The Camera Motivation Prompt
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Should the camera move in this shot, and why? Shot: [DESCRIBE] Its place in the sequence: [DESCRIBE] Current plan: [DESCRIBE, OR "undecided"] Assess: 1. What a camera move would add here — specifically 2. What it would cost: coherence risk, generation reliability, attention drawn to the camera 3. Whether the move is motivated (following a subject, revealing something) or unmotivated (movement for its own sake) 4. Whether the shot before and after this one move — three moving shots in a row is exhausting, three static shots in a row is flat 5. Recommendation, with reasoning Then produce both versions of the prompt so I can generate each. Bias toward stillness. Unmotivated movement is the most common tell in AI video, because models add drift when the camera is not specified and creators leave it in.
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