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name: visual-styles description: 20 named visual styles for Video Agent prompts — each with colors, typography, motion, and transitions

Visual Style Library — 20 Styles

Named visual styles for Video Agent prompts. Each is inspired by a real graphic designer. Ordered by mood intensity.

Picking a style: Match mood first, content second. Ask: "What should the viewer FEEL?"

Using a style: Copy the style block into your prompt's STYLE section. Use the visual language rules — don't inject the example B-roll scenes (they confuse the agent).

Custom styles: These are examples. Create your own by combining elements, referencing other designers, art movements, or cultural aesthetics. The pattern: named style + designer reference + color palette + typography + motion rules + transitions.

Quick Reference

Mood-to-Style Guide

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1. Soft Signal — Stefan Sagmeister

Mood: Intimate, warm | Best for: Personal stories, wellness, reflections

• Warm amber and cream with dusty rose, sage green, honey gold accents
• Handwritten-style text overlays — personal, lowercase, delicate
• Close-up framing: hands, faces, textures. Macro lens feel
• Slow drifts and floats, never snaps. Soft dissolves, warm light leaks

STYLE — SOFT SIGNAL (Sagmeister): Warm amber/cream, dusty rose, sage green.
Handwritten-style text. Close-up framing. Slow drifts and floats.
Soft dissolves with warm light leaks.

2. Warm Grain — Olle Eksell

Mood: Organic, friendly | Best for: Environmental, sustainability, community

• Earth tones: ochre, forest green, terracotta, cream, soft brown
• Rounded sans-serif type. Organic rounded compositions — nothing angular
• 16mm film grain, slightly desaturated. Natural textures: wood, linen, stone
• Gentle wipes, soft cuts, unhurried

STYLE — WARM GRAIN (Eksell): Earth tones — ochre, forest green, terracotta, cream.
Organic rounded compositions. 16mm film grain. Rounded sans-serif.
Gentle wipes and soft cuts.

3. Quiet Drama — Satyajit Ray

Mood: Humanist, contemplative | Best for: Profiles, biographical, cultural

• Muted warm: sepia, deep brown, soft gold, off-white, charcoal
• Clean serif type, positioned with care. Portrait framing
• Strong single-source contrast: window light, single lamp
• Deliberate pacing, longer holds. Slow fades to black

STYLE — QUIET DRAMA (Ray): Muted warm — sepia, deep brown, soft gold.
Portrait framing. Clean serif. Strong single-source contrast.
Slow fades to black.

4. Heritage Reel — Cassandre

Mood: Nostalgic, vintage | Best for: History, retrospectives, brand origins

• Faded gold, deep burgundy, navy, cream, sepia wash
• Elegant centered serif like classic film title cards
• Vignetting, softened edges. Film grain, light scratches, gentle jitter
• Iris wipes, film reel flicker

STYLE — HERITAGE REEL (Cassandre): Faded gold, burgundy, navy, sepia wash.
Elegant centered serif. Vignetting and aged film grain.
Iris wipe transitions.

5. Silk Route — Reza Abedini

Mood: Flowing, mysterious | Best for: Global affairs, cross-cultural, art/design

• Rich jewel tones: deep teal, burgundy, gold, lapis blue, black
• Elegant spaced type along natural visual lines
• Layered compositions — foreground, midground, background all active
• Flowing dissolves, smooth morphs

STYLE — SILK ROUTE (Abedini): Jewel tones — deep teal, burgundy, gold, lapis blue.
Layered compositions, all depths active. Elegant spaced type.
Flowing dissolves and smooth morphs.

6. Swiss Pulse — Josef Müller-Brockmann

Mood: Clinical, precise | Best for: Data-heavy, analytical, financial, metrics

• Black (#1a1a1a), white, ONE accent: electric blue (#0066FF)
• Helvetica Bold headlines, Regular labels. Numbers LARGE (80-120pt)
• Grid-locked compositions. Every element snaps to 12-column grid
• Animated counters COUNT UP from 0. Diagonal compositions on key moments
• Grid wipes, hard cuts. No dissolves

STYLE — SWISS PULSE (Müller-Brockmann): Black/white + electric blue #0066FF.
Grid-locked. Helvetica Bold. Animated counters. Diagonal accents.
Grid wipe transitions.

7. Geometric Bold — Ikko Tanaka

Mood: Minimal, elegant | Best for: Clean lifestyle, culture, visual essays, brand profiles

• Maximum 3 flat colors per frame — no gradients
• Bold clean type as primary visual element
• Asymmetric composition, 60% negative space minimum. Single focal point
• Clean cuts on beat, no effects

STYLE — GEOMETRIC BOLD (Tanaka): Max 3 flat colors per frame.
60% negative space. Bold type as primary element.
Single focal point. Clean cuts on beat.

8. Velvet Standard — Massimo Vignelli

Mood: Premium, timeless | Best for: Luxury, investor updates, keynotes, product showcases

• Black, white, ONE rich accent: deep navy (#1a237e) or gold (#c9a84c)
• Thin sans-serif, ALL CAPS, letter-spaced wide
• Generous negative space. Symmetrical, centered, architectural precision
• Slow, deliberate. Sequential reveals. Elegant cross-dissolves

STYLE — VELVET STANDARD (Vignelli): Black, white, one accent: gold #c9a84c.
Thin ALL CAPS, wide spacing. Generous negative space.
Slow elegant cross-dissolves.

9. Digital Grid — Wim Crouwel

Mood: Systematic, technical | Best for: Infrastructure, engineering, code, tech

• Dark (#0a0a0a) with cyan (#00E5FF), amber (#FFB300), green (#00FF88)
• Monospaced type throughout. Code-terminal aesthetic
• Pixel grid overlays visible. Everything snaps to system
• Grid nodes light up sequentially. Scan-line effects, cursor blinks
• Clean wipe transitions

STYLE — DIGITAL GRID (Crouwel): Monospaced type. Dark #0a0a0a with cyan #00E5FF, amber #FFB300.
Pixel grid overlays. Terminal aesthetic. Clean wipe transitions.

10. Contact Sheet — Alexey Brodovitch

Mood: Editorial, investigative | Best for: Journalism, deep dives, research breakdowns

• High contrast B&W with occasional desaturated color accents
• Bold sans-serif captions like editorial annotations
• Photo-editorial framing — multiple images, contact-sheet energy
• Raw grain, imperfect focus. Tight crops on faces and hands
• Hard cuts on beat, snap-zooms

STYLE — CONTACT SHEET (Brodovitch): High contrast B&W, desaturated accents.
Photo-editorial framing. Bold sans-serif annotations. Raw grain.
Hard cuts on beat. Snap-zooms.

11. Folk Frequency — Eduardo Terrazas

Mood: Cultural, vivid | Best for: Cultural events, food, tradition, heritage

• Vivid folk: hot pink, bright orange, cobalt blue, sun yellow, emerald
• Bold warm rounded type. Pattern and repetition — folk art rhythms
• Rich textures: woven fabrics, painted surfaces, ceramic, handmade
• Colorful wipes, quick cuts on festive rhythm

STYLE — FOLK FREQUENCY (Terrazas): Vivid folk — hot pink, cobalt blue, sun yellow, emerald.
Bold rounded type. Folk art rhythms. Rich handmade textures.
Colorful wipes on festive rhythm.

12. Earth Pulse — Lemi Ghariokwu

Mood: Grounded, communal | Best for: Community, music/culture, grassroots

• Warm saturated: burnt orange, deep green, rich yellow, terracotta
• Bold expressive type, center-frame. Wide community framing
• Rhythmic editing timed to musical beats
• Rhythmic cuts on beat, freeze-frames for emphasis

STYLE — EARTH PULSE (Ghariokwu): Warm saturated — burnt orange, deep green, rich yellow.
Bold expressive type. Wide community framing.
Rhythmic cuts on beat. Freeze-frames.

13. Dream State — Henryk Tomaszewski

Mood: Surreal, poetic | Best for: Op-eds, philosophy, think pieces, speculative

• Muted palette with one surreal accent: dusty blues, grey-greens, then shock of red or gold
• Sparse precise text — few words, maximum impact. Thin elegant floating type
• Unusual juxtapositions. Dreamlike quality: soft edges, atmospheric haze
• Slow morph dissolves. NEVER hard cuts

STYLE — DREAM STATE (Tomaszewski): Muted palette + one surreal accent.
Thin elegant floating type. Soft edges, atmospheric haze.
Slow morph dissolves — NEVER hard cuts.

14. Play Mode — Ahn Sang-soo

Mood: Playful, irreverent | Best for: Entertainment, pop culture, listicles, fun

• Bright candy: electric blue, hot pink, lime green, yellow, white
• Bouncy oversized tilted text. Asymmetric off-kilter compositions
• Quick cuts (1-3 seconds). Score cards, achievement popups, XP bars
• Bouncy spring physics — text overshoots and settles, screen shakes
• Pop cuts, whip pans, bounce effects

STYLE — PLAY MODE (Ahn Sang-soo): Electric blue, hot pink, lime green.
Bouncy spring physics. Oversized tilted text. Score cards, XP bars.
Pop cuts, bounce effects.

15. Carnival Surge — Rico Lins

Mood: Euphoric, celebratory | Best for: Big announcements, milestones, celebrations, hype

• Maximum color: hot pink (#FF1493), electric yellow (#FFE000), teal (#00CED1), orange, violet
• MASSIVE bold text at ANGLES over footage. Collage-style overlapping
• Rapid 1-2 second clips. Confetti, lights, constant energy
• Smash cuts, flash frames, rapid-fire montage

STYLE — CARNIVAL SURGE (Lins): Max color — hot pink #FF1493, yellow #FFE000, teal #00CED1.
Collage layering. Text MASSIVE at ANGLES. Confetti bursts.
Smash cuts, flash frames.

16. Shadow Cut — Hans Hillmann

Mood: Dark, cinematic | Best for: Exposés, investigations, controversy, dark deep dives

• Near-monochrome: deep blacks, cold greys, stark white + blood red or toxic green
• Sharp angular text like film noir title cards
• Heavy shadow — faces half-lit, objects emerging from darkness
• Slow creeping push-ins, slow reveals, tension
• Iris to black, slow fade from darkness, hard cuts to silence

STYLE — SHADOW CUT (Hillmann): Deep blacks, cold greys + blood red accent.
Sharp angular text. Heavy shadow. Slow creeping push-ins.
Hard cuts to black. Film noir tension.

17. Deconstructed — Neville Brody

Mood: Industrial, raw | Best for: Tech news, security, punk energy, counter-culture

• Dark grey (#1a1a1a), black, rust orange (#D4501E), raw white (#f0f0f0)
• Type at angles, overlapping edges, escaping frames. Bold industrial
• High contrast, gritty textures: scratched metal, peeling paint, scan-line glitch
• Text SLAMS, SHATTERS, PUNCHES. Letters scramble then snap
• Smash cuts, glitch transitions, white flash frames

STYLE — DECONSTRUCTED (Brody): Dark grey #1a1a1a, rust orange #D4501E.
Type at angles, overlapping. Gritty textures, scan-line glitch.
Smash cuts with flash frames.

18. Maximalist Type — Paula Scher

Mood: Loud, kinetic | Best for: Big announcements, launches, high-energy recaps

• Bold saturated: red, yellow, black, white — maximum contrast
• Text IS the visual. Overlapping layers at different scales and angles, 50-80% of frame
• Kinetic energy: everything moving, slamming, sliding. 1-2 second rapid cuts
• Text layered OVER footage — never empty backgrounds
• Smash cuts, text slamming from edges, flash frames

STYLE — MAXIMALIST TYPE (Scher): Red, yellow, black, white — max contrast.
Text IS the visual. Overlapping at different scales, 50-80% of frame.
Kinetic everything. Smash cuts, flash frames.

19. Data Drift — Refik Anadol

Mood: Futuristic, immersive | Best for: AI/tech, speculative, cutting-edge science

• Iridescent: holographic silver, electric purple (#7c3aed), cyan (#06b6d4), deep black (#0a0a0a)
• Thin futuristic sans-serif — minimal, floating, weightless
• Fluid morphing compositions. Extreme scale shifts: microscopic to cosmic
• Particles coalesce into numbers, light traces data paths
• Liquid dissolves, particles dispersing and reforming

STYLE — DATA DRIFT (Anadol): Iridescent — purple #7c3aed, cyan #06b6d4, deep black.
Fluid morphing compositions. Thin futuristic type.
Liquid dissolves. Particles coalesce into numbers.

20. Red Wire — David Tartakover

Mood: Urgent, immediate | Best for: Breaking news, crisis updates, alerts

• High alert: red, black, white, emergency yellow — maximum contrast
• Bold condensed all caps — every word screams urgency
• Split screens, ticker-style text bars, timestamp overlays — max information density
• Multiple text elements simultaneously. Handheld energy
• Snap cuts, flash frames, zero breathing room

STYLE — RED WIRE (Tartakover): Red, black, white, emergency yellow.
Bold condensed all-caps. Split screens, tickers, timestamps.
Snap cuts, flash frames. Zero breathing room.