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Cloud Ray

A teenage girl rides a giant sky-blue manta ray over a sunrise cloud sea, dives through the clouds, and bursts out beside a floating island, semi-realistic animated style.

A Google Flow prompt, shown with the unedited 10-second clip it made (16:9).

The prompt

Semi-realistic animated adventure-film look, painterly detail, warm natural light. 0-3 s: a girl of about 14 with goggles on her forehead rides a giant sky-blue manta ray over a sea of white clouds at sunrise. 3-7 s: the ray dives straight down through the clouds. 7-10 s: it bursts out beside a floating island with waterfalls pouring into the sky and the girl throws her arms up, whooping. Tracking shot, then wide reveal. Sound: wind rush, a whoosh through cloud, waterfalls, a triumphant orchestral swell. Full-frame 16:9 with no letterbox bars. No subtitles, no on-screen text, no watermark, no logos. 16:9, 10 seconds.

What each part of the prompt does

Look

This look line is shorter than most and names three things: "Semi-realistic animated adventure-film look", "painterly detail" and "warm natural light". Warm natural light fits a sunrise over clouds. Stating it first keeps the girl, the ray and the island in one consistent style.

Timed beats

Ride, dive, burst out. Beat one sets the girl on the ray above the clouds. Beat two is one move, a straight dive down. Beat three is the exit beside the floating island and her whoop. Keeping the dive in its own beat stops the island from appearing too early.

Camera

"Tracking shot, then wide reveal." Tracking stays with the ray through the ride and the dive. The wide reveal opens up when it bursts out, giving the floating island and its upward waterfalls space in the frame.

Sound

"Sound: wind rush, a whoosh through cloud, waterfalls, a triumphant orchestral swell." Wind rush covers the ride, the whoosh matches the dive, and the waterfalls and orchestral swell arrive with the island in the last beat.

Rules

The rules sentence asks for a full 16:9 frame without letterbox bars. It also rules out subtitles, on-screen text, a watermark and logos, so nothing covers the sky. The prompt ends on "16:9, 10 seconds".

Second by second

1. 0–3 s: a girl of about 14 with goggles on her forehead rides a giant sky-blue manta ray over a sea of white clouds at sunrise.
2. 3–7 s: the ray dives straight down through the clouds.
3. 7–10 s: it bursts out beside a floating island with waterfalls pouring into the sky and the girl throws her arms up, whooping.

Make it yours

• Giant white eagle: Replace "a giant sky-blue manta ray" with "a giant white eagle" and "the ray dives straight down" with "the eagle dives straight down".
• Storm clouds at sunset: Change "a sea of white clouds at sunrise" to "a sea of dark storm clouds at sunset" to try heavier weather around the same dive.
• Vertical for Reels: Change both 16:9 mentions to 9:16. Replace "Tracking shot, then wide reveal." with "Tracking shot that follows the dive down, then tilt up to the island." since the straight dive suits a tall frame.

Where this prompt is from

All the Google Flow film prompts are free on AI Video With Code.

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