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The Kite Maker

A girl ties the last rib of a giant red-and-gold paper kite above golden-hour rice terraces, then a gust carries her soaring over the fields, painterly animated style.

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

The prompt

Painterly 2D-3D hybrid animation like a prestige animated series: hand-painted brush textures, mature realistic proportions, muted shadows with warm highlights, soft volumetric haze, cinematic lighting and camera. 0-3 s: in an open workshop above rice terraces at golden hour, a 12-year-old girl with a long braid ties the last bamboo rib of a giant red-and-gold paper kite. 3-7 s: a gust lifts the kite out of the workshop; she grabs the frame and is pulled off her feet. 7-10 s: she soars low over the glowing terraces, laughing, farmers below looking up. Tracking shot that swings out wide. Sound: wind chimes, paper snapping in the wind, joyful flute. 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

Before the girl or the kite appear, the prompt defines the paint. "hand-painted brush textures" give the paper and bamboo a crafted surface, and "soft volumetric haze" lets golden-hour light spill through the open workshop. Every later beat is read against this rule.

Timed beats

Each beat moves her one step further from the ground. First she ties the last bamboo rib. Then a gust lifts the kite and pulls her off her feet. Last she soars over the terraces while farmers look up. One action per beat keeps the takeoff from being skipped.

Camera

"Tracking shot that swings out wide." Tracking keeps the girl and the kite centred while she is pulled out of the workshop. The swing out wide opens up the terraces under her, so the flight has somewhere to go.

Sound

"Sound: wind chimes, paper snapping in the wind, joyful flute." Chimes suit the quiet workshop at the start. Paper snapping marks the gust in the middle beat. The flute carries the flight and her laughter in the last three seconds.

Rules

The closing lines keep the frame clean. No letterbox bars, so the image fills the frame. No subtitles, on-screen text, watermark or logos. Then "16:9, 10 seconds" restates the aspect and fixes the clip length.

Second by second

1. 0–3 s: in an open workshop above rice terraces at golden hour, a 12-year-old girl with a long braid ties the last bamboo rib of a giant red-and-gold paper kite.
2. 3–7 s: a gust lifts the kite out of the workshop; she grabs the frame and is pulled off her feet.
3. 7–10 s: she soars low over the glowing terraces, laughing, farmers below looking up.

Make it yours

• Koi fish kite: Replace "giant red-and-gold paper kite" with "giant paper kite shaped like an orange koi fish" to change the design while keeping the same flight.
• Misty sunrise: Change "at golden hour" to "at misty sunrise" and "the glowing terraces" to "the fog-filled terraces" for cooler, softer light over the fields.
• Vertical for Reels: Change both 16:9 mentions to 9:16. Replace "Tracking shot that swings out wide." with "Tracking shot that tilts up as she lifts off." so the tall frame follows her rise instead of the wide terraces.

Where this prompt is from

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

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