Creating 'Surreal' or 'Dream-Like' Ads with Invideo
Why This Use Case Matters in 2025
For a creative brand (like an art collective, a music festival, or a tech startup), a "literal" ad is boring. A "surreal" or "dream-like" ad captures the brand's innovative and 'out-of-the-box' thinking, making it memorable. This is traditionally the domain of high-end VFX artists. As of late 2025, Invideo can generate these abstract, artistic, and non-literal visuals from a simple text prompt.
How Invideo Simplifies Surreal Ad Creation
Invideo's platform is a true "text-to-video" generative tool, meaning it can create visuals from your imagination, not just from real-world logic.
Automated Generation (Text-to-Video)
You provide a prompt that describes an abstract concept or impossible scene (e.g., "a clock melting," "a person walking on clouds"). The AI generates a script (or no script), generates these surreal visuals, and assembles the video.
AI-Generated Artistic Visuals
This is a 100% AI generation workflow. You are prompting the AI's imagination. You can prompt for:
- "Surreal, 'dream-like' visuals of 'a person floating' in a 'nebula.'"
- "An 'abstract, colorful 'liquid' animation.'"
- "A 'forest where the trees' are 'made of crystal.'"
- "An 'impossible 'M.C. Escher' style' building."
AI Scripting and "Poetic" Voiceovers
The AI will generate a script that is "poetic" or "abstract." You can also command "no voiceover." You can choose "calm," "mysterious," or "poetic" AI voiceovers, or "ambient, 'dreamy' electronic" music.
Intuitive Refinement (Text-Based Editing)
After the first draft, you can "direct" the dream. Use simple text commands like, "Make this scene 'more colorful,'" "Change the music to a 'haunting piano' track," or "Add a 'slow-motion' effect to the 'floating' clip."
Step-by-Step Workflow
Step 1: Write the Prompt
Think like an artist. Be descriptive and abstract.
Example Prompt: "Create a 30-second 'surreal' and 'dream-like' ad. The tone is 'mysterious' and 'beautiful.' Generate scenes of 'a woman's face made of 'flowers,'' 'a 'whale' swimming through 'a cloudy sky,'' and 'a 'city' growing 'like plants.' Use a 'slow, ambient, dreamy' soundtrack. No voiceover. End with the text 'Create Your World.'"