Sweeping drone reveals, bird's-eye spirals, and impossible ground-to-sky camera moves — all without a real drone. These Seedance 2.0 aerial prompts give the model a flight path, and it flies it.
The trick to great aerial AI video is naming the move, not just the scene. "Drone shot" produces a vague high angle; "a sweeping drone shot rises over the valley then spirals bird's-eye into the waterfall" gives Seedance a choreographed flight path to execute. These aerial prompts lead with the camera verb — rises over, glides across, spirals down, tracks forward — and pair it with a payoff moment (the reveal, the descent, the lock-on). The result is the kind of expansive, cinematic aerial footage that a real drone can't match: a continuous ground-to-sky impossible oner, an FPV flythrough threading city streets at speed, or a silent bird's-eye drift that makes a landscape feel infinite. Copy a prompt and swap in your location.
What are the best AI video prompts for aerial shots?
The best aerial prompts name the camera move explicitly — "rises over… revealing," "bird's-eye spiral descending," "FPV flythrough" — rather than just saying "drone shot." Naming the move gives Seedance a flight path to execute. All the prompts in this gallery follow that pattern.
Can I make drone footage without a real drone using AI?
Yes. Seedance 2.0 can simulate any aerial perspective, including impossible moves no real drone can do — like a single continuous shot that starts inches above the ground and rises seamlessly into a wide aerial. Name the move, describe the environment, and specify any altitude change.
How do I write an aerial shot prompt for Seedance 2.0?
Start with the rig name (drone, FPV, helicopter, aerial), then describe the flight path as a verb + payoff: "rises over the cliffs revealing the ocean," "threads through the canyon at speed," "spirals down into the jungle waterfall." Add a lighting cue (golden hour, overcast, dawn) to complete the shot.