2.39:1 · 48 fps00:00:08:00
Lisbon square, duskMarrow Films · “Salt Lines”
Gallery · 142 shots · updated daily
142 shots. Zero shoots.
Every frame below came out of a prompt, a reference and a camera brief. Open a shot to read exactly what was typed. Nothing here was touched in After Effects.
12 shots
16:900:00:12:00
Atlantic ferryNorthwind · 40-market campaign
9:1600:00:06:00
Eau No. 4Bramble · launch
1:100:00:10:00
Single red keyOsprey · “Low Tide” visualiser
4:300:00:06:00
Kitchen, morningLumeo · daily social
2.39:1 · 48 fps00:00:08:00
City, nightMarrow Films · “Salt Lines”
16:9 · 48 fps00:00:08:00
Dune walkFairbanks & Co. · FW26
9:1600:00:08:00
Rain, neonMarrow Films · social cutdown
16:900:00:10:00
Forest, first lightMarrow Films · Ep. 4 opener
1:100:00:06:00
Fabric macroFairbanks & Co. · product detail
16:9 · 48 fps00:00:12:00
Snowfield, orbitOsprey · “Low Tide” pt. II
4:300:00:08:00
Ines, close-upMarrow Films · “Salt Lines”
02 One sequence, in order
“Salt Lines”, Sc. 12 — the whole scene.
Shot 01 · 2.39:100:00:00:00
Wide — the squareDolly in, 35 mm. Establishes the coat, the rain, the hour.
Shot 02 · 2.39:100:00:08:00
Medium — the awningTruck right, 50 mm. Same coat, same light, 40 metres on.
Shot 03 · 2.39:100:00:16:00
Close — the windowRack focus, 85 mm. Rain on glass to her eyes. Identity 98.4.
Shot 04 · 2.39:100:00:24:00
Wide — the cityCrane up, 24 mm. She is a dot by the end of the move.
Four shots. One afternoon. 96 credits.
See what credits cost03 Anatomy of a prompt
Brief it like a DP.
The best Kinema prompts read like a shot list. Subject, light, lens, move — in that order. Adjectives last, if at all.
Subject + action
Who, doing what.
“A woman in a terracotta coat crosses a wet square.” Concrete nouns. One verb. Kinema Faces fills in the who if a character is attached.
A woman in a terracotta coat crosses a wet square
Light + hour
Where the sun is.
“Dusk, tungsten street light, light rain.” Light is the thing the model is best at — give it a time of day and a source, and it will keep both across shots.
at dusk, tungsten street light, light rain
Lens + move
How the camera behaves.
“35 mm, slow dolly in.” Or skip the words and set it in the properties panel — the prompt and the panel are the same object.
35 mm, slow dolly in
04 Your turn
The next shot in here could be yours.
Every plan can submit to the public gallery. We feature twelve shots a week and credit the maker.