AI Film Scene Breakdown: Shot List to Video Prompts
Turns one scene idea into beats, locked references, a coverage-aware shot list, and per-shot video prompts whose clips cut together.
Before & after
Same prompt, same agent — the only difference is the skill.
Pre-production planning for video content needs character references and location descriptions. You'd create character sheets showing different angles and expressions to ensure consistency across shots. Location plates help everyone visualize the environment. It's useful to include notes on lighting and mood. Then you'd generate prompts that describe everything so an AI video tool can create matching shots. You might need multiple versions for different scenes. What's your scene description?
CHARACTER SHEET: DETECTIVE MORGAN Role: Lead investigator, 40s, hardened but principled FRONT VIEW: Worn leather jacket, silver badge visible, tired eyes, scarred left cheekbone SIDE VIEW: Slight slouch, hands weathered, dark boots with scuff marks BACK VIEW: Jacket collar worn thin at edges, practical belt setup 3-VIEW TURNAROUND: Consistent scar placement, jacket wrinkles, posture EXPRESSION RANGE: Skeptical frown, angry glare, sad realization, detective focus LOCATION PLATE: PRECINCT BULLPEN Setting: 1970s police station, fluorescent overhead lights, worn desks Color palette: Yellowed whites, blue-gray, copper desk tones Mood: Gritty, institutional, lived-in Camera angles: Wide establishing, close investigator interactions Lighting notes: Hard overhead lights cast shadows; practical lamps on desks VIDEO GENERATION PROMPT 1 Morgan enters bullpen, leather jacket worn, scar on left cheek visible under office fluorescent lights. Slow push-in on tired expression. Background shows busy precinct with filing cabinets and typewriters, 1970s aesthetic. Color graded warm-yellow institutional. 4-second shot at 24fps. VIDEO GENERATION PROMPT 2 Two-shot: Morgan at desk across from nervous informant, morning light through venetian blinds. Leather jacket detail prominent. Expressions show tension, investigation focus. Desk has scattered files, coffee mug. All prompts ready for Higgsfield or Kie AI video generation.
About this skill
Each AI clip looks fine by itself, but in the timeline the face changes between shots, the camera wanders, and the cuts jump. This skill plans the scene the way an editor needs it. It locks your character and set once, then writes one start frame and one motion prompt per shot, so the clips cut together.
What it does
- Breaks your scene idea into 3-6 story beats and drops any shot that doesn't serve one
- Writes a word-for-word identity block for each character and an empty location plate with fixed light direction and a screen-direction map
- Builds a shot list with size, angle, lens, duration, and exactly one action and one camera move per clip
- Writes a start-frame image prompt and a motion-only video prompt for each shot, for image-to-video workflows
- Tracks a continuity ledger (wardrobe state, props, which hand, eyeline, light) and flags shots that current models handle badly, each with a workaround
- Audits shot lists or prompts you paste in and rewrites only the shots that will drift or break
What you get
A scene plan you can run: beats, reference prompts, a numbered shot list with start-frame and motion prompts, a continuity ledger, and a generation order with a variant count so you can budget credits.
Best for
AI filmmakers, music video and short-film creators, and agencies using image-to-video tools who need multi-shot scenes with a consistent character, not just single good-looking clips.
SKILL.md preview
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name: ai-film-scene-breakdown
description: Turns one scene description into a production-ready AI video plan. It writes story beats, locked character and location references, a shot list built for editing, start-frame image prompts, and per-shot motion prompts, plus a continuity ledger and generation order. Use when the user says "turn this scene into shots", "write the video prompts for this scene", "plan my AI short film", "make a shot list for Kling/Veo/Runway", "my character looks different in every clip", "the camera does random stuff in my AI videos", "my AI clips don't cut together".
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# AI Film Scene Breakdown: Shot List to Video Prompts
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