HALLOWEEN AI VIDEO PROMPT 3 OF 4: PUMPKIN LANTERN
Source: https://gauravtiwari.org/halloween-ai-video-prompts/

SETTINGS
- Aspect ratio: 9:16 (vertical)
- Length: the shortest option the tool offers for a first try
- Audio: off, or generate it and replace it later with licensed music in Instagram or YouTube
- Change one line at a time when you regenerate

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SCENE 3: PUMPKIN LANTERN
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SCENE (image prompt for the starting frame):
Vertical 9:16 close-up photograph of a carved jack-o'-lantern on a weathered wooden
porch step at blue hour. The pumpkin has triangle eyes and a wide jagged grin, lit from
inside by a single candle so the carved shapes glow warm orange. The pumpkin sits in the
lower half of the frame, with the porch railing and a softly blurred string of warm
lights behind it. A few dry maple leaves lie on the step. Cool blue dusk light on the
wood, warm candlelight inside the pumpkin, realistic pumpkin skin texture and stem,
true-to-life colors. No text, no logos, no people.

MOTION:
The candle inside the pumpkin flickers and the glow in the carved eyes and mouth pulses
gently brighter and dimmer. A thin wisp of smoke rises from behind the stem and drifts
away. The string lights in the background twinkle softly. The pumpkin itself does not
move.

CAMERA:
Very slow dolly-in toward the carved face, ending with the grin filling the lower half
of the frame.

REPAIR:
Keep the same carved eyes and grin. The pumpkin does not open its mouth, talk or change
expression. No hands, no people, no text.

WHAT EACH LINE IS DESIGNED TO CONTROL:
- Motion: puts all the movement in the light. The flicker and the pulsing glow read as
  spooky on a small screen while the pumpkin stays a solid object.
- Camera: the slow dolly-in gives a still object a sense of approach, which is what
  turns this frame into a clip.
- Repair line: stops the model from treating the carving as a face and animating it.

WATCH FOR:
If you actually want a talking pumpkin, that is a different prompt, and the carved shape
will change as the mouth moves. Keep the two ideas separate.
