# Luma video prompts

Luma Ray-2 / Ray-3 are most responsive when:

- Prompt is **comma-delimited prose** rather than tagged sections.
- **A trailing reinforcer sentence** repeats the subject + first style noun. The adapter does this automatically; if you're hand-writing, do the same.
- **Motion verbs lead the action clause.**

### Hard rules

- **No bracket syntax.** Luma reads `[X, Y]:` as literal text, not a directive.
- **No "shot:" tags.** Use natural prose ("shot in 35mm").

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## Mode 1 — `dreamy-product-loop`

**When:** Premium product B-roll, slow camera, looping motion.

**Sample prompt:**
> A clear glass perfume bottle, slowly rotating on a marble pedestal, shot in 85mm macro with shallow depth-of-field, lit by a single hard rim light from screen-left, styled cinematic commercial with teal-orange color grade, gentle catchlight sweep across the glass. The clear glass bottle stays the focus, cinematic register held throughout.

## Mode 2 — `lifestyle-storytime`

**When:** Creator-style storytelling clip, 5–8s, naturalistic.

**Sample prompt:**
> Maya, 26, light brown skin freckled cheeks navy sweater, telling a story at a kitchen counter, shot in selfie 35mm at eye-level with slight handheld sway, lit by warm window light from screen-right, styled Kodak Portra 400 naturalistic NOT glossy, slight smile flickers as she speaks. Maya stays the focus, naturalistic register held throughout.

## Mode 3 — `surreal-conceptual`

**When:** Brand campaign with conceptual / impossible imagery.

**Sample prompt:**
> A levitating ceramic mug pouring an endless ribbon of golden coffee that loops into itself, shot in macro 50mm locked tripod, lit by a soft top-down studio key with hard fill, styled hyper-real CGI register with subtle film grain, the ribbon falls and rises in continuous slow motion. The ceramic mug stays the focus, hyper-real register held throughout.

## Mode 4 — `cityscape-establishing`

**When:** Opening shot of a multi-clip piece. Long, slow camera.

**Sample prompt:**
> A dense Tokyo intersection at blue hour, neon signs reflected in wet asphalt, shot in wide 24mm with slow drone push-in, lit by ambient neon plus a single sodium streetlight, styled cinematic Blade-Runner register with anamorphic flare, pedestrians blur slightly as they cross. The Tokyo intersection stays the focus, cinematic register held throughout.

## Mode 5 — `slow-character-portrait`

**When:** Hero shot of a single character, locked composition, gentle motion.

**Sample prompt:**
> A weathered fisherman, 60s, salt-and-pepper beard yellow rain jacket, looking out at a foggy harbor, shot in medium 50mm static frame, lit by overcast soft light, styled documentary register with slight grain, slow blink and a single exhaled breath visible. The fisherman stays the focus, documentary register held throughout.
