AI Image & Video Prompt Templates

Create an authentic smartphone selfie of a friendly creator in their twenties holding the product from this photo up beside their face, smiling excitedly as if mid-sentence while recommending it. Keep the product's exact shape, colours and label unchanged and clearly visible. A bright bathroom or bedroom background with natural window light, front-camera wide-lens distortion, a little phone sharpening and noise, casual vertical framing with the face in the upper half. Believable and unpolished, no captions or overlays.

Turn this photo into a professional studio headshot of the same person. Keep their face, features, skin tone, hairstyle and expression exactly as they are; do not slim, smooth or change their identity. Dress them in a well-fitted charcoal blazer over a plain crew-neck top. Large octabox key light at 45 degrees camera left, soft fill from a white bounce, a subtle hair light separating them from a seamless warm-grey backdrop with a gentle gradient. 85mm lens at f/2.8, shoulders-up framing, eyes tack-sharp with clean catchlights, realistic skin texture with no plastic retouching, calm confident expression. Ready for LinkedIn or a company website.

Place the product from this photo on a round travertine stone podium for a premium e-commerce shot. Keep the product's exact shape, colours, materials, label and proportions unchanged. Behind it a curved plaster wall in a warm sand tone, a dried pampas grass stem and a sculptural palm-leaf shadow falling across the wall from hard sunlight camera right. Soft fill from the left, a gentle contact shadow under the product, crisp edges, subtle stone pores and plaster texture, calm luxurious minimalism, everything in focus.

Place the product from this photo in a bright, natural lifestyle scene where it would really be used, for example a sunlit pale-oak kitchen counter or a calm desk by a window. Keep the product's exact shape, colours, label and size unchanged and make it the clear hero. Morning sunlight through a window casting long soft shadows of plants and window panes, a few out-of-focus props that tell the story, an airy palette of cream, oak and soft greens, 50mm lens at f/2.2, editorial catalogue style.

Luxury product photograph of a faceted glass perfume bottle with a gold cap on a slab of wet black volcanic stone, water droplets beading on the glass and stone. Dark moody set, a single long softbox reflection running down the bottle, a cool blue rim light from behind and a warm amber kicker catching the facets, the liquid glowing gold. 100mm macro lens, focus stacked, rich blacks, advertising quality. No text or label.

Create a high-speed commercial photograph of the product from this photo frozen mid-air at a slight tilt inside a dramatic crown splash of clear water, with ingredients or props that match the product suspended around it. Keep the product's exact shape, colours, label and details unchanged. Every droplet tack-sharp and catching a bright rim light, a deep saturated background gradient in a colour that complements the product, backlit so the splash glows, a strip light for a long highlight on the product, 1/10000 s strobe look, advertising quality.

Place the product from this photo outdoors on wet, moss-covered river stones beside a small mountain stream. Keep the product's exact shape, colours, label and details unchanged. Fern fronds and tiny white wildflowers frame the edges, soft morning mist hangs in the forest behind, cool diffused light through the canopy with one shaft of warm sun catching the product, water droplets on it and the stones, the stream blurred into silky threads, 100mm macro lens, shallow depth of field, organic botanical brand feel.

A minimal beauty advertisement photograph of a frosted glass serum bottle with a white dropper standing in a shallow pool of water on a pale pink surface, gentle concentric ripples spreading from its base, empty pastel space above for a headline. Soft diffused top light, a crisp caustic pattern on the surface, a few rose petals and a single water-droplet sphere in the foreground, a clean palette of blush, white and pearl, 90mm lens, everything in focus. No text or label.

A mouth-watering food advertising hero shot of a tall smash burger with two crispy-edged patties, melted aged cheddar dripping down the sides, caramelised onions and a glossy toasted brioche bun, on a dark slate board with a few props that belong to the dish. Dark charcoal background, warm backlight making rising steam visible, a strip light for a long specular highlight, crumbs and drips in sharp detail, 100mm lens at eye level, shallow depth of field. No text or logos.

Luxury watch advertisement photograph of a stainless-steel automatic dive watch with a deep teal sunburst dial and a ceramic bezel lying at an angle on black volcanic stone. Fine water droplets beading on the crystal and bracelet, a dark moody set with a single long softbox reflection along the case, a cool blue rim light from behind and a warm kicker on the polished bevels. Macro 100mm lens, focus stacked so the dial is razor-sharp, rich blacks. No brand names or readable text.

Show the image from this photo as an advertisement on a large rooftop billboard above a busy city intersection at blue hour. Keep the image on the billboard exactly as it is, only fitted to the billboard with correct perspective and the billboard's own floodlights. Below, blurred taxis with light trails, wet asphalt reflecting shop lights, pedestrians with umbrellas, steam from a vent, glass towers with lit windows behind. 35mm lens from street level, cinematic teal-and-warm grade, ultra-realistic mockup.

A bold Swiss-style graphic poster with huge stacked heavy grotesk lettering reading exactly "SUMMER SALE" in cream on a saturated tomato-red background, with "50% OFF" in a smaller bold line below. A cut-out photograph of sunlit products overlaps the letters with a soft drop shadow. A strict geometric grid, a thin cream rule line, a mustard sun circle in the top corner, subtle risograph grain and slight ink misregistration. Spell every word exactly as written and add no other text.

A high-fashion magazine cover photograph: a model with sharp cheekbones and slicked-back hair in a metallic pink trench coat, one hand on the collar, against a warm cognac-brown seamless studio backdrop. Editorial beauty lighting with a large beauty dish above, a soft fill below, a crisp specular sheen on the metallic fabric, confident direct gaze. Medium format, 80mm lens, clean negative space at the top for a masthead, no text.

Turn the person in this photo into a collectible action figure sealed in its retail blister pack, photographed on a white studio sweep. Keep their face, hairstyle, skin tone and outfit recognisable, translated into slightly glossy painted plastic with toy proportions. The card backing is a bold colour gradient that suits their outfit, with clean geometric shapes and a blank name banner at the top. Molded compartments beside the figure hold four or five tiny accessories that fit who they seem to be (for example a laptop, a coffee cup, headphones, a sketchbook, a small plant). Soft overhead softbox, a gentle reflection on the clear plastic bubble, crisp shadows, 100mm macro lens, toy-catalogue photography, ultra-detailed paint edges. No readable text.

Redraw the person in this photo as a 1990s hand-painted cel anime character, keeping their face shape, hairstyle, hair colour, skin tone, glasses or accessories and clothing recognisable. Clean ink linework with varied line weight, flat cel shading with one hard shadow tone, soft airbrushed highlights in the hair, expressive eyes. Place them in a nostalgic dusk scene with a painted sky of peach, lilac and dusty blue, long streaky clouds and silhouetted power lines. Subtle film grain and gentle softness like a remastered 1995 OVA frame. Chest-up framing, no text or subtitles.

Restage this photo as a 1940s film noir still of the same person, keeping their face and features recognisable. Rich black and white with deep inky blacks and silvery highlights. They wear a dark fedora and a belted trench coat with the collar turned up, standing beside a rain-streaked office window at night. Hard key light cuts through venetian blinds and lays sharp diagonal stripes of light and shadow across the face and the wall behind. A desk lamp glows out of focus, faint neon reflects in the wet glass. Low camera angle, 50mm lens, fine 35mm grain, slight vignette, quiet suspicion in the eyes.

Paint the person in this photo as a Renaissance oil portrait, keeping their face, features and skin tone recognisable. Three-quarter seated pose in period clothing that suits them: deep velvet in emerald or burgundy, a lace collar and a delicate pearl necklace, one hand resting on a closed leather-bound book. Chiaroscuro light from a high window on the left, warm glowing skin built up in translucent glazes, a dark umber background with a hint of a draped curtain. Visible fine brushwork and subtle craquelure in the varnish, museum quality, in the manner of a 16th-century Florentine master. No frame, no text.

Turn this photo into an instant-film snapshot from 1996 of the same people, keeping their faces recognisable. Restyle their clothes and hair in authentic mid-90s fashion (flannel, ringer tees, scrunchies, butterfly clips, baggy denim) and place them in a cluttered teenage bedroom with posters without readable words, glow-in-the-dark stars and a lava lamp. Harsh direct on-camera flash, slightly blown highlights, soft corners, the warm colour cast and faded blacks of expired instant film, a white instant-photo border, a faint chemical streak at one edge. Candid, mid-laugh energy. No logos or readable text.

Turn the person in this photo into a stop-motion claymation character, keeping their face shape, hairstyle, skin tone, glasses and clothing recognisable. Handmade plasticine with visible fingerprints and tool marks, slightly lumpy proportions, glossy bead eyes, felt and fabric textures on the clothes. Put them in a cosy miniature set that suits them, lit like a stop-motion film with warm practical lamp light and soft shadows, shallow depth of field from a macro lens. Charming, warm and handmade.

Make the person in this photo an astronaut standing on the Moon, keeping their face, hair and skin tone exactly recognisable. They wear a white extravehicular spacesuit with the helmet held under one arm, patches without readable text, fine grey regolith dust on the boots and fabric. Behind them the Earth rises over the horizon as a thin blue crescent against black space with faint stars. Hard unfiltered sunlight from the side with deep shadows, IMAX film still, 35mm lens, a calm look of awe.

A red wooden cabin with a small jetty on the shore of a perfectly still alpine lake at sunset. Jagged snow-dusted peaks behind it glow pink and orange, the sky shifts from rose to deep violet, and the whole scene is mirrored in the glassy water. Dark pine forest along the shore, a thin wisp of smoke from the chimney, warm light in one window. Long-exposure landscape photograph, 24mm lens, crisp detail, rich natural colour.

A handmade claymation diorama of a tiny fox family's home inside a hollow tree stump, with a round green door, a vegetable patch and a washing line of knitted scarves. Plasticine and felt textures with visible fingerprints and tool marks, moss made of flocking, little handmade imperfections, a painted backdrop of rolling hills, warm late-afternoon light from a single lamp, shallow macro depth of field like a stop-motion film set.

View through a weathered stone archway draped with bougainvillea onto a Mediterranean harbour town: pastel and terracotta houses stacked up the hillside, small wooden fishing boats on turquoise water, a church bell tower, bright summer light with crisp shadows, a few swallows in a deep blue sky. Travel photography, 35mm lens, the archway framing the view, vivid but natural colour.

A Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print of a great crane flying over a snowy mountain village at dawn, with a traveller in a straw hat and red umbrella crossing a wooden bridge. Flat areas of colour in indigo, Prussian blue, soft vermilion and pale peach, bold black keylines, a bokashi gradient sky, visible wood grain and paper fibres, slight registration offsets, Edo-period style. No readable characters or text.

A loose botanical watercolour painting of a hummingbird hovering beside a branch of blooming peonies and eucalyptus leaves on cold-press watercolour paper. Wet-on-wet blooms of soft colour, granulating pigments, a few fine ink details, generous white space, splashes and drips at the edges, visible paper texture and pencil underdrawing in places. Elegant, airy and hand-painted. No text or signature.

An anime film still of a girl in a school uniform leaning on a rooftop railing at night, a huge full moon above, a glowing city spreading out below with tiny lit windows and neon, cherry blossom petals drifting past in the wind. Soft blue moonlight with warm city glow from below, painterly background, delicate linework, cinematic composition, the quiet mood of a feature-length anime.

A cosy isometric 3D render of a tiny loft studio with a bed under a skylight, string lights, a desk, a bookshelf overflowing with plants and a cat asleep on a beanbag, rain outside the round window, cut away like a dollhouse on a floating base. Soft global illumination, warm lamp light against cool window light, rounded detailed shapes, matte pastel materials, subtle ambient occlusion, muted lavender background.

A detailed 16-bit pixel-art scene of a mountain hot-spring village at night with glowing paper lanterns, steaming turquoise pools, snowy roofs and a full moon. Limited 32-colour palette, crisp pixel edges with no anti-aliasing, a dithered sky gradient, layered parallax-ready composition like a classic SNES RPG title screen. No text or UI.

A cute die-cut sticker of a smiling corgi puppy sitting with its tongue out, thick white border all around, bold clean outlines, vibrant flat colours with one soft shade tone, a tiny glossy highlight, slight drop shadow as if the sticker sits on paper, plain pastel mint background. Kawaii vector illustration style.

A layered paper-cut artwork of a lighthouse on a rocky cliff above curling ocean waves at sunset, with a few seagulls, made of many stacked sheets of coloured cardstock. Real depth between layers with soft shadows, visible paper edges and fibre texture, a gentle backlit glow between the layers, photographed straight-on in a shadow box with soft studio light.

A 3D animated feature-film character: a cheerful young explorer with a big canvas backpack, brass goggles on the forehead and a rolled-up map, big expressive eyes, stylised proportions, soft subsurface skin, detailed fabric and leather textures. Warm studio key light with a soft rim, a simple warm orange background, a slight low angle that makes them look brave. Polished family-film render quality.

A cinematic photograph of a narrow Tokyo side street on a rainy night: small izakaya with red paper lanterns and noren curtains, glowing vending machines, overhead power lines, a cyclist with a clear umbrella passing by, puddles reflecting warm and pink light, rain streaks visible in the lantern glow, a convenience store spilling white light at the far end. 35mm lens at f/1.4, shallow depth of field, rich colour with lifted blacks, film grain, Wong Kar-wai mood. No readable signs.

A hand-painted anime landscape: rolling bright-green hills under towering cumulus clouds, a small red two-carriage train crossing an old stone viaduct over a sparkling river, wildflowers in the foreground swaying in the wind, a lone farmhouse with a blue roof, a summer afternoon sky of deep blue. Lush gouache-like background art, soft light, nostalgic and peaceful.

An epic landscape photograph of a camel caravan crossing towering Sahara dunes at golden hour: five camels with riders in indigo robes silhouetted along a sharp dune crest, long shadows across rippled sand, fine sand blowing off the ridge and glowing in the backlight, a pale crescent moon in an apricot-to-violet sky. 200mm telephoto compression, crisp detail, National Geographic style.

An underwater photograph of an ancient sunken temple: coral-covered stone columns and a giant carved stone face half buried in white sand, god rays piercing clear turquoise water from the surface, a school of silver fish swirling around a column, a sea turtle gliding past, a lone scuba diver with a torch exploring an archway for scale. Caustic light on the stones, floating particles, deep blue fall-off, wide-angle underwater lens.

A warm cinematic interior of a two-storey old library on a rainy evening: floor-to-ceiling dark wood shelves of leather-bound books, a rolling ladder, a spiral iron staircase, a green velvet armchair beside a crackling fireplace, a brass reading lamp, a steaming cup of tea on an open book, rain on tall arched windows with city lights blurred outside. Golden lamp and firelight against cool blue window light, dust motes in the air, 24mm lens. No readable book titles.

Turn this photo into a snowy winter evening while keeping the composition, people, buildings and objects exactly where they are. Fresh snow on the ground, roofs, ledges and branches, heavy snowflakes falling and catching the light, warm glowing windows and street lamps against a blue-hour sky, frosty air, believable reflections on wet surfaces. Keep faces and identities unchanged.

Relight this photo as if it were taken at golden hour, keeping everything in it unchanged. A low warm sun behind or beside the subject creating a glowing rim light through hair and edges, a soft lens flare, long warm shadows, amber highlights with gentle teal in the shadows, natural skin tones. Same people, same faces, same composition.

Turn this photo into a detailed graphite pencil drawing on textured cream sketchbook paper, keeping the exact composition and every person's likeness. Confident linework with loose expressive hatching and cross-hatching for shadows, soft smudged tones, a few construction lines left visible, bare paper for the highlights.

Give this photo a tilt-shift miniature effect so the scene looks like a handmade model set: strong blur at the top and bottom with a thin sharp band through the main subject, boosted saturation and contrast for toy-like colours, crisp small shadows. Keep the composition and everything in it unchanged.

Restore and colourise this old photo. Remove scratches, dust, tears, creases and stains, recover sharp detail in faces and clothing, and add natural, believable period colours. Keep every person's face, expression and identity exactly as they are, keep the original composition and framing, and keep a gentle film grain for authenticity.

Turn this photo into a rain-soaked neon night while keeping the people, composition and main objects in place. Glowing magenta and cyan light from signs without readable text, wet surfaces mirroring every light, light rain visible in the backlight, steam drifting, a moody cyberpunk grade with deep blue shadows and anamorphic flare streaks. Keep faces and identities unchanged.

Hand-painted anime in the style of a feature-length Japanese animated film: clean ink linework, soft cel shading, watercolor skies with big drifting clouds and warm golden light.

Stop-motion claymation: every person, object and surface becomes handmade plasticine with visible fingerprints and tool marks, felt and fabric textures, slightly lumpy proportions and warm miniature-set lighting.

A rain-soaked cyberpunk night: glowing magenta and cyan neon signs without readable text, holographic billboards, wet reflective streets and a deep blue sky.

A 3D animated feature-film look: stylised characters with big expressive eyes and soft subsurface skin, rounded shapes, rich colors and warm cinematic lighting.

Change the person's top into a glossy red leather jacket.

Place the person from the photo into the clip, keeping their face exactly as in the photo and matching the clip's lighting.

The subject from the photo performs the clip's moves with natural, lively energy, keeping its look exactly as in the photo.

The product from this photo slowly rotates a full turn on a white turntable in a clean studio. Keep its exact shape, colours, materials and label unchanged throughout. Seamless soft infinity backdrop, a large overhead softbox, a gentle gradient shadow, crisp moving reflections on glossy and metal parts, a smooth steady locked-off camera at a slight three-quarter angle, catalogue quality.

Slow-motion close-up of cold brew coffee being poured over clear ice in a tall ribbed glass, with a ribbon of cream swirling in, droplets and bubbles suspended in the air, condensation on the glass. Warm caramel backdrop, backlit so the liquid glows amber at the edges, a crisp strip-light highlight on the glass, a slow push-in, 100mm lens, premium commercial look.

Bring this photo to life with gentle, natural motion while keeping every face and detail exactly as it is: the people breathe, blink and shift slightly, a soft smile grows, hair and fabric move in a light breeze, background leaves sway and light flickers softly. A slow, subtle push-in of the camera. Realistic, warm and calm, no sudden movements.

A fast first-person FPV drone flight diving into a narrow red sandstone slot canyon and racing along it, banking smoothly through the curves just above a thin turquoise stream. Layered rock walls in orange, rust and purple glow where a beam of midday sun falls through the gap overhead. Wide 14mm lens, natural motion blur at the edges, exhilarating but smooth, vivid natural colour.

Slow-motion waves crashing over dark volcanic rocks at sunset, golden spray bursting into the air and catching the backlight, foam lacing back across the rocks, a low camera just above the water on a 100mm lens, the sun a soft orange disc on the horizon. Cinematic, calm and powerful.

A drone glides slowly forward just above the treetops of a misty pine forest at sunrise, then rises gently to reveal a valley filled with low drifting clouds and distant blue mountain ridges. Warm sun breaking through the mist in soft rays, dew sparkling on the needles, smooth cinematic movement, 24mm lens.

A day-to-night timelapse of a city skyline beside a river, filmed from a rooftop: clouds streaming across the sky, the sun setting in orange, the sky deepening to cobalt, windows lighting up across the skyscrapers one by one, and traffic turning into red and white light trails along the riverside road. Locked-off camera, crisp architecture, smooth motion.

A slow, smooth camera orbit around a modern glass-and-timber house in a pine forest at golden hour, warm interior lights glowing through floor-to-ceiling windows, long shadows across a moss lawn, light mist between the trees. Architectural film look, steady gimbal movement, 24mm lens, rich natural colour.

Moon jellyfish drifting slowly through deep dark-blue water, their translucent bells pulsing gently and glowing from within with soft violet and cyan bioluminescence, long delicate tentacles trailing and catching the light, tiny particles sparkling like stars. A slow drifting camera, macro underwater look, calm and hypnotic.

A 1920s city street: a man in a flat cap cycles past brick buildings and a tram while people in long coats cross the cobbles and a horse cart waits by the kerb. Sepia-toned film with heavy grain, gate weave, a slightly flickering exposure and gentle handheld camera movement, as if found in an old newsreel.

Camera move: a smooth, steady dolly-in. Starting from this photo's exact framing, the camera glides straight forward on a gimbal, closing in on the main subject over the whole clip while the background slides past with natural parallax. Keep every face, object and colour exactly as in the photo; the subject only breathes and blinks softly, hair and fabric stir in a light breeze. Locked horizon, no cuts, no zoom jumps, 35mm lens look, cinematic and unhurried.

Camera move: a smooth dolly-out. Starting tight on the subject from this photo, the camera glides steadily backwards, widening the frame to reveal the surroundings and the space around them, the background growing with natural parallax. Keep the faces, objects and colours exactly as in the photo; the subject breathes and blinks softly, hair and fabric moving gently. Steady gimbal, locked horizon, one continuous shot, no cuts, 35mm lens look.

Camera move: a slow, smooth orbit to the left around the main subject of this photo, a quarter turn in one continuous shot, keeping the subject centred and in sharp focus while the background rotates behind them with real depth and parallax. Keep their face, outfit and every detail exactly as in the photo, with only subtle breathing and blinking. Steady gimbal, 40mm lens, soft natural light that follows the turn, no cuts.

Camera move: a graceful crane-up. The camera starts at the subject's level in this photo and rises smoothly and steadily upward and slightly back, the subject sinking lower in the frame as the wider scene opens out around and beyond them. Keep faces, objects and colours exactly as in the photo, with the subject only breathing and blinking softly. One continuous film-crane shot, no cuts, 28mm lens look, gentle and epic.

A fast first-person FPV drone fly-through of a neon-lit city street at dusk: the camera dives in low and quick, threads through a tight gap, banks hard around a corner and sweeps past close objects in a rush of speed before surging forward again. Ultra-wide 14mm lens, strong sense of depth, motion blur at the frame edges, one continuous take, no cuts, smooth but thrilling, vivid natural colour.

Camera move: a dramatic crash zoom. The shot holds for a beat on this photo, then the lens snaps rapidly in on the subject's face in a fast, punchy zoom with a touch of motion blur and a slight handheld shake, ending in a tight close-up on their eyes while the expression shifts to sudden intensity. Keep identity, features and colours exactly as in the photo. Genre-film energy, one shot, no cuts, sharp focus on arrival.

Camera move: a whip pan. The shot starts on the subject of this photo, then the camera whips sideways in a fast, heavily motion-blurred pan and settles abruptly on the subject again, now in a slightly different, confident pose with a small smile. Keep their face, outfit and the scene's colours exactly as in the photo. Strong horizontal motion blur during the whip, crisp focus before and after, energetic handheld feel, no cuts.

Camera move: a bullet-time freeze. The subject of this photo is frozen mid-moment, with hair, fabric and any dust or droplets hanging in the air, while the camera sweeps in a fast, perfectly smooth arc of about 120 degrees around them, as in a multi-camera array. Keep their face, outfit and the scene exactly as in the photo, perfectly still and sharp. Dramatic slow-motion feel, crisp detail, cinematic contrast, one continuous move, no cuts.

Camera move: a handheld follow shot. The subject of this photo turns and walks forward away from the camera at a natural pace while the camera follows close behind and slightly to the side, with the subtle sway, small corrections and breathing wobble of a real operator. Keep their face, outfit and the scene's colours exactly as in the photo, the surroundings revealing naturally as they move. Documentary realism, 28mm lens, shallow depth of field, one continuous take.

Camera move: a top-down reveal. A perfectly overhead camera looks straight down at a wooden table set for brunch with fresh dishes, coffee and flowers, drifting slowly and smoothly sideways while rising a little, so the full composition is revealed piece by piece from the edge into the centre. Soft natural window light, crisp tidy styling, every object sharp, steady flat-lay perspective with no tilt, one continuous shot.

Camera move: a tilt-up reveal. The shot starts low on this photo's subject, at their feet or the lower part of the scene, then the camera tilts slowly and smoothly upward from a fixed position, travelling up their body to finish on their face and the sky or ceiling above, giving them presence and scale. Keep their face, outfit and colours exactly as in the photo, with subtle breathing. Low-angle hero look, 24mm lens, steady tripod head, no cuts.

Camera move: a very slow, intimate push-in on the face of the person in this photo, from the framing in the photo to a close-up on their eyes, while the background softens gently out of focus. Their expression changes subtly: a slow blink, a small breath, a thought crossing their eyes. Keep their identity, skin texture, hair and colours exactly as in the photo, with natural catchlights. 85mm lens, shallow depth of field, emotional and cinematic, no cuts.

Camera move: a 3D parallax drift. The camera slides slowly sideways, in a gentle arc, through this photo as if it were a real space: the foreground moves fastest, the subject less, and the distant background barely moves, revealing real depth and a little of what lies behind objects. Keep every person, object and colour exactly as in the photo, with only subtle natural life (blinks, drifting dust, swaying leaves). Smooth, clean edges, no warping or stretching, no cuts.

Camera move: the Vertigo effect (dolly zoom). The camera dollies slowly backwards while the lens zooms in, so the subject of this photo stays the same size in the frame while the background stretches and swells behind them, the perspective warping dizzily. Keep their face, outfit and the scene's colours exactly as in the photo, their expression slowly turning uneasy. Hitchcock-style, steady and hypnotic, one continuous shot, no cuts.

A fast, smooth hyperlapse through a bustling old town street from morning to evening: the camera glides forward through the scene at high speed, people streaking past in a blur, clouds racing overhead, the light moving from dawn gold through bright noon to a blue-hour glow with windows lighting up. Stabilised, wide 16mm lens, crisp architecture, rhythmic forward motion, one continuous move.

A drone pull-back reveal: starting close on a lone hiker standing on a cliff edge above a sea of clouds, the drone flies slowly backwards and rises, the frame widening in one smooth continuous move to reveal the vast landscape around them, mountains, valleys and golden light. Steady gimbal, 24mm lens, golden-hour sun, rich natural colour, epic and calm, no cuts.