HappyHorse 1.1 prompt guide: how to write a prompt that works

6 rules for a HappyHorse 1.1 prompt

1. 1.Start with the person and the action

   Put who is in the shot and what they do first; camera and light go in the middle, sound at the end.

   “A man in his mid-thirties of Lebanese heritage ... walks along the tiled edge of a rooftop pool toward the camera at golden hour.”

2. 2.Name every garment by fabric and colour

   Fabric tells the model how a piece moves and catches light. Give each one its material and a colour, down to the shoes.

   “a glossy emerald (#009B77) satin shirt with an oversized pointed collar, buttoned to the neck”

3. 3.Give every movement a cause

   Say what moves the fabric or the hair: wind, a door, a passing bus.

   “A warm breeze off the city ripples the satin across his chest and lifts the collar points”

4. 4.One camera move per clip

   Pick one move and the lens. Two or three moves in one short clip make the picture swim.

   “35mm lens, one slow backward tracking move at his walking pace”

5. 5.Give every light a source

   Say what the light comes from; a light with a cause lands where you expect it.

   “the pool throws moving blue reflections up onto the satin”

6. 6.Write the sound and the last frame

   Say what is heard, then end with the frame the clip should stop on.

   “Final image: he stops at waist-up, the collar still lifting in the breeze”

Prompts to copy

Each video prompt follows the rules above, in the same order. Next to it: the settings it is written for and the credits it costs on Reviral.

1. 1. Emerald satin shirt walking past a rooftop pool

   6 s · 720P · 9:16 · 64 credits

   A man in his mid-thirties of Lebanese heritage with olive skin, a black pompadour and a thin moustache walks along the tiled edge of a rooftop pool toward the camera at golden hour. He wears a glossy emerald (#009B77) satin shirt with an oversized pointed collar, buttoned to the neck, tucked into high-waisted tangerine (#F28500) wool trousers, white leather platform loafers. A warm breeze off the city ripples the satin across his chest and lifts the collar points; at the third step he turns his head once to the lens and holds it there, face still, mouth closed. Camera: 35mm lens, one slow backward tracking move at his walking pace, full body to waist-up. Light: the low sun behind him rims his hair and shoulders in gold, the pool throws moving blue reflections up onto the satin. Sound: water lapping at the tiles, his loafers on the stone, distant traffic below. Final image: he stops at waist-up, the collar still lifting in the breeze, the pool glittering behind him.

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2. 2. Lilac blouse between laundry lines

   6 s · 720P · 9:16 · 64 credits

   A woman in her early twenties of Filipino heritage with a copper pixie cut and large round tortoiseshell glasses walks slowly between two lines of white bedsheets drying on a rooftop, toward the camera. She wears a lilac (#C8A2C8) puff-sleeve blouse with a round white Peter Pan collar tucked into a mint (#A8DCC0) A-line skirt to the knee, white ankle socks, baby-pink (#F4C2D0) patent Mary Janes. The wind fills the sheets on both sides and one brushes her shoulder as she passes; she pushes it aside with her left hand without looking at it, eyes on the lens, face deadpan. Camera: 50mm lens, one slow push-in from full body to waist-up. Light: bright overcast midday, the white sheets bounce soft light onto her face, the patent shoes catch a small highlight at every step. Sound: sheets snapping in the wind, a pigeon taking off, her shoes on the concrete. Final image: she stops at waist-up between the sheets, one sheet settling behind her shoulder.

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3. 3. Plum velvet suit getting off a night bus

   6 s · 720P · 9:16 · 64 credits

   A woman in her late fifties of Nigerian heritage with deep brown skin, a sculpted silver afro and gold hoop earrings steps down from the back door of a lit night bus onto a wet pavement and walks toward the camera. She wears a plum (#5B2A6E) crushed-velvet suit with a nipped waist and flared trousers over a mustard (#D9A21B) silk shirt, black patent Chelsea boots. As she steps down the flares swing out and settle; the bus doors fold shut behind her with a hiss and the bus pulls away, its lights sliding off her back. Her face stays still, chin level, eyes on the lens. Camera: 35mm lens, static at first, then one slow backward dolly as she walks, full body to knees-up. Light: the bus interior light behind her rims the velvet, then a sodium street lamp above warms her face when the bus has gone. Sound: the door hiss, the bus engine pulling away, her boots on the wet stone. Final image: she stands knees-up under the street lamp, the empty wet road behind her.

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