✍️ How to write a good AI prompt

The 6-part director formula

Every great prompt covers six layers. Skip one and the model fills it in with average choices.

• SUBJECT — what / who is in frame and what they are doing
• COMPOSITION — wide, medium, close-up, low-angle, dutch tilt
• CAMERA & LENS — 85mm f/1.4, anamorphic 2.39:1, macro, tilt-shift
• LIGHTING — golden hour, hard Rembrandt key, neon spill, volumetric haze
• PALETTE & GRADE — teal-and-orange, Kodak Portra 400, bleach-bypass
• MOOD / REFERENCE — Roger Deakins, Wes Anderson, Vogue editorial

Use commas, not full sentences

Models parse comma-separated cinematic clauses better than flowing prose. Write like a shot list, not like a novel.

Name a reference

A single name — Annie Leibovitz, Blade Runner 2049, Studio Ghibli, Helmut Newton — instantly pulls the model toward a coherent visual world. Use sparingly: one is powerful, three contradict each other.

Let the AI booster do the heavy lifting

Type a rough idea, hit Boost, and the AI rewrites it as a 100–150 word director brief. Then tweak the booster's output — that's much faster than writing the whole thing yourself.