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Watch: Cram five things into one prompt and the model can only give you a mess; split it into one shot per prompt, each doing one thing, then edit them together. This is the most important working habit in AI video.A line-art demo that only illustrates the technique, not finished footage.

Video · AI Workflow

One Shot per Prompt一镜一提示

One prompt describes one shot and one main action. If you want several shots, generate them separately and edit them together.

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This is a step in making a film, not a visual technique. For the whole process, see Make an AI short from scratch.

Prompt templates are written from how generation models usually behave and have not yet been verified one by one with real generations. “Common pitfalls” are judgment from experience, not official limits.

When to use it

Every time you generate video.

Prompt template

(wrong) the girl wakes up, brushes teeth, leaves home, falls asleep on the subway, attends a meeting.
(right, five separate generations) 1: bedroom at dawn, medium close-up, the girl is woken by the alarm and reaches to turn it off, 4 seconds. 2: ...

Sample prompt · generate a video directly

The technique comes first, followed by the scene, action, performance and duration. Paste it straight into a video model and swap in your own characters and plot.

(Split “he gets off work, waits for the bus, makes a call, climbs into a truck” into four prompts and generate them separately) Prompt one: a long-distance bus station on New Year's Eve; a delivery rider with a backpack bursts into the waiting hall, sees the departures board showing the last bus as “Departed”, and stops. Wide shot, locked-off camera, 4 seconds. Prompt two: at the edge of the platform, he crouches down and makes a call, close shot, 3 seconds. Prompt three: … Prompt four: …

Common pitfalls

Several scenes in one prompt: the model does half of it or blurs it all.
Too many actions and the character deforms.

Parameter tips

3 to 8 s each, one shot size, one camera move, one action; multiple shots come from editing.