I'm making an AI-generated short video (Runway / Pika / Sora / Kling). Help me storyboard a coherent sequence of 6-10 shots that tells a tight story, with a full prompt for each shot.
THE STORY OR CONCEPT (1-3 sentences): {your_story}
DESIRED MOOD: {mood — e.g. cinematic-melancholic, retro-VHS, surreal-bright, documentary-realistic}
TARGET LENGTH: {15s / 30s / 60s}
GENERATOR YOU'RE USING: {Runway Gen-3 / Pika 2 / Sora / Kling}
ASPECT RATIO: {16:9 / 9:16 / 1:1}
MUSIC OR PACING REFERENCE: {song, scene, or genre}
FOR EACH SHOT, OUTPUT:
- **Shot N — duration in seconds**
- **Visual:** What's happening (1-2 sentences)
- **Camera:** Lens / movement / angle (be specific: 'slow 35mm dolly-in', 'static 50mm', 'handheld at thigh height')
- **Prompt:** The exact text-to-video prompt to paste into the tool. ≤80 words. Include: subject, action, environment, lighting, lens, mood, motion notes.
- **Continuity notes:** Color palette, light direction, character outfit/details that must carry across shots.
RULES:
- Subjects/characters MUST stay visually consistent across shots — repeat the same physical description verbatim.
- Camera language should evolve as the story does (wider → tighter or vice versa).
- The opening shot must set tone in 2 seconds.
- The closing shot must land with an image, not exposition.
- Add 1 'establishing shot' and 1 'detail/insert shot' to break up the rhythm.
At the end, give me a 1-paragraph 'editing notes' section: where to cut, where to hold, suggested sound design.0 copies·0 saves·4 views
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Sample output
Story: 'A woman wakes up alone in a hotel room that's slowly filling with seawater.'
MOOD: Cinematic surreal, blue/grey, soft and unhurried. LENGTH: 30 seconds. TOOL: Runway Gen-3. ASPECT: 16:9. REFERENCE: Tarkovsky pacing, Edward Hopper color.
Continuity carried across all shots: A woman, mid-30s, dark wavy hair past shoulders, oversized white linen shirt, no jewelry. Hotel room is muted teal walls, cream curtains, single bed with rumpled grey sheets, an old wood-frame window. Light source is consistently overcast morning, coming from screen-right.
Shot 1 — 3s. Establishing.
Visual: Pull back from window. Empty hotel room, soft morning light. No motion yet.
Camera: Static, slight slow zoom out, 35mm equivalent.
Prompt: Wide static shot of a 1970s hotel room interior, muted teal walls, cream curtains slightly moving in still air, single bed with rumpled grey sheets, soft overcast morning light from a wood-frame window on the right, 35mm cinematic, slow gentle zoom out, no people in frame, eerie quiet stillness.
Close-up on the woman's face, eyes opening slowly. Tight on face, 85mm, very shallow focus.
Parameters
Text generation parameters
FAQ
If you have access to Gen-3 Turbo or Pika 2, regenerate each prompt 3-4 times — AI video models are inconsistent, and you'll pick the best take. For Sora, simplify the prompts (Sora handles motion direction implicitly; over-specifying breaks it). The prompt targets ChatGPT 5 and lives in the Writing & Content category on mycopyprompt.
This prompt is written for ChatGPT 5. It's a text/chat prompt — paste it into ChatGPT 5 (or compatible LLMs like Claude or GPT-4) to get the expected output.
1. Click the Copy button on this page to copy the full prompt. 2. Open ChatGPT 5. 3. Paste the prompt into a new conversation. 4. Replace any {placeholders} with your specifics, then send. Most prompts produce the right output on the first try; complex ones may need 1-2 iterations.
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Absolutely — most prompts are templates. Look for {placeholders} (curly braces) and swap them with your own values. You can also reword sections, add constraints, or chain it with other prompts.
See the "Sample output" panel above — that's a real example of what ChatGPT 5 returns when this prompt runs. Your output will vary in wording but should follow the same structure and depth.
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Extreme close-up of a woman with dark wavy shoulder-length hair, mid-30s, lying on a pillow, eyes slowly opening, soft overcast morning light from screen-right, shallow depth of field, cinematic Tarkovsky color grade, muted teal walls slightly out of focus, 85mm lens, slow subtle breath.Shot 3 — 3s. Detail insert (the first cue).
Visual: Her hand dangles off the bed. A single drop falls — she pauses.
Camera: Side-on detail shot, 50mm.
Prompt: Detail shot of a woman's hand hanging off the edge of an unmade bed in a hotel room, water dripping from her fingertips onto the wooden floor, muted teal wall background, soft overcast morning light, 50mm lens, shallow depth, slow gentle motion.
Shot 4 — 4s. Wider — water visible on floor.
Visual: The woman sits up. Thin film of seawater across the hotel floor.
Camera: Wide low-angle, 24mm, slow dolly toward her.
Prompt: Wide low-angle shot of a woman in an oversized white linen shirt sitting up on the edge of a hotel bed, dark wavy shoulder-length hair, thin film of seawater across the wood floor reflecting the cream curtains and overcast morning light, muted teal walls, slow dolly forward, 24mm cinematic, Edward Hopper color palette.
Shot 5 — 4s. Tightening.
Visual: Close on her face — she looks down at the water, doesn't move.
Camera: 50mm, slow push-in.
Prompt: Close-up of a woman with dark wavy shoulder-length hair in an oversized white linen shirt looking down with a calm, unsurprised expression, soft overcast morning light from screen-right, muted teal hotel wall background, 50mm cinematic, slow push-in, shallow focus, Tarkovsky pacing.
Shot 6 — 4s. Water rising — wider.
Visual: Water now mid-shin. She stands. Curtains move slightly.
Camera: Side-on wide, 35mm, static.
Prompt: Static side-on wide shot of a hotel room interior with seawater rising to mid-shin level, a woman in an oversized white linen shirt standing on the bed, dark wavy hair, cream curtains gently moving, soft overcast morning light, muted teal walls, reflections in the rising water, cinematic 35mm, Edward Hopper color grade.
Shot 7 — 3s. Detail — the window.
Visual: The window. Outside is more seawater. No city.
Camera: Looking outward through the window, 50mm.
Prompt: Looking out a wood-frame hotel window, cream curtains parted slightly, outside is a vast still seawater horizon, no city or land visible, soft overcast morning light, muted blue-grey color palette, 50mm cinematic, very slow gentle motion of the curtains, Tarkovsky atmosphere.
Shot 8 — 4s. Closing — image, no exposition.
Visual: The woman walks into the water, calmly, until her shoulders are level. She doesn't look back.
Camera: Wide rear-three-quarter, 35mm, very slow truck out.
Prompt: Wide rear-three-quarter shot of a woman with dark wavy shoulder-length hair in an oversized white linen shirt slowly walking deeper into a flooded hotel room, water up to her shoulders, calm posture, cream curtains visible in background, soft overcast morning light, muted teal walls, very slow gentle truck out, 35mm cinematic Tarkovsky.
EDITING NOTES: Hold shot 1 for the full 3 seconds before cutting — the stillness sets the tone. Cuts 2 → 3 → 4 should be tight (every 2.5-3s) to build subliminal unease. Hold shot 8 for the final 4 seconds with no cut. Sound design: under shot 1 add a barely-perceptible water-lapping foley; introduce a low-frequency 40Hz drone starting at shot 4. No dialogue. Optional: a single seabird cry between shots 7 and 8.