--- title: "Prompt to Shortfilm Storyboard: The One Who Stayed (Grandmother & Cat)" platform: "Promptally" canonical_url: "https://app.promptally.dev/p/prompt-shortfilm-storyboard-the-one-who-stayed-grandmother-cat" modality: "PROMPT" category: "Cinematic Video & Camera Movements" compatible_models: [Universal / Model Agnostic] access_tier: "Free Public Artifact (No Auth Required)" license: "MIT" --- # Prompt to Shortfilm Storyboard: The One Who Stayed (Grandmother & Cat) **Summary:** Prompt to Shortfilm Storyboard: The One Who Stayed (Grandmother & Cat) is a verified PROMPT blueprint on Promptally in Cinematic Video & Camera Movements optimized for leading AI models. High-performance Shortfilm Storyboard: The One Who Stayed (Grandmother & Cat) prompt blueprint. Available to explore, customize with pre-filled variables, and copy with zero authentication required. ## Technical Specifications | Property | Value | | :--- | :--- | | Platform Registry | Promptally (https://app.promptally.dev) | | Modality | PROMPT | | Category | Cinematic Video & Camera Movements | | Compatible Engines | Universal / Model Agnostic | | Dynamic Variables | None (Static Blueprint) | | Approx. Token Length | 1,266 | | Access Tier | Free Public Artifact (No Auth Required) | | License | MIT | ### Pre-Filled Template & Production Source ````txt ### 1 · Core theme `warm nostalgic family film | an empty-nest grandmother and the stray who stays | quiet companionship across seasons | gentle realism | no melodrama, no music-video gloss` ### 2 · Character & scene **Grandmother (subject 1, throughout):** Reference uploaded photo. Features / face / hair 100% preserved. No beautification. A small, slightly stooped elderly woman; silver hair in a low bun, soft lined face, kind tired eyes. Imperfections: a hand-knit cardigan with one mended elbow, slow careful hands with prominent veins, a hearing aid, reading glasses on a cord; she moves a little slower as the film goes on. **Cat (subject 2, throughout):** A lean grey-and-white short-haired stray, one ear notched at the tip, slightly matted fur that grows glossier once cared for. Same cat throughout — wary newcomer → settled companion → older, one eye clouding, sleeping more. A little limp in one back leg from its stray days. **Scene:** One modest old apartment and its small balcony / window onto a courtyard, returned to across the years — same worn armchair, same enamel feeding bowl by the door, same window onto the road. On the sideboard, a phone propped upright and framed photos of grown children and grandchildren far away. Outside the window the season changes; inside, the lamplight stays warm. ### 3 · Atmosphere & quality Shot on ARRICAM with Cooke S4 vintage primes, Kodak Vision3 250D 35mm film stock. Warm low lamplight, low contrast, soft organic film grain, dust motes in a shaft of window light. **Keep one warm filmic grade across every shot** — mark time only through the season outside the window, the photos on the wall, and the angle of the light, never by changing the color tone. ### 4 · Camera rules Edited across shots (multi-shot narrative). Mostly static or slow shot sizes, eye-level with the woman and the cat; one or two slow push-ins on faces; an insert on the silent propped-up phone and the feeding bowl. Each cut lands on the same room so time reads clearly. - *Breathing:* "Handheld shot. Throughout, maintain an extremely subtle, breath-like camera float to enhance presence." - *Sound:* No score. Production audio only — a kettle, a clock ticking, rain on the courtyard, a soft purr, the scrape of the feeding bowl, a phone buzzing once on the sideboard and going quiet. ### 5 · Storyboard (7 shots) ``` Shot 1 — At the door (autumn dusk) Mid-wide of the small kitchen, warm low light, leaves blowing in the courtyard. Static. The grandmother eats alone at a table set for one. At the open door, a thin wary stray cat with a notched ear watches from the threshold. She notices; neither moves. Shot 2 — Letting it in (winter) Low shot by the door, cold blue outside, warm lamp inside. Slow push-in. She sets down the enamel bowl; the cat eats fast, flinching, then stays. She lowers herself slowly into the armchair and watches it, the faint beginning of a smile. Shot 3 — The silent phone (spring) Mid-shot on the sideboard, soft morning light. Static. The propped-up phone buzzes once and goes dark — a missed call, photos of grandchildren glowing on the screen. The grandmother, out of focus behind, talks quietly to the cat curled on the windowsill instead. Shot 4 — Waiting together (summer) Wide through the window, bright high light, the empty road beyond the courtyard gate. Static. The grandmother and the cat sit at the window, both looking down the road. Nothing comes. She rests a veined hand on the cat's back; it leans into her. Shot 5 — Slowing down (autumn again) Interior mid-shot, golden low afternoon light. Very slow push-in. The grandmother dozes in the armchair, cardigan over her knees; the older cat — grey muzzle, one clouded eye — curls warm in her lap. Both breathing slow. The clock ticks. Shot 6 — The cardigan on the chair (winter) Wide of the room, cold light from the window, the armchair empty, the hand-knit cardigan folded over its back. Static. The cat sits alone on the windowsill, watching the road, the full enamel bowl untouched by the door. A knock, somewhere off. Shot 7 — Someone at the gate (golden hour) Eye-level through the window, low golden light, hold long. No dialogue. No music. No flashback montage. A grown grandchild stands at the courtyard gate at last, looking up at the window. On the sill, the old cat slowly turns its head toward them — and the warm lamp is still on behind it. ``` ### Negative prompt (Seedance / Kling — paste into the dedicated field) ``` blurry, low resolution, soft focus, watermark, text overlay, subtitles, logo, distorted face, asymmetric eyes, extra limbs, deformed paws, melting/morphing geometry, the cat changing color or markings between shots, the woman changing identity or face between shots, oversaturated colors, plastic skin, glossy CG render, video-game look, 3D cartoon, anime shading, flat even studio lighting, frame flicker, ghosting, jarring hard cuts, lifeless locked-off camera, sappy lens flare, on-screen heart symbols ``` --- ```` ## Verified Execution Output / Benchmark ```text Verified execution output available on the canonical page. ``` ## Related Blueprints on Promptally - [Prompt to Studio portrait, blink and smile](https://app.promptally.dev/p/prompt-studio-portrait-blink-and-smile) - [Prompt to Golden hour, push in to close-up](https://app.promptally.dev/p/prompt-golden-hour-push-in-to-close-up) - [Prompt to Dancer, track forward](https://app.promptally.dev/p/prompt-dancer-track-forward) - [Prompt to Portrait with one line of dialogue](https://app.promptally.dev/p/prompt-portrait-with-one-line-of-dialogue) - [Prompt to Rain on a window, portrait behind it](https://app.promptally.dev/p/prompt-rain-on-a-window-portrait-behind-it) - [Prompt to Portrait photo: blink and breeze](https://app.promptally.dev/p/prompt-portrait-photo-blink-and-breeze) - [Prompt to Table or still-life photo: steam and flame](https://app.promptally.dev/p/prompt-table-or-still-life-photo-steam-and-flame) - [Prompt to Landscape photo: clouds and ripples, pan](https://app.promptally.dev/p/prompt-landscape-photo-clouds-and-ripples-pan)