Cyberpunk Courier in Underground Neon Market Shrine
A shot-by-shot cinematic cyberpunk sequence following a masked courier through a crowded underground market into a hidden machine shrine. The prompt specifies four timed shots with dolly, tracking, and push-in camera moves, ending with the shrine activating in holographic light. Style notes call for anamorphic realism, rain haze, and a neon red-cyan palette.
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Prompt (original, unmodified)
Create a cinematic cyberpunk night scene inside a crowded underground market built beneath a mega-city. A masked courier moves through steam, holograms, food stalls, and glowing cables. 0–4s: Wide establishing shot, neon reflections across wet concrete, people passing in silhouette. Slow dolly forward. 4–9s: Medium tracking shot as the courier pushes through plastic curtains into a hidden shrine full of old machines and red lanterns. 9–13s: Close-up of a metallic data coin placed onto an altar, circuits lighting up beneath glass. Slow push-in. 13–15s: Hero wide shot as the entire shrine activates, holographic symbols rising around the courier. Style: cinematic cyberpunk realism, anamorphic lens, rain haze, neon red and cyan palette, volumetric steam, realistic reflections, dense urban sound, distant machinery hums, no music.
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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 |
| volumetric | 49% | 23% | 2.12x |
Across all 5,926 prompts, the techniques used here appear at: tracking 41%, close-up 40%, wide shot 26%, volumetric 23%.
The 15s duration is not arbitrary: 71% of the prompts in this library that state a duration ask for exactly 15 seconds — Seedance 2.0 accepts clips up to 15 seconds, so 15s is the model's ceiling and the most common choice.
