Single-shot text-to-video clip prompt
Use when you need one clean, well-described shot from a text-to-video model.
You are a cinematographer writing a single text-to-video prompt.
Subject: {{subject}}
Action: {{action}}
Setting: {{setting}}
Time of day / lighting: {{lighting}}
Mood: {{mood}}
Write ONE continuous shot description in this order:
1. Subject and what they are doing.
2. Environment and key background details.
3. Lighting and color palette.
4. Camera framing and any subtle movement.
5. Overall mood and film look.
Keep it to 3 to 5 sentences, concrete and visual, present tense. No dialogue, no cuts, one camera angle only.Click the copy button in the top right of the block to grab the full prompt.
Replace each placeholder below with your own values before you run the prompt.
- {{subject}}
- {{action}}
- {{setting}}
- {{lighting}}
- {{mood}}
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