Film-noir windowsill smoke under a red neon sign
- Model
- MiniMax H3
- Task
- Text to video
- Resolution
- 768p
- Duration
- 5.2 s
- Aspect ratio
- 21:9
Output
PromptEN334 characters
Film noir. An adult woman in a black satin nightgown sits on a wide apartment windowsill at night, one knee drawn up, exhaling cigarette smoke against the rain-streaked glass as a neon sign pulses red across her face. She turns her head slowly toward camera. Venetian blind shadows, deep blacks, 1970s grain, rain and distant traffic.Written in English, exactly as we sent it.
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Why this prompt works
Everything here — the woman, wardrobe, room and light — comes from one paragraph, no image supplied at all. Naming the genre first sets the palette before a detail follows, then the `prompt` moves in order: the exhale, neon pulsing red across her face, the slow turn to camera. Shot at `aspect_ratio` `21:9`, `duration_seconds` `5`, wide enough for window and figure together.
It reads like a shot list - who, what happens, the light, then the sound - so nothing is left to guess, and the rain and traffic come back on the soundtrack.
Settings used
| Setting | Value | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| resolution | 768p | 768p or 2k, both native. Draft at 768p, deliver at 2k. |
| aspect_ratio | 21:9 | 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4 or 21:9. 21:9 gives the anamorphic letterbox. |
| duration_seconds | 5 | Whole seconds, 5 to 15. Drives the price. |
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