image-gen · PromptZap Team

Cinematic Image Formula

The subject→setting→mood→lighting→lens→style→parameters formula that makes Midjourney/Flux output cinematic instead of flat, with a worked example.

Framework

standard

Model targets

claude, chatgpt, gemini

Prompt text

[Subject and what they're doing], in [setting/environment], [mood/atmosphere], [lighting description e.g. "golden hour rim light" or "moody single-source studio light"], shot on [camera/lens reference e.g. "85mm portrait lens, shallow depth of field"], [art/style reference if any], highly detailed, [aspect ratio parameter] --v 6

Example filled in: "A weathered lighthouse keeper checking a brass telescope, standing on a fog-wrapped cliff at dawn, quiet and contemplative mood, soft diffused blue-hour light with a single warm lantern glow, shot on 50mm lens with shallow depth of field, painterly realism in the style of early 20th-century marine art, highly detailed --ar 16:9 --v 6"

Swap in your own subject/setting/mood/lighting/lens/style — the formula (Subject → Action/Pose → Setting → Mood → Lighting → Style Reference → Camera/Lens → Parameters) is what makes results consistently cinematic rather than flat.