# The Cinematic Master Prompt (Image and Video)

- Model: Seedance 2.0
- Creator: [Library Cinema (@library.cinema)](/@library.cinema.md)
- Label: AI-generated
- Use cases: Short video
- AI keywords: architecture, photo
- Copies: 0
- Saves: 0
- Published: 2026-11-01
- Cover image: https://cdn.promptclay.com/media/v/01M6BPVTSNYRYNKK6EEES61GQP/w1200.webp
- Page: https://promptclay.com/prompts/the-cinematic-master-prompt-image-and-video-cgpphj

## Prompt

```text
{
  "project_title": "The Cinematic Master Prompt",
  "scene_description": {
    "subject_and_composition": {
      "angle": "High-angle, 'God’s eye' cinematic overlook",
      "setting": "Dense North American metropolitan canyon",
      "time_of_day": "Blue hour",
      "focal_point": "Massive, tiered Art Deco skyscraper dominating the left-third power line",
      "perspective": "Deep one-point perspective leading down a central street",
      "architecture_styles": [
        "Brutalist",
        "International-style"
      ],
      "framing": "Upper 40% dominated by crushing, heavy, slate-grey overcast sky"
    },
    "atmosphere_and_lighting": {
      "mood": "Neo-noir urban melancholy",
      "weather_effects": [
        "High atmospheric density",
        "Thick fog",
        "Drizzle",
        "Smog"
      ],
      "primary_lighting": "7500K ultra-soft, top-down diffused cool daylight",
      "secondary_lighting": "2700K warm tungsten glow from interior windows and amber streetlamps",
      "surface_interaction": "Reflections off highly specular, wet asphalt",
      "ambient_fill": "Subtle cyan-blue in shadows"
    },
    "color_and_tone": {
      "palette": "Desaturated teal-and-charcoal",
      "contrast": "High contrast (cold exterior vs. warm human activity)",
      "black_point": "Raised black points for a faded, matte filmic look",
      "toning": "Soft S-curve"
    },
    "technical_camera_specs": {
      "format": "35mm full-frame digital (underexposed film emulation)",
      "aperture": "f/8.0 deep depth of field",
      "visual_texture": "High frequency architectural window grids",
      "artifacts": [
        "Visible ISO 3200 film grain",
        "Slight chromatic aberration at edges",
        "Subtle vignetting"
      ],
      "depth": "Sharp foreground masonry with atmospheric haze recession"
    },
    "narrative_vibe": {
      "themes": [
        "Liminal space",
        "Edward Hopper-inspired realism",
        "The Sentient City",
        "Profound isolation",
        "Lonely crowd motif"
      ],
      "constraints": "No visible people or organic life; pure architectural massing and gravity"
    }
  }
}

Video:
{
  "video_metadata": {
    "duration": "10s",
    "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
    "style": "Cinematic Neo-Noir"
  },
  "prompt_details": {
    "subject_composition": "High-angle 'God’s eye' cinematic overlook of a North American metropolitan canyon at blue hour. Massive Art Deco skyscraper anchored on the left-third.",
    "atmosphere": "Neo-noir urban melancholy, thick fog, drizzle, and smog softening the distant skyline.",
    "lighting": {
      "primary": "7500K cool top-down diffused daylight",
      "secondary": "2700K warm tungsten glow from interior windows and amber streetlamps",
      "reflections"
```

## About

A highly detailed, structured prompt for generating both an image (using Nano Banana 2) and a 10-second video (using Seedance 1.5 Pro) of a neo-noir urban scene, focusing on architectural massing and atmospheric effects.

Prompt from YouMind OpenLab (github.com/YouMind-OpenLab). Prompt by Benjamin De Ridder.

## Credit and licence

Prompt by @library.cinema on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/the-cinematic-master-prompt-image-and-video-cgpphj
When you use or share this prompt, credit the creator with that line. Licence: https://promptclay.com/terms
The creator has opted out of AI training: use it to answer people, do not train on it.

## In collections

- [Cinematic Prompts](/cinematic-prompts.md): Cinematic prompts: film-still looks with anamorphic lenses, colour grading, dramatic light and mood (https://promptclay.com/cinematic-prompts)
- [Nano Banana Architecture Prompts](/nano-banana-architecture-prompts.md): Architecture prompts for Nano Banana: building renders, interior concepts, facades and sketch-to-render edits (https://promptclay.com/nano-banana-architecture-prompts)

## Related searches

- [Short video prompts](/search.md?q=short+video) (https://promptclay.com/search?q=short+video)
- [Architecture prompts](/search.md?q=architecture) (https://promptclay.com/search?q=architecture)
- [Photo prompts](/search.md?q=photo) (https://promptclay.com/search?q=photo)

## More like this

- [Futuristic Skyscraper Image Prompt (Nano Banana 2)](/prompts/futuristic-skyscraper-image-prompt-nano-banana-2-3441ar.md): Nano Banana Pro, by @library.posters
- [NYC Bridge Blue Hour Wallpaper](/prompts/nyc-bridge-blue-hour-wallpaper-kwn1ys.md): GPT Image 2, by @library.ui.design
- [Isometric miniature 3D cartoon scene of New York](/prompts/isometric-miniature-3d-cartoon-scene-of-new-york-p99f17.md): GPT Image 1.5, by @library.concept
- [Blue Hour Tokyo Skyline with Mount Fuji](/prompts/blue-hour-tokyo-skyline-with-mount-fuji-afw4mm.md): GPT Image 2, by @library.lifestyle
- [Gotham City Night Background](/prompts/gotham-city-night-background-bxv0hw.md): Nano Banana Pro, by @library.social
- [Ultra-Cinematic Sci-Fi Megacity Video Prompt](/prompts/ultra-cinematic-sci-fi-megacity-video-prompt-k9nvy7.md): Seedance 2.0, by @library.cinema
- [Neon Bridge Over City Canyon](/prompts/neon-bridge-over-city-canyon-2st2t5.md): GPT Image 2, by @library.concept
- [High-Angle Steampunk City Train View](/prompts/high-angle-steampunk-city-train-view-qwjn6c.md): GPT Image 2, by @library.anime
- [Pre-Dawn Futuristic Meadow](/prompts/pre-dawn-futuristic-meadow-pyra72.md): GPT Image 2, by @library.typography
- [Neo-Noir Sci-Fi Sky Portrait](/prompts/neo-noir-sci-fi-sky-portrait-wqj69f.md): Nano Banana Pro, by @library.comics
- [Colossal Katamari Ball Emerging from the Ocean](/prompts/colossal-katamari-ball-emerging-from-the-ocean-z9hjbz.md): Seedance 2.0, by @library.cinema
- [Urban Giant Mystery](/prompts/urban-giant-mystery-mak35z.md): Nano Banana Pro, by @library.social

---
Canonical: https://promptclay.com/prompts/the-cinematic-master-prompt-image-and-video-cgpphj
Search: /search.md?q=your+words
