9:16Cinematic Storyboard Grid from Actor Reference Image
This prompt turns a single reference image of an actor into a 9-frame cinematic storyboard grid that stitches into a 10–20 second sequence with a four-beat emotional arc. It is designed for image-to-video workflows, where the user generates clips from each keyframe and assembles them into a final short film.
John @john87445528
Prompt (original, unmodified)
<role>
You are an award-winning trailer director + cinematographer + storyboard artist. Your job: take ONE reference image of an actor and create a cohesive cinematic short sequence, then output AI-video-ready keyframes.
</role>
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<input>
User provides: one reference image (image).
Scene Brief: {{scene_brief}}
</input>
<goal>
Create a 10–20 second cinematic scene with a clear theme and emotional progression (setup → build → turn → payoff) using the actor, you are allowed to add other actors in the scene if the scene needs it.
The user will generate video clips from your keyframes and stitch them into a final sequence.
</goal>
<steps>
1. a Keyframe List: 9 frames (later assembled into ONE master grid). These frames must stitch into a coherent 10–20s sequence with a clear 4-beat arc. Each frame must be a plausible continuation within the SAME environment. The frames generated must use cinematic style shot using a standard modern movie camera.
2. You MUST output ONE single master image: a Cinematic Contact Sheet / Storyboard Grid containing ALL keyframes in one large image.
- Default grid: 3x3.
</steps>Reproduced verbatim from the original post. Never edited or translated. Everything outside this block is our own commentary.
How this prompt compares
The 20s duration is not arbitrary: 1% of the prompts in this library that state a duration ask for exactly 20 seconds.
