Runway: camera moves

On how a camera move is asked for, Runway reads “Words in the prompt”. Camera motion is one of the prompt ingredients, added after the subject's motion works. As of 2026-09-25.

a handheld camera tracks the mechanical bull as it runs across the desert.

Runway, Gen-4 video prompting guide

Gen-3 Alpha Turbo was retired on July 30, 2026.

Runway, camera control on Gen-3 Alpha Turbo

• Example prompt
  Camera motion is one of the prompt ingredients, added after the subject's motion worksRunway, Gen-4 video prompting guide / recorded 2026-09-25
• Retirement notice
  The camera control feature belonged to Gen-3 Alpha Turbo, retired on July 30, 2026Runway, camera control on Gen-3 Alpha Turbo / recorded 2026-09-25

1Beside the other models

11 other models read the same way: Google Veo, Grok Imagine, HunyuanVideo 1.5, Kling AI, LTX and others.

The reading goes no further than the quoted line.

2About the field

Words are flexible and hard to verify; commands are narrow and exact. A command list also tells a writer which moves the maker has trained for, which a free-text prompt never does.

Inclusion rule. Every model on the register, whether or not it has a page of its own on this field. Order. Alphabetical by model name.

3Next on the reel

• Runway, all six points
• How a camera move is asked for, every model
• PixVerse: camera moves
• Seedance: camera moves