Create high-quality movie-style visuals with the "Cinematic Elements" Midjourney prompt. Customize your scene by specifying subject, setting, camera effects, lighting, textures, color grading, and composition for stunning dynamic imagery. Perfect for filmmakers and digital artists looking to infuse cinema-grade aesthetics into their work.
Cinematic still of [Subject] in [Setting], emulate a [Camera], [Lighting], [Texture], [Color Grading], [Lines & Shapes] --ar [Aspect Ratio] --style raw
● High Quality + Professional Cameras:
● ARRI Alexa Mini LF: Compact camera with a large format sensor.
● RED Monstro 8K VV: 8K resolution with a full-frame sensor, ideal for detail.
● Sony Venice: Full-frame sensor and excellent color reproduction.
● Panavision DXL2: Large-format lenses + color science, often used in big-budget productions.
● Canon C500 Mark II: Full-frame sensor, 5.9K resolution, and excellent color science.
● Creative Cameras:
● Krasnogorsk-3 (K-3): 16mm film, classic aesthetics.
● Kodak Super 8 Camera: Nostalgic aesthetics with contemporary features.
● Aaton Penelope Delta: 35mm film, advanced technology for precise image capture.
● Bell & Howell Filmo 70: 16mm film camera widely used in the early days of cinema.
● Insta360 ONE R: Ideal for capturing high-quality action shots.
● Traditional Lighting:
● Three-Point Lighting: Comprises a key light, fill light, and backlight.
● High-Key Lighting: Uses light to minimize shadow and create bright scenes.
● Low-Key Lighting: High contrast lighting, emphasizes shadows and harsh light.
● Natural Lighting: Uses sunlight to create a more realistic atmosphere.
● Silhouette Lighting: Placing the light source behind the subject. So the object looks like a shadow.
● Creative Lighting:
● Chiaroscuro Lighting: Uses high contrast between light and dark to create depth. Creates a 3D effect.
● Rembrandt Lighting: Creates a small inverted triangle of light on the subject's cheek. Often used in portraiture and dramatic scenes.
● Motivated Lighting: Uses light sources in the scene as the primary light source. (Ex. Lamps, TV Screen, Fire)
● Color Gels: Placing colored filters over lights to create atmospheric tones.
● Practical Lighting: Using visible light sources into the scene to create a natural feel. (Ex. lamps, candles, or the moon)
● Traditional Texture
● Film Grain: Adds a warm, organic texture to the image.
● Soft Focus: Reduces sharpness, smoothing out textures and creating a dreamy effect.
● Hard Light: Produces well-defined shadows, crisp textures, and high contrast.
● Deep Focus: Sharp focus for all distances, allowing for detailed textures in the foreground and background.
● High Contrast: Bold textures and can draw attention to specific elements.
● Creative Textures
● Diffusion Filters: Soften the image, reduce contrast, and create a hazy texture.
● Lens Flares: When light directly hits the camera lens, creating streaks or halos.
● HDR (High Dynamic Range): Wider range of light and dark details, enhancing the textures in highlights and shadows.
● Digital Noise: Random, grain-like pattern that can be used for an edgy texture.
● Traditional Color Grading:
● Bleach Bypass: Reduces saturation and increases contrast, giving films a harsh look.
● Day for Night: Used to simulate a night scene by shooting during the day.
● Cross Processing: Processing film in the wrong chemicals to create high contrast and skewed colors.
● Monochrome: Reducing all colors to shades of a single color.
● Technicolor: Rich and saturated look of the old Technicolor film process. Often used for a vintage or nostalgic effect.
● Creative Color Grading:
● Orange and Teal: Grading shadows towards teal and highlights towards orange, creating a high contrast, cinematic look.
● Isolated Color: Desaturating all colors except for one, creating a stark contrast.
● Digital Infrared: Simulating the look of infrared photography.
● Hyperrealism: Intense saturation and contrast to create images that are more vibrant than real life.
● Color Isolation: Isolating a single color or a range of colors for emphasis.
● Traditional Lines & Shapes:
● Rule of Thirds: Dividing the frame into nine equal parts using two horizontal and vertical lines.
● Leading Lines: Using lines in the composition to direct the viewer's attention.
● Frames Within Frames: Using elements in the scene to create additional frames.
● Triangles: Using triangle shapes to create dynamic tension and balance.
● Curves: Using curved lines or shapes to guide the viewer's eye.
● Creative Lines & Shapes:
● Negative Space: Space surrounding the subject of an image. Creates emphasis and context.
● Symmetry: Creating balance by mirroring elements on either side of the frame.
● Dynamic Diagonals: Diagonal lines that create movement and tension in an image.
● Shapes and Patterns: Repeated elements that create harmony and rhythm.
● Abstract Shapes: Unusual shapes that create interest and evoke emotions.
