Runway

Runway

Available via API

Runway Gen3

Create cinematic short-form video with expressive motion, camera control, and text or image guidance

Video Generation

Model Guide

About Runway Gen-3 Alpha

Create cinematic short-form video with expressive motion, camera control, and text or image guidance

Overview

Runway Gen-3 Alpha is a video generation family built for expressive motion and cinematic scene design. Runway's official workflow supports prompt-driven generation and image-guided motion, with model variants and input requirements depending on the selected mode.

Wizzx currently publishes the runway-gen3 pricing key. This page explains the model's creative strengths; the live API documentation is the source of truth for which Gen-3 mode and parameters are available through Wizzx.

Why Choose Gen-3

  • Cinematic motion: Describe camera direction, subject movement, timing, and atmosphere
  • Image-guided animation: Use a strong source frame to control composition and visual identity
  • Promptable camera work: Explore tracking shots, push-ins, pans, and handheld movement
  • Short-form storytelling: Turn a compact scene description into a focused visual sequence
  • Creative iteration: Test multiple motion directions from the same visual concept

Best Use Cases

Film and Advertising Concepts

Preview a shot, transition, lighting direction, or campaign idea before production.

Image Animation

Bring a key visual, product frame, character image, or environment concept to life.

Music and Social Video

Create stylized short clips with deliberate camera motion and visual rhythm.

Storyboarding

Convert written treatments and still frames into dynamic references for a creative team.

Prompting Guide

Runway recommends direct, descriptive prompts that explain what the camera and subject do. Start with visible action instead of conversational instructions.

  1. Identify the shot and main subject.
  2. Describe subject motion in chronological order.
  3. State the camera movement separately.
  4. Add lighting, environment, and style.
  5. Keep the scene achievable within a short clip.

Low-angle tracking shot of a red rally car accelerating through a wet forest road. Water sprays from the tires as the camera follows beside the car. Overcast daylight, realistic motion, tense cinematic atmosphere.

Wizzx Integration Notes

ItemCurrent behavior
Public model keyrunway-gen3
ProviderRunway
Input modesDetermined by the current Wizzx API contract
PricingRead from the live Wizzx pricing response

Not every upstream Runway control is necessarily exposed by Wizzx. Confirm the request schema and current documentation before production use.

Practical Tips

  • When using an image, prompt the desired motion rather than redescribing every visible detail.
  • Avoid combining several unrelated camera moves in one short shot.
  • Keep subject direction and camera direction unambiguous.
  • Use a clean, high-quality reference frame for more stable composition.
  • Generate variations with one controlled change at a time.

Sources

Backend pricing

Rates published by the API.

Model identity, billing unit and every price tier below are read from the backend catalog.

5s 720p

5

credits / request

= $0.005 USD / request

duration
5
resolution
720p

5s 1080p

10

credits / request

= $0.01 USD / request

duration
5
resolution
1080p

10s 720p

5

credits / request

= $0.005 USD / request

duration
10
resolution
720p

1 credit = $0.001 USD. The final deduction returned by the API is authoritative.

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