Post-Apocalyptic Survivors Walk Wet Ruined Street, Look Up at Suspended Subway Cars AI Image Prompt
I. Overall setup (unchanged throughout) First frame is the reference image: use the given image as the first frame; composition, number and positions of people, ruin structures, color, and skylight fully continue; style does not change at all. Visual style: realistic post-apocalyptic cinematic texture (cold gray documentary feel in the manner of The Road), 9:16 vertical, low-angle street central-axis symmetrical composition, shallow depth of field, film grain + wet cold air feel, slight handheld breathing. Color tone: lead-gray blue + rust brown + wet asphalt black, low saturation, low contrast, oppressive light-blocking sky, no warm colors. Subject: a group of ragged survivors walking slowly toward the camera along a wet main road marked by a yellow line; front three people (carrying backpacks, holding rebar/wooden sticks), several people behind extending depth in sequence. Environment: high-rise ruined buildings covered in vines on both sides, broken elevated rail track and two suspended rusty subway cars, overturned rusted buses and car wreckage, rubble and water reflections everywhere, gray-white mist at the end of the distant street. Atmosphere keywords: silent migration, breathing beneath the ruins, exhausted but not stopping, sky about to collapse yet not collapsing. II. Storyboard (10 seconds total, four continuous segments, one action line of march - pause - look up - continue) ① 0.0s – 2.7s | original composition low-angle medium-long shot · extremely slow push-in (silent march) The camera starts from the reference image's original position and pushes forward extremely slowly, almost without moving. Survivors keep a slow heavy pace walking toward the camera, small splashes rise under their feet, water reflections shatter accordingly; wind moves the hems of their worn coats and vines on the buildings, thick dark clouds churn slowly overhead, distant mist flows slightly. ② 2.7s – 5.3s | medium shot · very slight lateral arc move (queue passing, exhausted details) The camera moves in a small arc close to the road surface; foreground rusted car wreckage and background bus create natural parallax. The man at the very front has sunken shoulders and adjusts the pack on his back; another person uses a wooden stick to push aside broken bricks underfoot; the two at the back widen their distance, leaving messy footprints on the wet road. Rain-like moisture hangs on their eyebrows and beards. ③ 5.3s – 7.9s | low angle tilt up (looking up at suspended subway cars) The man at the very front stops and slowly raises his head. The camera tilts up with his gaze from the people to the broken elevated track and two suspended subway cars: rust and hanging rebar sway very slightly in the wind, a few bits of broken concrete silently fall from the break, vines sway on broken beams, dark clouds keep moving behind. The whole segment is quiet and oppressive. ④ 7.9s – 10.0s | facial close-up · fixed slight push-in (continue forward) The camera tilts down back to a close-up of the man's face and does an extremely slow slight push-in: dust and water streaks on his face are clear, his eyes are tired but determined, his exhaled white breath is briefly visible; he lowers his head again and steps forward, the pack on his shoulder sinks accordingly, companions behind follow in shallow focus one by one. The camera stays close to the person, does not pull back or zoom out; the image naturally closes on his forward step and the wet road reflection. III. Unified requirements The whole film is one continuous, heavy, restrained line of march; no jump cuts, no hard transitions between the four segments, like a single take. Number of people, clothing, ruin structures, subway car positions, and color tone remain consistent throughout; do not add or remove characters or buildings. Use only natural wind, cloud movement, water ripples, dust, and physical movement of fabric; movement amplitude is small and speed is even. Ending does not pull back, does not look down from above, does not cut to a wide shot. IV. Negative prompt No special effects or light effects: no explosions, fire, lightning strikes, lens flare, light beams, volumetric light, glowing particles, fireflies, smoke effects, slow-shutter trails, accelerated motion, transition effects; no subtitles, text, titles, logo, watermark, UI (existing graffiti in the frame remains as is; do not add readable text); no dialogue, no lip-sync speaking, no shouting; no monsters, zombies, gore, severed limbs; no modern intact vehicles and bright colors; no style change (no anime, no 3D game CG feel, no painterly look); no sudden weather changes, no violent camera shake, no distortion, no extra hands or fingers, no broken character anatomy.
Content: Structure: locked first-frame reference; global style, tone, subject, setting, atmosphere; four timed storyboard shots with camera movement and action; continuity rules; negative prompt.
Pros: Clear timed shot list; strong consistency and negative constraints.
Cons: Heavily depends on first-frame image; many constraints may reduce flexibility.
Reference image: Clearly depends on reference image: uses the given image as the first frame.
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