modular-film-prompt-bible

Modular Film Prompt Bible

Use this skill when the user wants a film-style creation template rather than a loose prompt paragraph.

This skill turns a concept into two layers:

• a stable creative bible that stays locked
• executable shot or frame instructions that only describe the delta for the current beat

What This Skill Solves

• Prevents film prompts from collapsing into generic adjective piles.
• Separates identity, world, medium, sound, and shot execution into distinct modules.
• Supports reference placeholders such as {{Portrait 1}}, {{Scene 1}}, @image 1, or @video 1.
• Works for both still-image key art and shot-by-shot video prompting.

Core Principle

Write prompts in this order:

1. identity lock
2. world and genre lock
3. medium and realism lock
4. sound policy
5. per-shot execution
6. continuity carryover

Do not invert this order. If the camera language appears before the world is stable, the output tends to drift.

Layer 1: Creative Bible

Lock the parts that should not randomly mutate.

Identity Lock

• Map each recurring subject to a stable reference token.
• Lock silhouette, age cues, species or mechanical type, facial system, costume logic, prop package, and material response.
• For non-human or mechanical faces, define expression states explicitly instead of writing vague emotion words.
• If a recurring prop exists, lock carried side, scale, outline, glow behavior, and wear state.

World And Genre Lock

• Name the world as a specific place after a specific event, not as a mood cloud.
• If the brief fuses genres, define the blend operationally.
• Example: atompunk + western means period-tailored silhouettes, retro-futurist industrial forms, aged metal, analog control surfaces, and dusty frontier staging.
• State what must not modernize.

Medium And Realism Lock

• Choose one image logic: live-action realism, large-format film, 35mm genre cinema, retro stock, premium CG with film behavior, or another single coherent medium.
• If realism matters, explicitly block game-like CG, plastic surfaces, floating props, and weightless movement.
• Describe how metal, leather, skin, smoke, dust, rain, LEDs, and water respond to light.
• Tie grain, halation, contrast, bloom, and motion blur to dramatic intent rather than using them as decoration.

Sound Policy

• Decide whether the piece uses sync sound only, sparse ambience, or score-led treatment.
• If the request wants realism, prefer no BGM and retain only production sound, Foley, and environment.
• Every sound note should come from a visible or inferable source.

Layer 2: Execution Prompt

Once the bible is locked, describe the current frame or shot.

Still Image Mode

Use this section order:

• core mood and fidelity
• character or subject
• environment
• composition
• color and lighting
• style finish
• micro-action

Video Shot Mode

For each shot or time slice, define:

• shot objective
• shot size and angle
• composition
• camera position and movement
• subject movement
• expression or display-state behavior
• environment interaction
• sound in shot
• continuity from previous shot

Do not restate the entire world bible on every shot. Reuse the lock and only describe what changes.

Chinese-Friendly Section Map

When the user works in Chinese, these headings map cleanly to this skill:

• 基础设定: identity, world, props, genre fusion
• 核心氛围与画质: realism level, capture medium, texture, grain, contrast
• 声音: sync sound, ambience, Foley, BGM policy
• 人物: subject lock and performance traits
• 场景氛围: environment state, weather, aftermath, practical light sources
• 构图: framing, dominant screen position, foreground-midground-background logic
• 色彩与光影: palette, key direction, shadow density, practical motivation
• 画面风格: film era, lens feel, realism guardrails
• 动态描述: body behavior, gaze, servo motion, cloth or smoke response
• 景别 / 运镜 / 画面内容: shot execution fields for video

Performance Rules

• A body move must mean something: advance, recoil, stalk, circle, freeze, brace, collapse, hesitate.
• For mechanical characters, translate emotion into readable posture, timing, and interface-state changes.
• If the face is LED, masked, or stylized, define emotional beats as discrete transitions, not fuzzy mood prose.

Camera Rules

• Choose one dominant camera intention per shot.
• Separate subject motion from camera motion.
• If the world is oppressive, use framing and depth to trap the subject.
• If the beat is revelatory, use push-in, tightening composition, or exposure shift with intent.
• If the beat is absurd, eerie, or tragicomic, let performance and framing carry it before adding style embellishment.

Continuity Rules

• Carry forward damage state, dirt, weather, costume wear, prop orientation, and action phase.
• If a shot continues a previous moment, define what is inherited before defining what changes.
• If an interface state changes, note the exact trigger and resulting state.

Guardrails

• Do not write "cinematic" unless you convert it into lens, light, composition, texture, and motion decisions.
• Do not mix incompatible era signals without explaining the fusion logic.
• Do not overload a shot with multiple contradictory camera verbs.
• Do not let sound notes drift away from visible action.
• Do not flatten a strong concept into generic beauty-shot language.

Compact Output Pattern

When building a reusable film prompt package, prefer this structure:

• Core premise:
• Recurring references:
• World and genre lock:
• Sound policy:
• Look bible:
• Shot 1: objective / framing / camera / action / sound / continuity
• Shot 2: objective / framing / camera / action / sound / continuity

Best Fit Cases

• a screenshot-derived film prompt that mixes world bible and shot list
• robot, creature, armor, or stylized face systems that need explicit expression states
• genre-fusion work such as atompunk western, diesel noir, wuxia steampunk, retro-future war drama
• prompts that must feel like a director treatment rather than a casual text description