🎬 Cinematic AI prompt examples that actually work
The fastest way to learn prompting is to steal from prompts that already work. Here is a hand-tested library — copy, tweak, ship.
Cinematic portrait (image)
'Editorial portrait of a woman in a red silk dress, standing in a marble hallway at golden hour, 85mm f/1.4, soft Rembrandt key light, Kodak Portra 400 grade, Vogue editorial style.'
Product hero shot (image)
'Perfume bottle on polished travertine, single 4×6 silk key light from camera-left, warm tungsten kicker, shallow depth of field, luxury commercial photography, matte black backdrop.'
Cinematic city shot (video)
'Slow dolly-in on a neon-lit Tokyo alley at night, rain reflections on wet asphalt, anamorphic 2.39:1, teal and orange grade, Blade Runner 2049 mood.'
Talking-head ad (video)
'Medium two-shot of a founder in a bright loft, natural window light from camera-right, subtle handheld, 35mm lens, saying: "we started this in a garage." Sound of coffee machine in the background.'
Nature b-roll (video)
'Extreme wide of a fog-covered pine forest at dawn, slow crane-up revealing a mountain range, volumetric haze, Roger Deakins style, 24fps cinematic.'
How to adapt these
Change ONE variable per iteration — subject, palette, camera or lens. That's how you converge on a look instead of chasing your tail across ten unrelated prompts.
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