Lesson 3 · Next steps · 4 min
Write like a director
Shot, subject, action, camera, light, sound: the six words that turn a description into a scene.
Why it works
Video models were trained on films, so they understand film words. "Close-up", "slow push-in", "golden hour" and "you hear rain" change the result more than any adjective.
Step by step
- The shot: wide, medium or close-up.
- The subject and the action, in the present tense.
- The camera: static, slow push-in, tracking shot, drone shot.
- The light: golden hour, neon night, soft window light.
- The sound: what you hear, and a short line of dialogue in quotes if someone speaks.
- Not sure? Write your idea plainly and press Improve: it rewrites it this way, for free.
The example
Close-up, golden hour. An old fisherman mends a net on a wooden pier, then looks up and smiles. Slow push-in. You hear gulls and soft waves. He says: "Good catch today."
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