Prompt Templates

Reusable structures for consistent scenographic prompting

Prompt templates provide reusable structures that help maintain clarity, intention, and consistency when working with Scenographist.
They are starting points — meant to be refined iteratively through conversation.

Minimal

Use this template for fast ideation, early exploration, or when you want to stay intentionally open-ended.

Focus:

  • Space type
  • Core emotion
  • One or two defining qualities

Template structure:

  • Space type
  • Emotional intent
  • Key material, light, or spatial gesture

Example: Immersive black box stage designed to feel tense and intimate, using raw concrete surfaces and a single directional spotlight.

Narrative-driven

Use this template when storytelling, sequencing, and emotional progression are central to the project.

Focus:

  • Context and narrative moment
  • Emotional journey
  • Interaction between space, materials, and light

Template structure:

  • Context or narrative situation
  • Space type
  • Emotional transition
  • Materials and light as narrative tools
  • Overall mood

Example: Final act of a contemporary dance performance.
An immersive stage that guides the audience from tension to release, using suspended fabric, shifting shadows, and gradually softening light.
Overall mood: cathartic and calm.

Technical

Use this template when precision, production-readiness, or interoperability with other tools is required.

Focus:

  • Clear spatial definition
  • Materials and lighting specifications
  • Scale, dimensions, and output constraints

Template structure:

  • Space type and dimensions
  • Material specifications
  • Lighting setup
  • Scale reference
  • Output requirements

Example: Generate a modular scenographic stage measuring 12m × 12m × 6m.
Materials: black-painted steel truss and birch plywood platforms.
Lighting: programmable overhead spotlights with soft ambient fill.
Scale: human-scale center with elevated elements above.
Output: production-ready render at 8K resolution.


Prompt Anatomy
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