Image Prompt
Cinematic Wide Shot — Urban Street
This cinematic wide-shot prompt produces atmospheric urban street photography with film-look depth and lighting. It's optimized for FLUX Pro 1.1 and Imagen 4 Ultra. Useful for establishing shots, b-roll references, and mood boards.
The prompt
259 charsCinematic wide shot of a rainy Tokyo street at night, neon reflections on wet asphalt, 35mm anamorphic lens, shallow depth of field on foreground figures, volumetric fog, blade runner aesthetic, deep teal and amber color grade, film grain, 2.35:1 aspect ratioWhy it works
- 'Anamorphic lens' and '2.35:1' put the model in cinema mode rather than stills photography.
- Specific color grade ('teal and amber') establishes the tonal palette explicitly.
- 'Volumetric fog' is the single strongest atmospheric modifier for cinematic look.
- 'Neon reflections on wet asphalt' is a well-learned phrase in diffusion training data (ubiquitous in cyberpunk imagery).
Variations to try
- Daytime variantReplace 'rainy Tokyo street at night, neon reflections' with 'sunlit Lisbon alley at noon, sharp shadows'.
- Western styleReplace 'Tokyo' and 'blade runner aesthetic' with 'New York' and 'Gordon Willis cinematography'.
- 16:9 aspectReplace '2.35:1' with '16:9' for a video-friendly ratio.
FAQs
Can I use this prompt for a video generation?
Yes — feed this prompt to Veo 3 or Sora 2. For video, add a camera motion term ('slow dolly in', 'handheld tracking') to specify movement.