15sRomantic Drama Scene of a Quiet Farewell in an Apartment
A 10-second music-driven romantic drama depicting a woman packing a suitcase while a man watches silently from a doorway. The prompt specifies handheld 40mm intimate framing, warm tungsten practical lighting, and a beat-by-beat shot list ending on a hard suitcase latch and a cut to black.
Marco "Shikoba" Riccetti @shikoba_86
Prompt (original, unmodified)
Genre: Romantic Drama Structure: Music-driven, minimal dialogue Lens: 40mm handheld intimate Lighting: Warm practical lamps 3200K Mood: Quiet goodbye SCENE DESCRIPTION Small apartment. Vinyl record playing. Woman packing suitcase. Man watching. 0–2 seconds: 40mm handheld at chest height. Woman folding shirt into suitcase on bed. Warm tungsten lamp to frame left casting soft golden falloff. Vinyl crackle audible. 3 seconds: Camera drifts slowly right revealing man standing in doorway 2 meters behind her. He does not speak. 4 seconds: Music lyrics audible — soft 1970s soul voice singing about departure. 5 seconds: Insert 85mm close-up of her fingers smoothing fabric carefully, as if delaying. 6 seconds: Camera moves closer to her profile. Tear forms but does not fall. Lamp reflection visible in eye. 7 seconds: He whispers: “You don’t have to.” 8 seconds: She pauses. Music chorus swells gently. 9 seconds: She closes suitcase. Latch clicks sharply — louder than expected. 10 seconds: Music continues alone after cut to black.
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How this prompt compares
The techniques this prompt uses are more common in short film prompts than in the library overall:
| Technique | In short film | Library average | Lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| practical lights | 17% | 12% | 1.41x |
Across all 5,926 prompts, the techniques used here appear at: close-up 40%, handheld 24%, soft light 18%, warm tone 17%.
The 10s duration is not arbitrary: 9% of the prompts in this library that state a duration ask for exactly 10 seconds.
