Cinematic Prompts

Cinematic video prompts built like film — staged light, an anamorphic feel and a camera that always has a reason to move.

MiniMax H3 Turbo40

Lighthouse Drone Orbit

Read the full promptA white lighthouse with a plain, unmarked tower stands on a dark brown rock headland above a deep blue-green ocean. Waves roll in and break against the base of the rock, leaving white foam that spreads and fades. Early morning, clean cold air, with the low sun on the left throwing soft long shadows across the rock. The white tower stands out against the blue water, and the rock is wet and weathered. Shot from high above like a drone, looking down at an angle; the camera slowly circles the lighthouse in one smooth orbit. No boats, no people, no birds. No text, no logos, no watermark.

LTX 2.340

Read the full promptA lone man sits on the top concrete step of an empty stadium, seen from behind in a wide shot. He is in his thirties, with short natural black hair, broad shoulders in a charcoal wool coat, a red knitted scarf around his neck, hands resting on his knees. Below him rows of empty steel-grey seats curve down to a pale green pitch. The only movement is the end of the red scarf lifting and settling in a light wind. Early morning, cold diffused light from an overcast sky, no sun, soft shadows. Palette: steel-grey seats and sky, a red scarf, pale concrete steps. The camera stays still at a low angle behind and slightly below him, the whole stadium in focus. Matte concrete, painted metal seats, no other people, no birds. No text, no logos, no watermark, no signage, no background music.

Seedance 2.030

Read the full promptA woman in a long black dress climbs a wide marble staircase of a grand mansion, one hand sliding along a brass railing, from the bottom step to the landing. A burgundy carpet runner covers the pale marble steps, and crystal chandeliers fill the hall with warm light. The camera follows from high above, slowly tracking her ascent, the whole wide hall in focus. The silk hem sways with each step, polished marble reflecting the chandeliers. No text, no logos, no watermark.

Kling 3.0100

Read the full promptA woman by a window reads, tears on her lashes, a gentle smile slowly rising. Dusty-blue wall, caramel knit sweater, cream curtain, soft overcast window light. Close-up, the camera slowly pushes in. No text or logos.

Seedance 2.550

Read the full promptThe drone camera flies forward above endless emerald-green terraces stepping down a slope, ochre paths between rows, a sky-blue horizon. Noon sun, a cloud shadow drifts over them. No text, no logos, no watermark.

LTX 2.360

Read the full promptA wide sandstone canyon seen from just above its rim, the whole scene in focus: layered sandstone-red walls with smooth rounded ledges drop to a pale cream stone floor, under a cloudless sky-blue sky. High midday sun straight overhead lights the red walls evenly and casts short, crisp shadows under each ledge. Nothing in the scene moves: no animals, no people, no wind, no dust. The camera slowly pushes forward and glides over the canyon edge in one smooth, steady motion, so the far walls open wider as it advances and the depth of the canyon is revealed. Shot from a high angle, slightly tilted down toward the canyon floor, wide lens. Large simple forms, clean rock surfaces, a calm and vast feel. No text, no logos, no watermark.

WAN 3.0140

Read the full promptA woman in a fuchsia raincoat walks under an indigo umbrella past an ivory wall, rain splashing on the wet asphalt. Soft overcast sky light; the camera tracks sideways alongside her. No text, no logos, no watermark.

Seedance 2.0180

Read the full promptThere is no writing of any kind anywhere in this shot: no headline, no caption, no sign, no lettering and no logo appears at any point. In that frame, a film-noir scene. A man in his forties in a dark overcoat stands at a rain-soaked window at night, blurred city lights behind the glass, rain streaks throwing moving shadows across him. The man has a broad square face, full cheeks, a wide nose, warm dark brown eyes, thick dark eyebrows, a short dark beard and closely cropped greying hair; he is heavy-set with a thick neck. He is an ordinary anonymous person and looks like nobody famous. Do not depict any real person, actor, celebrity or public figure, and do not reproduce anyone's likeness. One hard warm lamp lights him from the side, the other half of his face in deep shadow, venetian-blind stripes of light falling across the wall behind him. His expression is calm, hard and determined: the jaw set, the eyes steady and focused, no sadness, no tears, no trembling. He decides something, turns his head, and reaches inside his overcoat; he draws out a revolver and lets it hang low at his side, the metal catching one cold highlight. He does not raise it, does not aim it at anybody, does not point it at the camera and never fires it — there is no shooting, no threat, no violence and no blood anywhere in the shot. He looks off past the lens with a steady stare, squares his shoulders, and holds still. The camera starts wide and pushes in very slowly, coming to rest on a tight shot of his resolute face as the last movement settles — the shot finishes on screen and nothing is cut off halfway through. Anamorphic lens, shallow depth of field, soft lens flares, heavy film grain, teal and amber grade, rich inky blacks, classic noir contrast. Plain unbranded clothing, no logos or lettering anywhere in the background. Do not depict any real brand or trademark. No dialogue, no subtitles. Remember: not a single readable character appears anywhere in the frame.

LTX 2.350

Read the full promptA lone baobab stands on a wide dry plain in early morning, its thick pale trunk and bare crooked branches dark against the sky. Low sun behind the tree breaks through a layer of thin haze, and straight beams of sunlight fan out between the branches and fall across the field. The haze is milky grey-white, the beams are pale golden, the dry grass is straw-tan, and the trunk is a warm grey-brown. Wide shot from a low angle close to the ground, the whole tree and the horizon in focus, a few grass stalks in the foreground. The grass sways gently in a light breeze from start to end, the beams stay steady. The camera stays still. Soft, quiet morning air, no people, no animals, no text, no logos, no watermark.

WAN 3.0210

Read the full prompt@Video1 controls motion, camera, composition, timing, and sound; keep all of it exactly: the dancer comes toward the handheld camera, takes out a plain white marshmallow, bites it and chews with a deadpan face staring straight into the lens, then turns away and dances off into the crowd. @Image1 controls the identity of the dancer: replace him in every frame with the person from @Image1, including face, hair, build, outfit. No trace of the original. @Image2 controls the people who follow and dance behind him: replace the guests behind him with the people from @Image2. @Image3 controls one onlooker in the crowd who squints suspiciously at the dancer; only one of him. If @Image2 or @Image3 is not provided, fill the crowd with people dressed to fit the location. If @Image4 is provided, it controls the location: replace the room, furniture, lights and floor to fit that place, and dress everyone in the background to match it. If @Image4 is not provided, keep the original environment. From @Video1 take only the motion and the camera; take none of its people, clothes, furniture, lights or floor. The marshmallow stays plain white and clearly visible. One continuous shot, no cuts, no subtitles, no text.

Seedance 2.570

Read the full promptA Black bride in a cream gown pins a coral boutonniere on her groom's jacket as both laugh, on the gold-lit porch of their family home, low sun behind them. The camera slowly orbits them.

Veo 3.1120

Read the full promptClose-up of a university student at a desk in a dark dorm room at night, her face lit only by the cool pale-blue glow of a laptop screen below the frame, the screen itself unseen. A warm brass desk lamp glows softly behind her, graphite walls fall into shadow, an unmarked canvas tote hangs on her chair. She reads with focus and tucks a strand of hair behind her ear with a small tired smile. The camera slowly pushes in. No text, no logos, no watermark.

LTX 2.3130

Read the full promptA lone figure in a long olive-grey raincoat walks away along a dry pale-brown dirt road through a flat grey-green field, heading toward the horizon. Huge steel-blue storm clouds fill most of the sky, heavy and layered, with a band of pale-gold light at the horizon. A thin white fork of lightning flashes between the clouds and for a moment lights the field and the road. The light comes from the overcast storm sky, soft and diffuse from above, with the lightning as one short bright accent. Wide shot, the whole field and sky in focus, the camera stays still. No text, no logos, no watermark.

Seedance 2.090

Read the full promptA lone figure in a long dark coat stands on an empty wet stone bridge at night under one street lamp, a crimson umbrella overhead, and slowly tilts the umbrella back to look up. The camera rises smoothly straight up from the road until the whole bridge arches over deep indigo water below. Amber lamplight pools on glossy asphalt, raindrops bounce off the umbrella and ripple in puddles. No text, no logos, no watermark.

LTX 2.3240

Read the full promptA businesswoman in a white blazer walks at an even pace along a glass-walled office gallery, seen in a medium side shot. Sage-green panels line one side, an ochre wooden floor runs beneath her, white walls fill the far end. Daylight pours down from a skylight above her head and lays soft bright bands across the floor. The camera tracks smoothly alongside at her pace, nothing else moves. No text, no logos, no watermark.

Kling 3.0180

Read the full promptCinematic luxury product ad. Slow motion throughout. The camera drifts slowly around the matte black bottle in a slow orbit, then pushes in for extreme macro on the water droplets beading and slowly rolling down the glass. Soft smoke curls through the golden rim light, catching the beam. A single droplet falls in slow motion and ripples on the wet stone. The camera pulls back to settle on a clean centered final packshot of the bottle, lit crisply against the dark background. No text, no captions, no letters anywhere in the frame. No people, no dialogue. Premium commercial cinematography, shallow depth of field, rich blacks.

WAN 3.050

Read the full promptAn old woman lifts a dark wooden chest lid, draws out a turquoise embroidered cloth, her granddaughter watching; dust floats in a golden window beam. Camera slowly pushes in over the girl's shoulder. No text, no logos.

WAN 3.0180

Read the full prompt@Video1 controls motion, camera, composition, cuts, slow motion, timing, and sound; keep all of it exactly. @Image1 controls the identity of the scoring player (drives, dunks twice, celebrates to camera): replace the player in every shot with the person from @Image1, including face, hair, build, outfit. @Image2 controls the identity of the defender who gets dunked on: replace the defender in every shot, including the final one; if @Image2 is not provided, keep the original defender. No trace of the originals. If @Image3 is provided, it controls the location: replace the environment with that place. Rebuild court, hoops, background, crowd, lighting, and grading to fit it. If @Image3 is not provided, keep the original environment. In the final shot, the only player in frame is the already replaced defender (from @Image2, not the original), standing in the center with a hand covering the face. Remove the man behind; keep the crowd. Keep choreography, dunks, celebration.

Seedance 2.0200

Read the full promptSlow-motion impact in a rust-ochre courtyard: a graphite-robed fighter lands a kick on a sand-clad rival, dust exploding through a hard side beam. Low wide shot, camera stays still. No text, no logos, no watermark.

LTX 2.380

Read the full promptA tall iron school gate stands open at sunset in thick grey fog, its bars rusted to an ochre brown. One old street lamp beside the gate flickers, its rust-orange glow flaring on and off and lighting the fog in pulses. Behind the gate a long empty path leads into the distance, and far down it a single small figure in a dark coat stands completely motionless. The sky and low brick walls are a dark teal, the fog a pale grey. The only light source is the flickering lamp, everything else falls into shadow. The camera slowly pushes in along the path toward the gate. Cracked asphalt, bare tree branches overhead. No text, no logos, no watermark.

LTX 2.3120

Read the full promptA delivery courier on a plain motorbike with no markings rides left to right across a busy city intersection at night, while several cars wait with red taillights and a few pedestrians stand at the curb. The wet asphalt is a deep indigo mirror reflecting amber streetlamps and hot-pink light from shopfronts in long streaks. Wide shot from a raised corner, the whole intersection in focus, the camera stays still. No text, no logos, no watermark.

WAN 3.080

Read the full promptA man in a dusty blue shirt stands in profile at a caramel-wood window, slowly lifting a cup. Warm window light shifts across his face as clouds pass. The camera stays still. No text, no logos, no watermark.

Veo 3.180

Read the full promptAn empty classroom in early morning, wide shot. Rows of wooden desks with pencils and a stick of chalk on the front desk, cream plaster walls, an ochre wooden floor, dusty terracotta curtains pulled aside. Warm sunlight from tall windows on the left cuts a beam across the room, and dust drifts slowly upward through it. The camera slowly pushes in along the center aisle. No people, no text, no logos, no watermark.

Seedance 2.0150

Read the full promptA bold white sans-serif headline stays burned across the top of the frame for the whole shot and reads exactly: Make product ads from one photo. Below it, a cinematic luxury product ad, slow motion throughout. A matte black frosted glass cosmetic bottle with a brushed gold cap stands on a wet dark stone slab against a deep charcoal background. The bottle is completely blank: no brand name, no label, no logo and no lettering anywhere on it. Do not depict any real brand, trademark or logo in the frame. Fresh water droplets bead on the glass. A soft key light from the left and a crisp golden rim light along the right edge. The camera drifts in a slow orbit, then pushes in for extreme macro on droplets rolling down the glass; thin smoke curls through the golden beam. A single droplet falls in slow motion and ripples on the wet stone. The camera pulls back to a clean centered final packshot of the bottle, whole and complete with clear space around it, and holds still on it for the last full second — the movement finishes on screen and nothing is cut off halfway through. No people, no dialogue, no subtitles. Premium commercial cinematography, rich blacks, glossy highlights, shallow depth of field. The headline at the top is the only text in the entire frame.

How to Write a Cinematic Video Prompt

A cinematic video prompt works like a shot description. Name the scene, the light and one camera move, then say what moves in the frame. Our prompts state the move with a duration, such as "Slow crane-down move over 5 seconds" or "Slow push-in over 5 seconds". A vague cinematic camera gives the model nothing to follow. Give the move a reason: it starts when something happens, like a head turn, and stops when the action ends.

Choose between a push-in and a zoom on purpose. A physical push-in shifts near and far objects at different speeds, so the space feels real, while a zoom enlarges everything flatly. Don't keep the subject dead-center for the whole shot. Let it enter, cross or leave the frame. Light it from sources in the scene, like "warm orange practical light", and add a lens cue such as "50mm lens look". For a locked frame, write "Camera is static on a tripod (no movement, no zoom)".

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