLazy CLI
- [dLazy Kling V3](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/dlazy-kling-v3.md) — dlazyai, beta: Text-to-video and image-to-video with Kling v3 through the dLazy CLI, 3–15 s clips
- [dLazy Seedance 2.0](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/dlazy-seedance-2-0.md) — dlazyai, beta: Seedance 2.0 video from text, image/video/audio references or first and last frames, via dLazy
- [dLazy PixVerse C1](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/dlazy-pixverse-c1.md) — dlazyai, beta: PixVerse C1 video for action and VFX shots: text, image, reference or first/last frame, via dLazy
- [dLazy Kling V3 Omni](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/dlazy-kling-v3-omni.md) — dlazyai, beta: Kling v3 Omni video from frames, up to 7 images or a reference video, via the dLazy CLI
- [dLazy Jimeng First-Last Frame](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/dlazy-jimeng-i2v-first-tail.md) — dlazyai, beta: Jimeng (Dreamina) transition video between a first and last frame, 5 or 10 s, via dLazy
- [dLazy Veo 3.1](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/dlazy-veo-3-1.md) — dlazyai, beta: Google Veo 3.1 video from frames or reference images, plus +7 s extend, up to 4K, via dLazy
- [Vidu Q2 Image-to-Video via dLazy](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/dlazy-viduq2-i2v.md) — dlazyai, beta: Animate images into 2–10 s clips with Vidu Q2, by reference images or first/last frame, through the dLazy CLI.
- [Veo 3.1 Fast via dLazy](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/dlazy-veo-3-1-fast.md) — dlazyai, beta: Quick 4–8 s text- or image-to-video clips and +7 s extensions with Google Veo 3.1 Fast, via the dLazy CLI.
- [Wan 2.7 via dLazy](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/dlazy-wan2-7.md) — dlazyai, beta: Text, first/last-frame and reference-to-video with Alibaba's Wan 2.7, 2–15 s clips, through the dLazy CLI.

## More for cinematic & short films

### Prompts (1)

- [FLUX 3 Cinematic Inserts](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/flux-3-cinematic-inserts.md) — Black Forest Labs: Write FLUX 3 prompts for standalone cinematic shots: shot craft, camera, continuity and review.

### Effects (1)

- [fal Fan Cam](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/fal-fan-cam.md) — fal: Put someone into a live sports broadcast: a realistic fan-cam cutaway with scoreboard and channel overlays.

### Guides (1)

- [FLUX 3 Keyframes & Continuation](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/flux-3-keyframes-continuation.md) — Black Forest Labs: Build FLUX 3 video from supplied stills or footage: keyframe image-to-video and continuation chains.

### Workflows (2)

- [Previz to Seedance](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/varg-previz.md) — varg, beta: Plan multi-shot AI video before paying: story, anchor sheets, a three.js grey-box previz, then a Seedance v2v pack.
- [fal Recipes](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/fal-recipes.md) — fal: Follow proven multi-step fal pipelines for commercials, product shots, characters, lip-sync and try-on.

## Other kinds of skills

- [Prompts](https://varg.ai/how-to/prompts.md): The words a video model obeys: camera angles, shot sizes, lighting, characters, hooks and prompt guides for Seedance, Kling, Veo, FLUX and Higgsfield. Your agent writes the prompt with them, or you paste them into the model.
- [Effects](https://varg.ai/how-to/effects.md): An effect you can see, added to your video: animated titles, captions, transitions, shader backgrounds, logo animations, device mockups and viral camera tricks. Hand your agent the footage or the brief and get the effect.
- [Styles](https://varg.ai/how-to/styles.md): The look of the whole video: art styles, film looks, color grades and LUTs, caption fonts and style references. Pick a style and every shot your agent makes follows it.
- [Guides](https://varg.ai/how-to/guides.md): Know-how your agent reads before it works: how to write a script, storyboard, edit and caption, and how to use Remotion, HyperFrames, GSAP, Three.js and FFmpeg.
- [Workflows](https://varg.ai/how-to/workflows.md): A brief in, a finished video out: UGC ads, product videos, music videos, talking heads, explainers, Shorts and short dramas, step by step, with the models and the edit chosen for you.