Runway beside Sora, point by point

The docs of Runway and Sora part on 4 of the six camera points: framing, cuts, frames and negative prompt. They read alike on camera moves and motion amount. As of 2026-09-25.

Fig. 1 Lit: the docs cover it. Dark: they do not.

Runway and Sora, reading by field, read 2026-09-25.
Field	Runway	Sora
How a camera move is asked for	Words in the prompt	Words in the prompt
Shot sizes and angles in the docs	None in the docs	Shown in examples
Cuts inside one generation	None in the docs	Several shots per clip
Start and end frames	Several keyframes	First frame only
A negative prompt	Advised against	None in the docs
A setting for how much the picture moves	None in the docs	None in the docs

Inclusion rule. The six points every model on the register is read on. Order. The order the points take on every model page.

1How the two differ

Runway's docs say nothing about cuts inside a clip, while Sora reads “Several shots per clip” on cuts inside a clip. Runway reads “Several keyframes” on start and end frames, while Sora reads “First frame only” on start and end frames. Runway's docs use 0 of the site's camera words and Sora's use 10, with none in common.

2The differing points, in the docs' words

Shot sizes and angles in the docs

Runway: the docs read do not cover this.

Weak Camera shot: cinematic look Strong Camera shot: wide shot, low angle
OpenAI Cookbook, Sora 2 prompting guide

Cuts inside one generation

Runway: the docs read do not cover this.

Optimized Shot List ( 2 shots / 4 s total)
OpenAI Cookbook, Sora 2 prompting guide

Start and end frames

Keyframes – Animate Frames app
Runway, camera control on Gen-3 Alpha Turbo

The model uses the image as an anchor for the first frame, while your text prompt defines what happens next.
OpenAI Cookbook, Sora 2 prompting guide

A negative prompt

Use positive phrasing and avoid negative prompts
Runway, Gen-4 video prompting guide

Sora: the docs read do not cover this.

Camera direction
The guide asks for a stated framing and shows weak and strong ways to write itOpenAI Cookbook, Sora 2 prompting guide / recorded 2026-09-25
Worked example
Its worked example is a shot list: two timed shots inside one four-second clipOpenAI Cookbook, Sora 2 prompting guide / recorded 2026-09-25
Replacements
Image to video uses an input image; keyframes moved to an Animate Frames appRunway, camera control on Gen-3 Alpha Turbo / recorded 2026-09-25
Image input
An input image anchors the first frame; the prompt says what happens nextOpenAI Cookbook, Sora 2 prompting guide / recorded 2026-09-25
Tips
The guide advises positive phrasing and avoiding negative promptsRunway, Gen-4 video prompting guide / recorded 2026-09-25

3Runway, Sora and a third set of camera docs

On the camera points where Runway and Sora part, what SceneMixer's guides say, read 2026-10-13.
Camera point	SceneMixer	Source
Shot sizes and angles in the docs	Each numbered shot in a segment carries a framing change, written by the storyboard step	SceneMixer, AI storyboard generator page
Cuts inside one generation	A segment holds several numbered shots and its length is the sum of them	SceneMixer, AI storyboard generator page
A negative prompt	Negative wording is advised against: the guide says to describe what is there, because a named absence tends to be drawn	SceneMixer, say what is there guide

Inclusion rule. Points where the two models above differ and SceneMixer's guides say something; points its guides leave open are not shown. Order. The order the points take on every model page.