Solar Eclipse Salt Sea

① The raw input

SOLAR ECLIPSE SALT SEA At the end of the world lies a boundless white salt sea. The sky is blue almost without gradation; the salt crystals spread like fine glass all the way to the horizon. At the centre of the salt sea stands a black circular gate, without words, without ornament, so tall it seems to set a night upright in the middle of day. Tens of thousands of people in ivory-white robes come from every direction. They carry no weapons and raise no banners; they leave only neat, silent footprints in the wind. At the centre of the crowd is Yia, twenty-six, deep brown skin, a long thin braid trailing from closely cropped black hair. She wears a dark red robe that falls in layers, plain silver rings at her cuffs and ankles, and in her palm a seed with the sheen of obsidian. Dark red is the only vivid colour on the white salt sea. She walks to the gate and lays the seed into a thin crack beneath it. The sun begins to be covered, slowly, by the black gate. The wind stops; every white robe goes still at once. The coarse salt sea turns smooth — an endless mirror holding the crowd, the gate and the sky complete beneath their feet. Daylight narrows to a single sharp white rim, and a line splits open at the centre of the gate; pure white light falls from the zenith, passing through Yia and the soundless sea of people. The moment the light touches the seed, the black shell cracks. The parched salt ground beneath Yia does not collapse — a single drop of deep blue water surfaces. It spreads quickly along the cracks, pushing the salt crystals aside, and the mirrored salt sea becomes a slowly breathing blue. The white-robed stand at the edge of the new water; for the first time, there are clouds in the reflected sky. The eclipse ends and the sunlight falls again. The black gate still stands silent at the centre of the salt sea, but its reflection is now cut in two by the deep blue water. Yia takes off her dark red outer robe and lays it gently on the surface; the cloth opens into a small red sail and carries the sprouted black seed away, towards the bright horizon.

That is the entire input: 390 words of prose. No shot list, no parameters, no prompts.

② Analysis & visual direction

EclipseRebirthRitualCollective witnessTransformation

Wide vistas lay out an empty salt sea at the end of the world, while low angles press close to the glittering crystals — heightening the vastness of the horizon against the smallness of the crowd. The camera moves slowly between the black gate, Yia and the sea of people, with overhead angles and symmetrical framing building a sense of ritual. The palette is cold white, sky blue and deep black, with the dark red robe as the single saturated focus; the later passages introduce deep blue water against pure white light for hard contrast. Light is built from hard daylight, the rim light of the eclipse and a vertical zenith beam; salt crystals throw back a metallic coldness, and the gate and the crowd are cut out in clean silhouette. Textures carry the grit of the salt crust, the smoothness of the mirrored water layer, the weight of the robe fabric and the wet gloss of the seed — an epic realism and a sacred vision held in the same frame.

④ Storyboard 28 shots

1 · ELS Extreme Long Shot — 1ELS Extreme Long Shot · Push In

2 · LS Long Shot — 2LS Long Shot · Push In

3 · ECU Extreme Close-Up — 3ECU Extreme Close-Up · Dolly Left

4 · MLS Medium Long Shot — 4MLS Medium Long Shot · Tilt Down

5 · CU Close-Up — 5CU Close-Up · Tracking

6 · MS Medium Shot — 6MS Medium Shot · Push In

7 · OTS Over the Shoulder — 7OTS Over the Shoulder · Tracking

8 · MCU Medium Close-Up — 8MCU Medium Close-Up · Tracking

9 · CU Close-Up — 9CU Close-Up · Push In

10 · MS Medium Shot — 10MS Medium Shot · Tilt Down

11 · Insert Shot — 11Insert Shot · Static

12 · CU Close-Up — 12CU Close-Up · Crane Up

13 · Drone Shot — 13Drone Shot · Crane Down

14 · MLS Medium Long Shot — 14MLS Medium Long Shot · Push In

15 · CU Close-Up — 15CU Close-Up · Push In

16 · ECU Extreme Close-Up — 16ECU Extreme Close-Up · Handheld

17 · LS Long Shot — 17LS Long Shot · Zoom In

18 · MCU Medium Close-Up — 18MCU Medium Close-Up · Push In

19 · CU Close-Up — 19CU Close-Up · Crane Down

20 · Insert Shot — 20Insert Shot · Pull Out

21 · LS Long Shot — 21LS Long Shot · Pull Out

22 · MLS Medium Long Shot — 22MLS Medium Long Shot · Dolly Left

23 · LS Long Shot — 23LS Long Shot · Dolly Left

24 · CU Close-Up — 24CU Close-Up · Orbit

25 · MCU Medium Close-Up — 25MCU Medium Close-Up · Push In

26 · MS Medium Shot — 26MS Medium Shot · Tracking

27 · Insert Shot — 27Insert Shot · Tracking

Shot#	Shot Type / Camera Motion	Video Prompt	SFX
1	ELS Extreme Long Shot Push In	The camera pushes forward along the ground, very slowly and steadily. The boundless salt sea stretches to the horizon, crystals glinting faintly in the wind.	Wind, footsteps
2	LS Long Shot Push In	The camera keeps pushing in. Two columns of white-robed figures walk barefoot into frame from behind the camera, passing it in perfect order and heading away. Only the friction of feet on salt; otherwise the air is very still.	Wind, distant hush
3	ECU Extreme Close-Up Dolly Left	The white-robed crowd walks barefoot in formation, soles pressing shallow marks into the salt, long shadows swaying gently with each step.	Wind, Footsteps on salt
4	MLS Medium Long Shot Tilt Down	A great mass of white robes converges from all sides at a walking pace, the ranks drawing steadily tighter, footprints pulled into straight tracks, hems swinging in unison with the wind.	Wind, Footsteps on salt
5	CU Close-Up Tracking	The camera moves slowly, following her steps. Yia walks barefoot against the crowd, steady and unhurried, with real command. The silver rings catch the sunlight as she goes, and the hem of her robe sweeps the salt.	Wind, Footsteps on salt
6	MS Medium Shot Push In	The camera pushes in slowly. The white-robed crowd walks toward the lens in formation, wind lifting their hems. At the centre of the frame stands an enormous black circular gate.	Wind, soft fabric rustle
7	OTS Over the Shoulder Tracking	Yia enters frame, camera following, in slow motion. She continues forward against the crowd, the red robe swaying lightly into the wind. She walks toward the great circular gate — steady of step and formidable.	Footsteps on salt
8	MCU Medium Close-Up Tracking	Slow-motion follow. Yia advances steadily through the centre of the crowd, her gaze cold. The braid sways slightly, her breathing held and even, the dark red robe rising and falling with her stride.	Footsteps on salt
9	CU Close-Up Push In	She holds the obsidian-like seed lightly, knuckles tightening and releasing, the silver rings throwing cold light, fabric trembling faintly with the gesture.	Soft cloth movement
10	MS Medium Shot Tilt Down	The camera drifts down. Yia lowers herself slowly, opens her palm and sets the seed down before her; the black seed drifts slowly up into the air. Her eyes follow it as she lifts her head.	Fabric shift, breath
11	Insert Shot Static	The frame trembles faintly. The surface of the black seed begins to flow and shift, its markings echoing the giant circular gate. Suspended just above the ground it quivers; cracks begin to extend at the edges of the salt, and small grains resonate with it.	Tiny click
12	CU Close-Up Crane Up	The camera rises slowly. The sky darkens abruptly; Yia, standing before the gate, turns her head slightly to look up, her chest barely moving, her gaze composed.	Wind, distant hush
13	Drone Shot Crane Down	The camera descends slowly. The light draws in, the sun edges behind the black gate a fraction at a time, the crowd closes into a circle, and time seems to stop.	Wind fades
14	MLS Medium Long Shot Push In	The camera pushes in slowly. The sky goes fully dark; a thin film of water seeps up across the salt, flattening out until it mirrors sky and crowd — the reflection sharpening, the water-mirror sheen spreading outward.	Subtle surface shift
15	CU Close-Up Push In	The black seed hovers in place, rotating slowly, its surface smooth as flowing liquid. The frame starts to shake with it; the shell cracks abruptly and white light breaks through the fissures. A shaft of light shoots from the top and the camera tilts sharply to the sky.	shell vibrating like strained steel
16	ECU Extreme Close-Up Handheld	The frame shakes with the black seed. The shell cracks abruptly, fissures racing across it, white light breaking through. A shaft of light shoots from the top and the camera tilts quickly to the sky, the beam widening over the ground.	Sharp brittle crack
17	LS Long Shot Zoom In	The camera pushes in and tilts up. Light drives through the black circular gate; a thin line splits open at its centre and white light rushes from the gap straight into the sky.	Low hum
18	MCU Medium Close-Up Push In	A shaft of white light comes down over Yia. The camera pushes in slowly; she stands motionless at the centre of the column, the edge of her robe picked out sharply, the fabric trembling faintly in the wind. The brightness keeps building until the frame goes fully white and cuts.	Bright tone
19	CU Close-Up Crane Down	The camera descends slowly. Yia stands where she is, looking at the ground; the tight lines of her face shift by a fraction — a little tension, a little expectation.	Breath, low hum
20	Insert Shot Pull Out	A drop of clear, deep blue water floats on the salt, drifting slowly up and down. Blue water begins to run through the cracks in the salt, as if waking out of the white ground. Suddenly the drop falls into the surface and a blue sheet of water rises fast. The camera pulls out.	Water drop
21	LS Long Shot Pull Out	The camera pulls back from the blue water. Deep blue spreads quickly along the fissures, pushing the salt crystals aside, swallowing the mirrored white ground; the surface begins to lift and fall, and the wind draws ripples across it.	Water spreading
22	MLS Medium Long Shot Dolly Left	The camera pans slowly to the left. The white-robed crowd stands still at the edge of the new water, robes swaying lightly in the wind. Reflections shimmer clearly, and cloud shadows move slowly overhead.	Soft water ripple
23	LS Long Shot Dolly Left	Daylight returns, the sun edging out from behind the black gate. The small red sail drifts gently on the water, ripples spreading slowly. The robes of the crowd lift lightly in the wind.	Wind returns
24	CU Close-Up Orbit	The camera pushes in slowly. Yia looks out over the deep blue water; her breathing finally slows and the tension in her face loosens by a fraction, still held in check. Behind her the water ripples.	Gentle water ripple
25	MCU Medium Close-Up Push In	A white-robed figure holds a folded red cloth out to Yia and she takes it. The camera pushes in to her face; she turns her head slightly to look into the distance, as if she has decided.	Gentle water ripple
26	MS Medium Shot Tracking	Yia opens the red cloth and casts it out over the water. The wind lifts it mid-air and reshapes it into a small leaf-boat, which settles onto the glittering surface.	Cloth unfurling
27	Insert Shot Tracking	The camera follows. The dark red cloth unfolds on the deep blue water into a small red leaf-boat; at its centre the seed quietly sprouts, a tender shoot lifting. The ripples carry it away.	Soft water lap
28	LS Long Shot Crane Down	The camera descends slowly. The red sail drifts toward the far horizon while Yia and the white-robed crowd see it off in silence, the ripples reaching outward. A light wind passes and the robes sway.	Distant water, wind

① The raw input

② Analysis & visual direction

③ Asset generation: characters · locations · props

④ Storyboard 28 shots

⑤ The final cut

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