Cinematic · Veo 3 / 3.1 · JSON prompt
an astronaut strapped into a capsule seat, face lit by shifting orange glow from the window, plasma streaks intensify past the glass, the cabin shudders harder, loose checklist paper floats then slams down as gravity returns.
{
"subject": "an astronaut strapped into a capsule seat, face lit by shifting orange glow from the window",
"action": "plasma streaks intensify past the glass, the cabin shudders harder, loose checklist paper floats then slams down as gravity returns",
"dialogue": "\"Telemetry green. See you on the other side.\" — calm, tight, through comm static",
"scene": "cramped capsule interior during atmospheric re-entry",
"shot": {
"composition": "close-up on face, window glow in frame",
"camera_motion": "locked to capsule, shaking with it",
"lens": "35mm"
},
"lighting": "pulsing plasma orange through the window, cold instrument glow",
"style": "grounded space realism, First Man intimacy",
"audio": {
"sfx": "building roar, structural groans, comm static, breath in helmet",
"music": ""
},
"color_palette": "plasma orange, cabin gray, instrument green",
"negative_prompt": "text, exterior cuts, floating debris after gravity returns"
}Generate with this prompt →The drama is claustrophobic by design — locked to the capsule, shaking with it, face lit by the window glow. The single best detail is physical: 'loose checklist paper floats then slams down as gravity returns' marks the re-entry arc without narration. Naming First Man loads the grounded, intimate space-realism; keep exterior cuts out so we never leave the seat.
Paste the JSON straight into Veo 3 or 3.1, or hit Copy as prose for the flattened sentence version — both work, JSON just keeps the fields easy to tweak. To change the look, re-roll one field at a time (swap the camera_motion or lighting and keep everything else fixed). Want a different subject in the same style? Open it in the Veo 3 prompt generator and edit the fields.
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