Video models

Runway or Veo 3.1?

Is this one shot, or a run of shots that have to match?

The short answer

Runway

Runway when continuity matters: reference images hold the character and the grade across every shot, and you can say where the camera goes and have only that move.

Same look, every shot
Reference images keep the character and the grade consistent.
Restyle footage
Turn a phone clip into a painting, a claymation or a noir.
Precise motion
Say where the camera goes and what moves, and only that moves.

The yellow coat

Prompt to tryThe same woman in a yellow raincoat on three streets in one rainy evening, then close on her face

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Veo 3.1

Veo 3.1 when it is one shot and it has to be the best single take you can get, with its sound already in it.

Sound in the same take
Voices, room tone and effects come back with the picture, in sync.
Camera that means it
Dollies, cranes and slow push-ins that read like a real operator.
Faces that hold
Close-ups that keep skin, eyes and expression steady through the move.

The tailor's verdict

Prompt to tryAn old tailor pins a navy jacket on a young man, steps back and says 'now you look like yourself'

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Either way the price is quoted before the render runs, and a render that fails is never charged for. If you would rather not choose, the studio picks for you on every ordinary render — this page is for when you would.