Cinematic Video Prompt Builder — Shot Lists & Grade

Your AI videos do not look flat because of the model. They look flat because nothing in the prompt tells it how to shoot.

Camera moves with no motivation. Lighting with no source. Five clips that were supposed to be one scene, each in a slightly different colour. That is a directing problem, not a rendering problem — and no amount of switching models fixes it.

This builder is the film craft layer. 32 dropdowns covering shot design, lensing, lighting, grade and continuity, producing five briefs in under two minutes.

Works With Any Model — On Purpose

Veo, Runway, Kling, Hailuo, Seedance, Luma, Wan. Also image-to-video, video-to-video restyle, and a real camera shoot. The craft does not change when the tool does, so the model is one dropdown here rather than the whole product.

The 5 Briefs

1. Master Shot Prompt

A structured prompt across all 32 fields — subject, action, environment, camera move, lens, lighting, grade, duration and negatives — written as one paste-ready block.

2. Shot List

A five shot sequence built as a real edit: establish, introduce, action, detail, resolve. Each with its own framing and purpose, not five variations of the same angle.

3. Lighting Brief

Key direction, colour temperature, shadow quality and atmosphere — with the light source named in frame. Unmotivated light is the fastest tell that a shot is generated.

4. Continuity Pack

The exact words to repeat in every shot so five clips read as one scene, plus three transition recipes — match cut, whip pan, light fade — and the last-frame chaining method.

5. Colour Grade Brief

Grade, film stock, contrast and texture, specified for the prompt and again for your editor, because prompted colour drifts between generations.

32 Fields. 492 Options.

Story and Subject — subject, action, emotion, wardrobe, narrative beat
Scene and Environment — location, time of day, weather, era, depth, atmosphere
Camera — movement, angle, shot size, lens, movement speed
Lighting — style, key direction, colour temperature, shadow quality
Look and Grade — visual style, grade, film stock, contrast, aspect ratio, mood
Sequence and Output — target model, duration, motion, continuity anchor, negatives, modifiers

22 camera movements. 14 lenses from 14mm to 200mm. 20 lighting styles. 18 colour grades. Real terms, not adjectives.

Four Tabs Inside

• BUILDER — 32 dropdowns, 5 live briefs, formula locked so nothing breaks
• PRESETS — 10 fully written scenes: Neon City Night, Golden Desert, Forest Dawn, Ocean Sunset, Urban Rain, Snow Mountain, Night Club, Abandoned Space, Underwater, City Rooftop
• LIBRARY — 20 craft rules: one move per clip, motivated light, last-frame chaining, the 180 degree rule, why slow generates cleaner
• SHOT LOG — track every shot, model, take count, keeper and the issue you saw

How It Works

1. Buy and receive your PDF instantly
2. Click the link inside, then Make a copy — it saves to your Drive forever
3. Fill Column D using the dropdown menus
4. All 5 briefs generate instantly on the right

Pairs Well With

Use this to design the shot, then a model builder to execute it:

• AI Veo 3 Prompt Builder — when the shot needs dialogue or native audio
• AI Runway Gen-4.5 Prompt Builder — when a character must stay consistent across shots
• AI Kling 3.0 Pro Prompt Builder — when you need motion control over the move
• AI Hailuo H3 Prompt Builder — when you are working from many reference files

Browse the full AI Video Prompt Builders collection.

Free guides

• Runway Gen-4.5 prompts for characters that do not drift
• Veo 3 native audio: writing dialogue that syncs

Instant Digital Download

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