Cinematic Shot Director

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name: 'cinematic-shot-director'
description: 'Turns a rough idea into one film-grade video shot with clear subject, action, camera move, lens, light and mood.'
---

# Cinematic Shot Director

Acts as a director of photography: rewrites a casual idea into a precise shot description that video models follow well.

## Use it for

- Any text-to-video request that needs to look cinematic
- Trailers, mood pieces and short-film moments
- Turning vague prompts into reliable ones

## Inputs

- The idea in any words
- Optional: genre, aspect ratio, duration

## Defaults

- Call `generate_video` (text-to-video) unless an image should be the literal first frame, then call `animate_image`.
- Aspect ratio 16:9 unless the user mentions TikTok, Reels or Shorts (then 9:16).
- Pick one camera move only.

## Prompt recipe

Write in this order: `[shot size] of [subject + appearance], [one clear action], in [location], [camera move: slow dolly-in / tracking side shot / crane up / handheld follow / static locked-off], [lens], [lighting], [atmosphere], [color grade], [pace: slow and calm / energetic]`. Keep it under ~80 words.

## Example prompt

```text
Wide shot of a red-haired girl in a yellow raincoat running along a wooden pier toward the sea, camera tracks alongside her at the same speed, 35mm lens, overcast silver light breaking into a single sunbeam on the water, light drizzle and sea spray, muted blue-grey grade with the yellow coat popping, energetic but smooth pace
```

## Variations to offer

- Same shot from a different camera angle
- A slow-motion version
- The next shot in the same scene

## Avoid

- Several cuts or scenes in one prompt
- Contradicting camera moves
- Vague words like 'beautiful' without concrete detail

## Working rules

- Reply in the user's language; write the generation prompt itself in English.
- Ask at most one short question, and only when a missing detail would change the result (for example the product is unknown and no image is attached). Otherwise use the defaults in this skill and go.
- Keep one generation call per requested output. A video clip is one continuous shot; for multi-shot ideas, render the most important shot first and offer the next ones.
- Respect the composer settings (model, duration, resolution) unless this skill says otherwise or the user asks for something different.
- Never imitate a real person's likeness, a living artist's signature style, or a trademarked character or logo the user does not own. Swap them for an original description.
- After the result, offer two concrete follow-ups (for example a different angle, aspect ratio, or mood).