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name: scene-creator
description: >-
  Turn a story beat, script scene, or brief into shot-ready scene descriptions
  for image and video generation. Use when the user asks for a scene, shot
  description, keyframe brief, or production-ready visual breakdown.
---

# Scene creator

Expand a beat into a scene description a generator or director can execute. Focus on what is visible, how the camera moves, and what must stay consistent with prior shots.

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## Inputs to gather

1. **Beat or script excerpt:** what happens
2. **Characters / products:** names, wardrobe, distinctive traits
3. **Setting:** place, time of day, weather, era
4. **Mood:** tension, warmth, comedy, premium, gritty
5. **Output target:** still keyframe, video clip, storyboard panel, or multi-shot
6. **Continuity notes:** prior scene look, forbidden changes

If the user only gives a one-liner, invent reasonable staging and label your assumptions.

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## Output format

```markdown
## Scene title
**Beat:** one sentence
**Duration target:** e.g. 4s / 8s / still

### Staging
Where bodies and objects sit in the frame. Who enters/exits.

### Look
Lighting, color palette, lens feel, era, material details that matter.

### Camera
Shot size, angle, move (static / pan / push / orbit). Start frame → end frame.

### Action
What happens in order, present tense, visible only.

### Audio (if video)
Diegetic sound, VO cue, music mood, only if useful.

### Consistency locks
Traits that must not drift (face, outfit, logo, prop color).

### Prompt pack (optional)
- Image prompt: …
- Video prompt: …
- Negative / avoid: …
```

For multi-shot sequences, repeat the block per shot and keep a shared **Consistency locks** section at the top.

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## Rules

- **Show the feeling.** Define “a tense meeting” as posture, distance, eye-line, and light. Do not lean on the word “tense” alone.
- **One primary action per shot.** Secondary motion stays background.
- **Camera language stays concrete.** Prefer “slow push-in from medium to close-up” over “cinematic camera.”
- **Protect continuity.** Repeat hair, wardrobe, logo placement, and time of day when shots chain.
- **Match the medium.** Stills need composition and light. Video needs start/end state and motion.
- **Keep brand/product accurate.** Do not invent packaging claims or redesign logos.
- **Stay short.** Default to one tight scene unless the user asks for a sequence.

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## Quick quality check

- Could a stranger storyboard this without asking questions?
- Would two consecutive shots clearly belong to the same scene?
- Is anything only an emotional adjective with no visual cue?
- Are consistency locks explicit for faces, wardrobe, and key props?

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## Checklist

- [ ] Beat stated in one sentence
- [ ] Staging, look, camera, and action all filled
- [ ] Camera has start → end for video
- [ ] Consistency locks listed
- [ ] Assumptions labeled when inputs were thin
- [ ] Optional prompt pack matches the scene (if requested)