Best for
- short atmospheric shots
- product motion
- storyboard tests
Signature move
Write the shot list first and generate the hardest shot last.
How it wants to be spoken to
01
One shot per generation. Not a scene — a shot.
02
Describe subject, one action, camera move, light, mood, duration.
03
Keep the motion simple. One action per clip.
04
Reuse a reference image when you need the same thing twice.
Why it glitches
None of this is you doing it wrong. These are the shapes it reliably falls into — and the fix beside each.
Complex action breaks → split it into separate shots.
Continuity across clips is unreliable → lock a reference image.
Hands and text struggle → frame them out.
Camera moves get exaggerated → say “slow” and “subtle”.
A prompt that works there
Paste this into Sora
One shot, 6 seconds: [subject] [single simple action] in [setting]. Camera: a slow push in from [framing] to [framing]. Light: [warm late afternoon]. Mood: [calm]. No cuts, no text, no extra people.
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