A wizard learns the importance of testing out his spells before using them in the field.
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"prompt": "An absurd eccentric wizard in the foreground aiming a magic wand at a training dummy positioned very far away at the opposite end of an enormous long training hall, a great distance separating them. The wizard stands close to the camera in the near foreground on one side, while the target dummy is tiny in the distance at the far end of the hall, an exaggerated long stretch of empty stone floor running between them, emphasizing how far apart they are. This is a fresh wizard design, whimsical and ridiculous rather than grand - tall and reedy with a slight potbelly, spindly arms, a nervous stance, a long thin face, a sharp beaky nose, a wispy pointed white goatee, big anxious eyes behind small square spectacles, raised eyebrows, and a thin comb-over under a crooked pointed hat. He wears a deep teal robe embroidered with silver runes, a utility belt, and pointed boots. He grips a slender glowing magic wand outstretched, aiming way down the hall at the distant target, the wand tip crackling with a small charging orb, his other hand braced behind him, squinting to aim at the faraway dummy. Far across the hall stands a small straw-and-wood training dummy on a post wearing a shining polished silver shield, gleaming in the distance, the clear faraway target. The setting is a vast cavernous stone wizard training hall - a very long floor with scorch marks, battered dummies along distant walls, hanging banners, dusty light beaming through tall windows far down the hall. Magical sparks drift near the wizard. The whole scene is whimsical, comedic, and full of pre-spell tension, an absurd wizard taking aim at a dummy way across the hall. Hyperrealistic fantasy photography, deep perspective, long distance, wizard training hall, dramatic lighting, 8K cinematic render."
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Mode: Image-to-video using the attached reference image(s) for character and environment identity, and ART STYLE. Match the reference's painterly look in EVERY shot. MULTI-SHOT edit. HARD CUTS between shots, no crossfades. Deadpan magical comedy: a wizard test-fires a new wand at a dummy, the bolt ricochets off its shield back at him, and zaps him into a chicken-headed lizard. Create a 15-second comedy. A wizard fires a magic bolt at a shielded training dummy, it bounces off the silver shield straight back at him, and transforms him into an absurd chicken-headed lizard. Use the attached reference image(s) for identity. Keep the wizard consistent until the transformation: a gangly long-nosed wizard with round glasses, a floppy pointed hat, a wispy beard, a dark rune robe, and a belt pouch, aiming a wand in a colorful crumbling fantasy arena. Across from him stands a straw training dummy holding a round silver shield. SHOT LIST: Shot 1 (0:00-0:03) MEDIUM The wizard crouches confidently, aiming his new wand at the training dummy across the arena, one eye squinted, a smug grin, the wand tip crackling with gathering magic. CUT. Shot 2 (0:03-0:05.5) WIDE He fires. A single magic bolt shoots from the wand very fast and flies straight across the arena to the straw dummy's round silver shield. One quick bolt, a fast projectile. CUT. Shot 3 (0:05.5-0:08) CLOSE, the shield The bolt strikes the shiny silver shield and instantly RICOCHETS off it at a sharp angle, snapping back the way it came, fast. CUT. Shot 4 (0:08-0:10) MEDIUM The wizard's smug grin drops as the deflected bolt streaks back toward him. His eyes go huge with dawning horror. CUT. Shot 5 (0:10-0:12) MEDIUM ZAP. The bolt hits the wizard square on in a burst of magical sparkles and swirling smoke that engulfs him. CUT. Shot 6 (0:12-0:15) MEDIUM The smoke clears to reveal the wizard transformed into an absurd chicken-headed lizard, a scaly lizard body with a bewildered clucking chicken head, still wearing his tiny wizard hat, blinking in dazed confusion. Hold. Audio: Confident magical charging hum as he aims, a zap-firing whoosh, a metallic PING and ricochet whistle off the shield, a comedic rising oh-no as it flies back, a big magical POOF on impact. A beat, then a confused chicken cluck and a lizard hiss over whimsical mischievous music, ending on a comedic sting. No dialogue. No subtitles. Style: Bold painterly illustration matching the reference in EVERY shot, thick visible brushwork, hand-painted look, rich saturated fantasy palette, expressive cartoon faces, deadpan comedic tone, film-quality animation. Negative Prompt: continuous beam, laser beam, sustained beam, multiple bolts, many projectiles, slow bolt, style change between shots, anime, 3D render, CGI, photorealism, scary mood, gore, injury, burns, real explosion, second wizard, duplicate wizard, deformed face, deformed hands, blurry face, crossfades, dissolves, smooth transitions, gibberish text, on-screen text, subtitles
This one came out rather slow moving, had to speed it up in post.