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Moody firelit portrait with drifting smoke
A Wan 3.0 image-to-video starter prompt for a vertical night portrait with warm flame reflections, drifting smoke and restrained facial motion.
Production prompt
Use the reference frame as the exact first frame for a Wan 3.0 image-to-video portrait. Preserve the woman's face, tied-back hair, pale shirt, vertical composition and deep blue night background. Keep the camera locked while she takes one slow breath and the smoke drifts upward in thin layers. Small flames at the lower edges flicker naturally and cast warm orange reflections across her cheeks and eyelids without changing her identity. Add a subtle rack of focus from the nearest flame back to the face, then hold. Maintain realistic skin, stable hands and low-light contrast. Avoid extra cigarettes, duplicated flames, face morphing, exaggerated smoke, camera shake or sudden exposure shifts.
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motion
Use the reference frame as the exact first frame for a Wan 3.0 image-to-video portrait. Preserve the woman's face, tied-back hair, pale shirt, vertical composition and deep blue night background. Keep the camera locked while she takes one slow breath and the smoke drifts upward in thin layers. Small flames at the lower edges flicker naturally and cast warm orange reflections across her cheeks and eyelids without changing her identity. Add a subtle rack of focus from the nearest flame back to the face, then hold. Maintain realistic skin, stable hands and low-light contrast. Avoid extra cigarettes, duplicated flames, face morphing, exaggerated smoke, camera shake or sudden exposure shifts.
subject
Use the reference frame as the exact first frame for a Wan 3
constraints
Name the artifacts or changes that must not appear.
Iteration notes
- Keep one primary camera direction per shot.
- Repeat identity, wardrobe and geometry anchors.
- Describe motion in chronological order.
- Name the artifacts or changes that must not appear.
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Composed prompt
Use the reference frame as the exact first frame for a Wan 3.0 image-to-video portrait. Preserve the woman's face, tied-back hair, pale shirt, vertical composition and deep blue night background. Keep the camera locked while she takes one slow breath and the smoke drifts upward in thin layers. Small flames at the lower edges flicker naturally and cast warm orange reflections across her cheeks and eyelids without changing her identity. Add a subtle rack of focus from the nearest flame back to the face, then hold. Maintain realistic skin, stable hands and low-light contrast. Avoid extra cigarettes, duplicated flames, face morphing, exaggerated smoke, camera shake or sudden exposure shifts.
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