Guides

How to direct a model

2 guides on getting a video model to shoot what you actually pictured — what to write, what continues between shots, and where the technique runs out.

Written by the Jazz Games team · Updated 5 September 2026

Writing shots

A prompt is a shot list, not a wish. These are the parts of a sentence a video model actually acts on, and the ones it quietly ignores.

Writing a shot that works

Subject, light, camera and lens are the four things a video model reliably acts on. Everything else is decoration — and knowing which is which is most of the skill.

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Continuity

The hard part is not the first five seconds. It is the next five looking like they belong to the same film.

Keeping a film consistent

The hard part is not the first five seconds — it is the next five looking like they belong to the same film. What continues, what does not, and how to write for it.

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