Cyberpunk Agent Battles Mechanical Hunter in Rainy Ruins
A 12-second cinematic sci-fi action short set in a rain-soaked cyberpunk city ruin, where a female agent in a tactical exoskeleton fights a mechanical hunter with a glowing energy blade. The prompt uses beat-by-beat timing with hard cuts, volumetric rain and neon lighting, and strict character consistency across shots.
Samgor 三哥玩AI @biggor888
Prompt (original, unmodified)
Use case: cinematic sci‑fi action short (PG-13) Primary request: 12s, 16:9 (1280x720). Rainy night in a war-torn futuristic city ruin, cyberpunk neon. A fictional female agent (~30, short hair, wet face with dust) wears a black tactical exoskeleton with a blue energy pulse on the chest and wields a blue glowing energy blade. She confronts a mechanical hunter (brushed metal body, single red scanning eye). Film-real lighting, volumetric fog/rain, floating blue particles, puddle reflections, realistic physics, HDR contrast, natural motion blur. Scene/background: ruined street, wet asphalt and puddles reflecting blue/purple neon, drifting smoke/fog, blue particles in the air. Timing / beats (hard cuts; keep the agent design identical across all cuts): 0–3s: low-angle rear tracking shot, fast sprint; raindrops hit the lens; neon reflections wobble in puddles. 3–6s: side tracking; she draws the energy blade; blue light illuminates her face; particles scatter through the light. 6–9s: brief slow motion; the hunter bursts from shadow; she leaps and slashes; sparks fly; rain is pushed into fine mist. 9–12s: close-up of the hunter shattering; debris + sparks + rain; rapid pullback to a wide skyline reveal; lightning flash lights distant damaged high-rises. Camera: large-format cinema look, controlled handheld; one clear move per beat; 24fps, 180° shutter, realistic dynamic motion blur. Lighting/mood: neon + blade as key, strong rim light, volumetric shafts through rain and fog. Color palette: cyan/blue energy, violet/magenta neon, wet asphalt gray, red scan eye. Constraints: no on-screen text, no logos/watermarks, no gore/blood, no real-person likeness. Avoid: flicker/jitter, warped anatomy, inconsistent outfit/face, overly noisy particles, overly fast unreadable action. Audio (optional): rain ambience, distant thunder, blade hum, metallic impact.
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How this prompt compares
The techniques this prompt uses are more common in cyberpunk prompts than in the library overall:
| Technique | In cyberpunk | Library average | Lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| tracking | 53% | 41% | 1.28x |
| neon | 43% | 12% | 3.54x |
| rim light | 22% | 10% | 2.24x |
| volumetric | 49% | 23% | 2.12x |
Across all 5,926 prompts, the techniques used here appear at: tracking 41%, close-up 40%, handheld 24%, volumetric 23%.
The 12s duration is not arbitrary: 4% of the prompts in this library that state a duration ask for exactly 12 seconds.
