The Master Prompt: Turn A Script Into Scenes
One structured master prompt that turns any 30-second script into consistent scenes, camera angles and motion prompts you can paste straight into AI video tools.
Consistency is the hardest problem in AI video creation. Two images of the "same" character rarely look identical. The fix is a master prompt: one block of shared context that every scene prompt inherits.
Anatomy of a master prompt
Character sheet — hair, clothing, palette, fixed details.
World style — lighting, lens, film stock, mood.
Camera grammar — shot sizes and angles you reuse.
Negative space — the things that must never appear.
Reusable master prompt template
[CHARACTER]
Name: Maya. Long copper hair in a high ponytail, teal jacket, white sneakers.
Palette: teal, coral, cream. No glasses.
[STYLE]
Cinematic still, soft golden-hour rim light, 35mm lens, shallow depth of field,
subtle film grain, warm tones, ultra-detailed, 4k.
[CAMERA]
Scene prompts must open with a shot size: wide / medium / close / extreme-close.
[NEVER]
Extra limbs, warped text, plastic skin, lens flares, watermark.
How to feed it to an AI tool
Paste the master block once, then write scene prompts as short commands: "medium shot, Maya waves at a market stall". Because every scene prompt inherits the shared character and style block, results stay visually locked together.
Iterate, then lock
Generate four variations of the first scene only. Once the character looks right, reuse that exact master prompt for every following scene. Changing it mid-video breaks the illusion.
Save your best master prompts in a folder. Over time they become your own reusable visual franchise — that is where real speed comes from.
Reusable master prompt template
[CHARACTER]
Name: Maya. Long copper hair in a high ponytail, teal jacket, white sneakers.
Palette: teal, coral, cream. No glasses.
[STYLE]
Cinematic still, soft golden-hour rim light, 35mm lens, shallow depth of field,
subtle film grain, warm tones, ultra-detailed, 4k.
[CAMERA]
Scene prompts must open with a shot size: wide / medium / close / extreme-close.
[NEVER]
Extra limbs, warped text, plastic skin, lens flares, watermark.
How to feed it to an AI tool
Paste the master block once, then write scene prompts as short commands: "medium shot, Maya waves at a market stall". Because every scene prompt inherits the shared character and style block, results stay visually locked together.
Iterate, then lock
Generate four variations of the first scene only. Once the character looks right, reuse that exact master prompt for every following scene. Changing it mid-video breaks the illusion.
Save your best master prompts in a folder. Over time they become your own reusable visual franchise — that is where real speed comes from.
How to feed it to an AI tool
Paste the master block once, then write scene prompts as short commands: "medium shot, Maya waves at a market stall". Because every scene prompt inherits the shared character and style block, results stay visually locked together.
Iterate, then lock
Generate four variations of the first scene only. Once the character looks right, reuse that exact master prompt for every following scene. Changing it mid-video breaks the illusion.
Save your best master prompts in a folder. Over time they become your own reusable visual franchise — that is where real speed comes from.
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