Examples Reference — GTA V Video Production
Full worked examples across all video production formats. Use as tone/output anchors.

Example 1 — Full Video Production Pipeline
User request: "Make a 30-second GTA V-style short film about a heist gone wrong"

## STEP 1: Concept Brief

### TITLE: "One More Job"

LOGLINE: A retired thief gets back in for one last score — and discovers the city has changed, but he hasn't.
TONE: GTA V cinematic short film — Michael archetype, deadpan tragedy with dark humor
CHARACTERS: The Fixer (50s, suit, tired), The Wheelman (30s, silent), The Problem (whoever shows up uninvited)
VISUAL REFERENCE: GTA V "The Jewel Store Job" opening + Michael's therapy cutscenes
RUNTIME: 30 seconds
PLATFORM: TikTok / Instagram Reels (vertical crop option needed)
STEP 2: Script

EXT. ROCKFORD HILLS — NIGHT
Aerial shot descends slowly toward a mansion. City lights below.

## MICHAEL (V.O.)

You know the funny thing about one last jobs?
There's always another one after.

INT. LUXURY CAR — CONTINUOUS
Michael grips the steering wheel. Franklin in the passenger seat. Neither speaks.

## FRANKLIN

You sure about this?

## MICHAEL

(beat)
No.
(beat)
Drive.

EXT. JEWELRY STORE — NIGHT
The car stops. Engine off. A beat of silence.

## MICHAEL (V.O.)

The plan was perfect. It always is.
That's never the problem.

INT. JEWELRY STORE — CONTINUOUS
Glass case. Diamonds. Michael's reflection staring back at him.

## MICHAEL

(to himself)
Here we go again.

EXT. JEWELRY STORE — SECONDS LATER
An alarm. Running. Franklin already at the car. Michael takes one look back.

## MICHAEL

(sighing)
Same as last time.

## STEP 3: Shot List

SHOT 1 — AERIAL WIDE (8 sec)
Subject: Rockford Hills mansion, city below
Movement: Slow drone descent
Notes: Magic hour light, teal-orange grade, city scale establishes stakes

SHOT 2 — INT. CAR MEDIUM (4 sec)
Subject: Michael's hands on steering wheel, Franklin in background
Movement: Static — rack focus from hands to Franklin
Notes: Warm dashboard glow, cold window light, tension in stillness

SHOT 3 — OVER SHOULDER (3 sec)
Subject: Franklin asking, Michael responding
Movement: Static, tight 2-shot
Notes: Brief, the silence after the "No" is longer than the word

SHOT 4 — EXT. STORE WIDE (3 sec)
Subject: Car parked, empty street, store illuminated
Movement: Slow dolly in toward car
Notes: The calm before

SHOT 5 — INT. STORE CLOSE (4 sec)
Subject: Michael's reflection in the jewelry case
Movement: Push in on reflection
Notes: The man and his double — key visual metaphor

SHOT 6 — EXT. CHAOS WIDE (3 sec)
Subject: Running, alarm, car — everything at once
Movement: Handheld — suddenly unstable
Notes: Contrast to all the controlled shots before

SHOT 7 — AERIAL PULL-BACK (5 sec)
Subject: Car escaping — then shrinking — then just city
Movement: Drone rise and pull back
Notes: Static wide aftermath. City doesn't care.
STEP 4: AI Prompts (Seedance 2)
SHOT 1:

Slow drone descent from 300 feet over a Bel-Air-style mansion at magic hour, Los Angeles sprawl stretching to the horizon below. Warm amber sky, teal shadows in the canyon. City lights beginning to appear. Epic scale, cinematic. Style: GTA V aerial cinematic, teal-orange grade, Rockstar Games.

SHOT 2:

Interior car night shot — tight on a middle-aged man's hands gripping a steering wheel, wedding ring visible. Out of focus young man in passenger seat window behind. Dashboard glow from below. The street outside is dark. Static camera. Tension. Style: GTA V interior cutscene, warm dashboard amber vs cold exterior blue, cinematic.

SHOT 5:

Slow push toward a middle-aged man in a dark suit standing in front of a jewelry display case in a luxury store at night. The glass reflects his face back at him among the diamonds. He stares at his own reflection. The store is empty and bright, the world outside dark. Style: GTA V reflective character moment, cool retail fluorescent vs warm outside glow, cinematic, Rockstar Games.

SHOT 7:

Drone rise and pull-back from a single black car driving fast through empty city streets at night, getting smaller and smaller until it's just a moving speck in the city grid. Los Santos at midnight. The city continues. Indifferent. Style: GTA V aftermath aerial, night city grid, teal-orange grade, cinematic wide.

Example 2 — Satirical Ad Video Script
User request: "GTA V-style fake tech company ad, 20 seconds"

## Script + Shot List

[SHOT 1 — 3 sec] MEDIUM — Person sitting alone in a dark apartment,
phone glow on their face, scrolling. Hollow. This is the problem.

## ON SCREEN TEXT: "Feeling disconnected?"

[SHOT 2 — 2 sec] PRODUCT REVEAL — App logo appears. Clean white.

## VO: "Introducing Eyefind™."

[SHOT 3 — 4 sec] LIFESTYLE MONTAGE — Same person, now smiling,
phone still in hand, walking in golden light. Friends nearby.

## VO: "We know what you need before you do."

[SHOT 4 — 3 sec] CLOSE on phone screen showing a feed of other people's
location data, purchase history, emotional state indicators.
VO: "Privacy-first technology that only shares your data with
     companies that share our values."

[SHOT 5 — 2 sec] BRAND LOGO. Clean. White space.

## VO: "Eyefind. Your curiosity, monetized."

[SHOT 6 — 2 sec] FINE PRINT — tiny text scrolls fast over black:

- "By using Eyefind you consent to perpetual location tracking,
- purchase monitoring, emotional pattern analysis, and resale
- of your behavioral profile to third parties. It's not surveillance.

## It's concern."

[SHOT 7 — 4 sec] JINGLE. Logo pulses. Cut to black.
AI Prompts for this Ad
SHOT 1 (Seedance 2):

Medium shot of a young woman sitting alone in a dark apartment at night, face lit only by phone glow, scrolling. Expression blank, slightly hollow. No other light. Quiet, disconnected energy. Cinematic, GTA V color grade, teal shadows, blue phone light.

SHOT 3 (Kling):

Same young woman, now walking down a sunny street, smiling at phone, friends in background. Warm golden hour light. Aspirational, slightly too perfect. Commercial energy but slightly uncanny — the happiness is real but the phone never leaves her hand. GTA V teal-orange grade, ad aesthetic.

Example 3 — Character Intro Video (30 sec)
User request: "Introduce a Trevor-type character, GTA V style"

## Shot List + AI Prompts

SHOT 1 (5 sec) — AERIAL WIDE
Sandy Shores, midday. Trailers, dust, heat shimmer. Nothing here.
Prompt: "Drone shot descending over Sandy Shores California desert,
trailer park, heat shimmer, bleached sky, no clouds, midday. Desolate.

## GTA V Blaine County aesthetic, overexposed desert light."

SHOT 2 (4 sec) — LOW ANGLE STATIC
Boots on gravel. Camera at ground level looking up a pair of cargo shorts,
stained grey t-shirt, manic eyes catching sunlight. He hasn't seen us yet.
Prompt: "Extreme low angle shot looking up at a gaunt man in dirty grey
t-shirt and cargo shorts standing in a desert lot, sky behind him,
face not yet visible. Camera rises slowly. Sandy Shores heat. Foreboding.

## GTA V low angle character reveal."

SHOT 3 (3 sec) — MEDIUM CLOSE
He turns. Looks directly at camera. He's not surprised. He's amused.
Prompt: "Medium close shot of a wild-eyed gaunt man in his 40s with
stubble and manic energy, staring directly at camera with unsettling
calm. Desert light. He's fine. That's the problem. GTA V Trevor
Philips energy, teal-orange grade, cinematic."

SHOT 4 (5 sec) — WIDE PROFILE
He turns and walks back toward his trailer, talking to himself.
Camera doesn't follow. He gets smaller. The desert stays.
Prompt: "Wide static shot of a gaunt man walking away from camera toward
a trailer in Sandy Shores desert. He's talking to himself. Camera stays.
He gets smaller. Heat shimmer on the horizon. GTA V atmosphere,
indifferent landscape, cinematic wide."
Quick Reference: Billboard Copy
"Rockford Hills Realty. Own what others can only resent." "PsychoActive™ — Feel less. Do more." "Fleeca Bank — We'll hold it until you blow it." "Ammu-Nation — Freedom comes in many calibers." "Eyefind™ — Your curiosity, monetized." "Maze Bank — Your future is our collateral." "SolarBro Gym — Your body is a brand. We help it trend." "GoPostal — We deliver. Eventually. Mostly."

## Quick Reference: NPC Ambient Lines (for VO / captions)

"I'm not addicted to the hustle. I just panic when I'm not productive." "My life coach told me to monetize my trauma. So far I've made forty dollars." "I fired my therapist because they were judging me. Now I have a life coach who judges me in a supportive way." "I used to have principles. Now I have a mortgage and it's basically the same commitment level." "I'm not famous yet but my energy is very famous."
