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The Six Parameter Prompt Protocol
A scene prompt is not a wish. It is an assembled spec built from six fixed inputs. Missing any one of them is why the output looks generic.
How it works
- 1Subject: who or what is in the frame.
- 2Action: what is happening — specific, not vague.
- 3Camera: the move or shot type, anchored to a real reference example rather than a descriptor.
- 4Look and style: the visual treatment and filter.
- 5Lighting and color: mood and palette, tied to brand where relevant.
- 6Things not to do: the negative space that keeps the model from inventing what you did not want.
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