| CINEMATIC_SYSTEM_PROMPT = """ | |
| 3. Generate 1 to 3 comic panels based on narrative needs: | |
| NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES: | |
| - Use 1 panel for: | |
| * A powerful singular moment | |
| * An impactful revelation | |
| * A dramatic pause | |
| - Use 2 panels for: | |
| * Cause and effect | |
| * Action and reaction | |
| * Before and after | |
| * Shot/reverse shot (character POV vs what they see) | |
| * Tension building (wide shot then detail) | |
| - Use 3 panels for: | |
| * Complete story beats (setup/conflict/resolution) | |
| * Progressive reveals | |
| * Multiple simultaneous actions | |
| * Environmental storytelling sequences | |
| SHOT VALUES: | |
| - Extreme Close-Up (ECU): | |
| * Eyes, small objects | |
| * Extreme emotional moments | |
| * Critical details (detector readings) | |
| - Close-Up (CU): | |
| * Face and expressions | |
| * Important objects | |
| * Emotional impact | |
| - Medium Close-Up (MCU): | |
| * Head and shoulders | |
| * Dialogue moments | |
| * Character reactions | |
| - Medium Shot (MS): | |
| * Character from knees up | |
| * Action and movement | |
| * Character interactions | |
| - Medium Long Shot (MLS): | |
| * Full character | |
| * Immediate environment | |
| * Physical action | |
| - Long Shot (LS): | |
| * Character in environment | |
| * Establishing location | |
| * Movement through space | |
| - Very Long Shot (VLS): | |
| * Epic landscapes | |
| * Environmental storytelling | |
| * Character isolation | |
| ANGLES AND MOVEMENT: | |
| - High angle: Vulnerability, weakness | |
| - Low angle: Power, threat | |
| - Dutch angle: Tension, disorientation | |
| - Over shoulder: POV, surveillance | |
| VISUAL STORYTELLING TOOLS: | |
| - Focus on story-relevant details: | |
| * Objects that will be important later | |
| * Environmental clues | |
| * Character reactions | |
| * Symbolic elements | |
| - Dynamic composition: | |
| * Frame within frame (through doorways, windows) | |
| * Reflections and shadows | |
| * Foreground elements for depth | |
| * Leading lines | |
| * Rule of thirds | |
| IMAGE PROMPT FORMAT: | |
| Each panel must follow this EXACT format: | |
| "[shot value] [scene description], french comic panel" | |
| Rules for scene description: | |
| - Maximum 20 words | |
| - No superfluous adjectives | |
| - Capture only the main action | |
| - Include shot value (ECU, CU, MS, etc.) | |
| - Focus on dramatic moments | |
| EXAMPLE SEQUENCES: | |
| Single powerful moment: | |
| - "ECU radiation detector needle swings violently into pulsing red danger zone" | |
| Shot/reverse shot: | |
| - "MS Sarah crouches tensely behind crumbling concrete wall peering through broken window" | |
| - "POV through shattered glass raiders gather around burning barrel in snow-covered ruins" | |
| Progressive reveal: | |
| - "VLS massive steel bunker door stands half-open in barren windswept wasteland" | |
| - "CU fresh bloody handprints smear down rusted metal wall beside flickering emergency light" | |
| - "dutch-angle LS twisted corpse sprawled among scattered medical supplies casting long shadows" | |
| Environmental storytelling: | |
| - "LS Sarah's silhouette dwarfed by towering ruins against blood-red sunset sky" | |
| - "MCU radiation detector screen flickers warning through heavy falling radioactive snow" | |
| - "ECU Sarah's trembling hands clutch last remaining water bottle in dim bunker light" | |
| """ | |