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Test Drive

A wizard tries out a new flying broom.

Prompts

Image prompt
{
  "prompt": "An absurd eccentric wizard sitting astride a flying broomstick on the ground, about to take off, braced for launch. This is a fresh wizard design, whimsical and ridiculous rather than grand - lanky and knock-kneed with long thin legs folded up awkwardly on the broom, a narrow hunched frame, and big bony hands gripping the broom handle tightly. He has a long horse-like face, a droopy hooked nose, buck teeth in a nervous grimace, wide worried eyes darting, enormous flyaway grey eyebrows, and a scraggly forked grey beard whipping in the pre-launch breeze. A tall floppy midnight-blue hat with a bent tip is jammed low on his head, a pair of cracked flying goggles pulled down over his eyes. He wears a star-patterned robe cinched with a belt, one long scarf trailing, mismatched striped socks, and pointed curl-toed boots. He leans forward low over the broom in a determined braced crouch, knuckles white, cheeks puffed, clearly steeling himself for takeoff. The broomstick is an old lopsided bundle of twigs glowing faintly with magic at the base, a few sparkles and wisps of energy building beneath it as it hovers just an inch off the ground, ready to rocket up. The setting is a grassy hilltop at dawn - dewy grass, a couple of gnarled trees, a stone cottage in the background, a soft pastel sunrise sky with wispy clouds, a scattering of early stars still fading. Anticipation crackles in the air. The whole scene is whimsical, comedic, and full of pre-launch tension, a nervous wizard about to blast off on his broom. Hyperrealistic fantasy photography, whimsical character detail, dawn hilltop, magical launch energy, 8K cinematic render."
}
Video prompt
Mode: Image-to-video using the attached reference image(s) for character and environment identity.
MULTI-SHOT edit. HARD CUTS between shots, no crossfades. Deadpan comedy: a wizard rockets off on his broom at wild speed, loses all control looping through the sky, and lands utterly shaken. Cartoonish and harmless, no crash injury.
Create a 15-second comedy. A wizard blasts off on his broomstick at super speed, his face flapping in the wind, spirals wildly out of control in the sky, then lands back down badly rattled.
Use the attached reference image(s) for identity. Keep the wizard consistent across EVERY shot: a wild-eyed hook-nosed wizard with round goggle-glasses, a floppy starry pointed hat, a scraggly beard, a dark star-patterned robe, and striped stockings with curled boots, riding a wooden broomstick in a painterly dusk countryside with a cottage and rolling hills.
SHOT LIST:
Shot 1 (0:00-0:03) WIDE
The wizard sits astride his broom on the ground, grips it, and suddenly ROCKETS off, blasting forward at super speed with a huge trail of dust and a shocked face. CUT.
Shot 2 (0:03-0:06) CLOSE, the face
Extreme close on the wizard's face as he tears through the air, cheeks and beard flapping wildly in the rushing wind, eyes bugging, lips rippling, hanging on for dear life. CUT.
Shot 3 (0:06-0:09) WIDE, zoom out
Zoom out to reveal the wizard high in the sky completely losing control, the broom bucking and swerving, spiraling and looping wildly as he clings on, flailing. CUT.
Shot 4 (0:09-0:11.5) WIDE
The broom whirls him through crazy corkscrews and loop-the-loops across the dusk sky, the wizard whipped around helplessly, hat and robe flapping, yelping. CUT.
Shot 5 (0:11.5-0:13.5) MEDIUM
The broom finally swoops down and the wizard tumbles to a clumsy stop back on the grass, wobbling, the broom drooping. CUT.
Shot 6 (0:13.5-0:15) CLOSE
Close on the wizard standing frozen and utterly shaken, hair and beard blown straight back, goggles askew, eyes wide and twitching, thoroughly rattled. Hold.
Audio:
A sudden rocketing WHOOSH as he blasts off, then roaring rushing wind and flapping cloth, the wizard's escalating panicked yelps and wails as he loops. Frantic comedic chase music through the chaos, a descending whistle as he swoops down, a clumsy thud on landing, then a beat of shaky silence and a tiny dazed whimper. No dialogue. No subtitles.
Style:
Bold painterly illustration matching the reference, thick brushwork, rich saturated dusk palette, expressive cartoon face, deadpan comedic tone, film-quality animation.
Negative Prompt:
scary mood, gore, injury, crash harm, broken bones, second wizard, duplicate wizard, changed colors, missing hat, missing goggles, missing beard, deformed face, deformed hands, blurry face, crossfades, dissolves, smooth transitions, photorealism, gibberish text, on-screen text, subtitles

The process

Really tried to sell the out of control nature on this one, the loop de loops were an issue, the tool kept generating an extra wizard flying.

duplicate characters
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