Catalog

Use case: Product teaser (template 1)

| Element | Value |
|---|---|
| Subject | A matte black ceramic pour-over coffee dripper with a thin polished copper rim, sitting on a clear glass carafe |
| Action | 1) A thin stream of dark coffee trickles from the dripper into the carafe while soft steam curls up from the rim; 2) the dripper and carafe turn a slow quarter turn; 3) the final second holds still on the dripper's front, copper rim catching the light |
| Scene | A walnut kitchen counter by a window, early morning just after sunrise, a faint haze of steam in the air, uncluttered background |
| Angle / Move | Vertical close-up at counter height, slightly above eye level / slow dolly in |
| Lens | 85mm-style telephoto feel, shallow depth of field, kitchen background in soft bokeh |
| Light / Palette / Mood | Soft low-angle morning sunlight from a window on the left with gentle fill and a warm rim on the copper / matte black, warm copper, honey-brown walnut, soft cream highlights / calm, quiet, unhurried |
| Style / Time | Premium commercial look, photorealistic / real-time pace, steady trickle throughout, still hold in the last second |
| Audio | Close, clear coffee trickling into glass, a faint soft drip, quiet low morning room tone, no music |
| Negative | text, logos, letters, labels, hands, people, clutter, reflections of people, plastic look |

Final prompt (paste into Veo / Gemini / Flow):

Premium commercial look, photorealistic, vertical close-up at counter height of a matte black ceramic pour-over coffee dripper with a thin polished copper rim, sitting on a clear glass carafe on a walnut kitchen counter by a window in the early morning just after sunrise. A thin stream of dark coffee trickles from the dripper into the carafe while soft steam curls up from the rim, and the dripper and carafe turn a slow quarter turn. Slow dolly in, 85mm-style telephoto feel, shallow depth of field with the kitchen background in soft bokeh. Soft low-angle morning sunlight from a window on the left with gentle fill and a warm rim light catching the copper, palette of matte black, warm copper, honey-brown walnut and soft cream highlights, calm and quiet mood. Real-time pace; the final second holds still on the dripper's front.
Audio: close, clear sound of coffee trickling into a glass carafe, a faint soft drip, quiet low morning room tone, no music.
Negative prompt: text, logos, letters, labels, hands, people, clutter, reflections of people, plastic look

Settings: 9:16, 8 seconds, audio on.

Beat sheet

| Beat | Purpose | What the viewer must get | Seconds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hook | A reporter in the rain, recording a source who is trusting him with something | 4 |
| 2 | Problem / stakes | The recording is precious and private; the small device in his wet hand is what holds it | 4 |
| 3 | Reveal | Later that night, at home, he sets Fieldnote down and starts it working | 4 |
| 4 | Proof | The words appear on its own e-ink screen: transcribed on the device, no laptop, no cloud | 8 |
| 5 | Payoff + CTA | He has every word, privately; music enters; end line | 4 |

Storyboard table (shots 1–3 of 6)

| # | Sec (gen → use) | Framing | Camera move | Subject action | Dialogue / on-screen text | Audio / ambience | Continuity notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 → 4 | Medium shot, eye level, over the source's shoulder (her back soft in frame-left foreground); he stands under the awning facing screen left | Slow handheld push-in | Holds Fieldnote out toward her at chest height; listens; gives one small nod | Source (on camera, from behind): "They said it would stay between us." | Location A bed; her voice close; rain on the awning | Location A. Faces screen left. Recorder in his right hand, red light on. Jacket zipped halfway, wet shoulders. |
| 2 | 4 → 4 | Extreme close-up on his right hand holding Fieldnote, the source's coat a soft blur beyond | Static | Rain beads on the graphite body; the red light glows steadily; his thumb shifts once on the edge | VO: "What they tell me stays with me." | Location A bed, close rain ticks on the device | Location A. Recorder points screen left. Screen pale grey and blank. Ends with recorder centred, for a match cut. |
| 3 | 4 → 4 | Medium close-up on the kitchen table under the pendant lamp | Static | His right hand enters from frame right and sets Fieldnote down, centred; his thumb presses the round button; hand withdraws | none | Location B bed; soft tap of the recorder on wood; one button click | Location and lighting change (B). Match cut from shot 2 on recorder position. Device dry now, red light off. |

[The full answer continues with shots 4–6 and a coverage alternate, the ten-line continuity block pasted word for word into all seven shot prompts, each prompt's first and last frame, and the stitch plan with voice-over script, caption placement and export settings.]

Settings: model `sora-2` · size `1280x720` · seconds `8` · characters: none

Before

A cool cinematic shot of a woman drinking coffee in a nice cafe, make it 10 seconds.

After

Style: Contemporary 35 mm film look, natural and understated, soft contrast, fine grain, warm-neutral grade.

A small neighbourhood cafe on a quiet weekday morning. A woman in her early 30s with shoulder-length dark hair tied loosely back, wearing an oatmeal knit sweater, sits alone at a round marble table by a large street-facing window. In front of her: a white ceramic cup of black coffee on a matching saucer and a folded paper napkin. Behind her, out of focus, a wooden counter with an espresso machine and a barista moving between shelves of cups. Thin steam rises from the cup and catches the window light.

Cinematography:
Camera: medium close-up, eye level, from across the table at a slight angle; slow dolly-in
Lens: 50 mm feel; shallow depth of field, sharp on her face and the cup, background soft
Lighting: soft morning daylight through the window from camera left as key; warm tungsten pendant glow from the counter as background fill
Palette anchors: cream, warm walnut brown, soft white, muted sage, coffee black
Mood: calm, quiet, unhurried

Actions:
- She wraps both hands around the cup and lifts it slowly (first two seconds).
- She blows lightly across the surface, then takes one small sip.
- She lowers the cup to the saucer and looks out the window with a faint, relaxed smile (final two seconds).

Background Sound:
Low hiss of the espresso machine, soft clink of cups at the counter, muffled murmur of a few voices; no score.

What changed and why

- Removed "make it 10 seconds". Duration is an API parameter, not prose, and 10 is not a supported value (4, 8, 12, 16, 20). Set `seconds: 8` in the call; the prompt now fits 8 seconds of action.
- "Cool cinematic shot" became a named style. A specific aesthetic instead of a vague adjective, set first so it frames everything else.
- "Drinking coffee" became three timed beats. Lift, blow and sip, lower and look out. Beats with timing cues are far more reliable than a single vague verb.

[five more changes in the full answer: subject anchors, concrete nouns, one camera move, named light sources, background sound]

Pack: `references/pack-product-shots.md`.

Three options

1. PS-09 Strawberry Milkshake Product and Infographic. A ready-made premium cold-drink hero shot: seamless pastel backdrop, realistic condensation droplets and "premium café advertisement" styling, which is exactly the look a chilled cold-brew can needs.
Prompt by @Strength04_X (𝐌), source: https://x.com/Strength04_X/status/2090665058980462697, via awesome-nano-banana-pro-prompts, CC-BY-4.0.

2. PS-02 Luxury Chocolate Ad Still Life. The only prompt in the pack that is a full ad layout with on-image copy, but you would have to delete its placeholder copy and invented logos and rebuild most of the props.
Prompt by @AiwithLucas_ (Lucas AI), source: https://x.com/AiwithLucas_/status/2089231817916420518, via awesome-nano-banana-pro-prompts, CC-BY-4.0.

3. PS-01 Premium Beverage Advertising Photography. Written for a beverage-brand hero ad and works from your attached references, but the prompt is only one line long, so lighting and composition would come from what you attach.
Prompt by @exywuu (Exywuu), source: https://x.com/exywuu/status/2092222318084788564, via awesome-nano-banana-pro-prompts, CC-BY-4.0.

Pick: PS-09

What to attach. Image 1: a clear, front-on photo of your real Northbound can, logo facing the camera.

Adapted prompt (4:5 Instagram ad)

Image 1: product photo of the Northbound cold-brew coffee can. Use this exact can.

A vertical 4:5 Instagram feed ad. A high-quality professional product photograph of a premium cold-brew coffee can, the 330 ml matte navy aluminium can from Image 1 with its white logo, standing upright and centered against a soft pastel pink seamless studio background. Preserve the can's exact shape, proportions, matte navy finish, white logo and label from Image 1; do not redesign it, recolour it or add any new graphics to it. The can sits on the same seamless surface with a few clear ice cubes and a small scatter of dark roasted coffee beans at its base. Realistic condensation droplets cover the can with soft reflections from the studio lights. Elegant soft lighting creates subtle natural shadows beneath the can. The can fills about 55% of the frame height in the lower two thirds of the image, logo facing the camera.

Text: the headline "Cold. Bold. Northbound." across the top third of the image, centered, in a bold clean white sans-serif with generous letter spacing, large enough to read on a phone. Render this headline exactly once, spelled exactly as written. Apart from the can's own logo from Image 1, no other text, no prices, no taglines, no extra logos, no watermark.

Ultra-sharp focus, DSLR macro beverage photography, premium café advertisement style, hyper realistic, clean commercial composition, 8K.

Tool settings: aspect ratio 4:5; in AI Studio or the API also set the output resolution to 2K so the headline stays sharp.

Prompt by @Strength04_X (𝐌), source: https://x.com/Strength04_X/status/2090665058980462697, via awesome-nano-banana-pro-prompts, CC-BY-4.0. Adapted: subject swapped from a strawberry milkshake in a glass to the Northbound can, Image 1 reference and preserve-the-product line added, 4:5 aspect ratio and headline added, the original's second (infographic) paragraph removed.

[The full answer ends with a one-fix-per-turn table for headline contrast, product drift, garbled text and framing.]

Scene 2 of 4 in a continuous short film. Use the attached character reference image.

Character (repeat verbatim in every scene prompt): a woman in her thirties, shoulder-length brown hair, navy blazer over a white shirt, warm intelligent expression — same face, same hair, same outfit, same build as the reference. No changes to wardrobe or hairstyle between scenes.
This scene: she pushes open the glass door of an empty office and walks in, slowing as she takes in the space, in a sunlit open-plan office at sunrise.
Camera: wide shot that begins a slow push-in as she enters.
Lighting: low golden sunrise through floor-to-ceiling windows — keep the colour temperature consistent with scene 1.
Ends on: her hand resting flat on a desk, centre frame — hold this frame for the final second so scene 3 can match-cut from it.
Audio: footsteps on hard floor and quiet office ambience; no music; no dialogue.
Avoid: additional people, mirrors, reflective surfaces, text, logos, any object she did not carry in scene 1.

Continuity check against scene 1: same blazer, same hair length, same warm temperature. Scene 3 will open on a hand on a different surface.

Subject: Your pricing page is lying to you
Preview: Three founders raised prices last month. Two regret it.

Headline: The pricing change that costs more than it earns

1. The claim — Raising prices 20% sounds like free margin. For two of three founders I spoke to this month it cut net revenue, because the churn arrived three months later and nobody connected it.
2. The mechanism — Annual customers do not leave on day one. They leave at renewal, which is after you have already celebrated.
3. The numbers — Founder A: +20% price, −11% net revenue by month 5. Founder B: +15%, +9% — the difference was a grandfather clause.
4. What I would do — Raise for new customers only. Measure renewal cohorts for two quarters before touching existing plans.

CTA: Reply with your last price change and the month you measured it. I will tell you if you measured too early.

Cuts the author will push back on: the opening anecdote about the coffee shop (300 words, no number); the second example that repeats the first; "I think" ×6.

Voice rules

- Sentence length: 4–10 words. Never a sentence over 14.
- Tone: dry, mildly self-deprecating, never preachy. "Okay, controversial:" / "Weirdly, the most-asked question this month" / "Sorry. Also not sorry."
- Words used often: actually, okay, weirdly, notes inside, for a real face
- Words never used (peers use them): journey, elevate, unlock, glow-up, self-care, ritual, holy grail, obsessed
- Emoji: one at the end, never mid-caption. 🌿 or 😌.
- Hooks: a contrarian observation stated flat, never a question.
- Closes: one short verdict, no CTA.

New captions (launch week)
1. Most niacinamide serums are water with a marketing budget. Ours isn't. 🌿
2. Okay, controversial: your skin does not need 12 steps. It needs 3 that work.
3. Tested the new cleanser on a real face for 6 weeks. Notes inside.
4. Weirdly, the most-asked question this month: "safe during pregnancy?" Yes.
5. Discontinued the toner. It wasn't pulling its weight. Sorry. Also not sorry. 😌
...
Drift check: #7 uses a question hook; #9 runs 16 words. Cut both.

1. Three weeks ago it was perfect. Now it loses a leaf every other day.
2. The plant in the shop window is not the one in your living room.
3. You did not do anything wrong. Nobody told you the one thing it needs.
4. It is not the light. It is not the water. It is the third thing.
5. Day 21: the soil is wet, the leaves are yellow, the blog says "just wait".
6. Confession: I killed four of these before I learned to read the leaves.
7. Your plant has been asking for help for two weeks. You just did not speak the language.
8. 80% of dropped leaves come from the same two mistakes. Both are fixable tonight.
9. Still watering on a schedule? That is the thing killing it.
10. The nursery tag said "easy". The nursery tag lied.

Cold landing page: #2 — the contrast is visual and lands in one read.
Warm email: #3 — removes blame, which is what a subscriber who already feels guilty needs first.

Generated: a single paper plane lifting away from a neat stack of sticky notes, flat vector style with two-tone shading and no outlines, royal blue plane on a warm cream background with one coral note on top of the stack. The subject sits in the left 55% of the frame; the right 45% is clean cream with no elements. 16:9, 2048 px wide. No text, no logos, no screens.

Revision requested: "keep everything, make the plane's shadow softer and add a faint dotted flight path." Kept composition and palette; softened the shadow to 20% opacity; added a dotted arc from the stack to the plane in the same blue.

Edited draft

AI lessons that take 15 minutes a day. Used by 12,000 professionals in 40 countries. Start your free 5-day trial.

Change log
- "a revolutionary AI-powered learning experience" → "AI lessons that take 15 minutes a day" — "revolutionary" is a tell; 15 minutes is a number the reader can picture
- "empowering professionals worldwide to thrive" → "used by 12,000 professionals in 40 countries" — abstraction replaced with proof
- "Begin your transformative journey today" → "Start your free 5-day trial" — the actual offer is more persuasive than the metaphor
- cut "seamlessly", "cutting-edge", "unlock" — adjectives with no referent
- "trusted by teams" → [NEEDS NUMBER] — kept, but it needs a count or a name

Weakest remaining line: "40 countries" is impressive only if the reader is outside the US; consider replacing with a named company.

Piece 1 (anchor run, no --sref): four candidates; #3 has the cleanest horizon and the terracotta sits exactly where the brief wants it. Upscaled, uploaded, URL saved.

Pieces 2–12 (with --sref anchor, --sw 250): each run returns four siblings in the same palette and block-colour language; the mountain silhouettes vary — a ridge, a twin peak, a low rolling range, a lake reflection — while the horizon line stays at the lower third in all of them.

Collection check (grid view): twelve tiles, same cream sky, same three colours, same weight. Two pieces (#7, #10) introduced a fourth colour; rerun those with --sw 300. Final set: 12 squares, 4K, no text, no signature, ready for a 3-mockup listing each.