Styles: Aesthetic
Gothic Dark
Dark romantic aesthetic with deep shadows and ornate details. Best for: Gothic content, dark romance, mysterious storytelling.
gothicdarkromanticornateshadows
- Pick your model's tab — the JSON re-shapes itself to that model's block order and limits.
- Click any green value to edit it in place — swap the subject, setting, or style for your own.
- Copy and paste the JSON as your prompt in the tool — links below.
{
"camera": {
"angle": "dramatic low angles",
"lens": "wide angle for gothic architecture",
"depth_of_field": "selective focus on ornate details"
},
"lighting": {
"type": "dramatic chiaroscuro lighting"
},
"style": {
"aesthetic": "gothic dark romanticism",
"color_palette": "deep blacks, rich purples, blood reds"
}
}- Veo 3.1 follows structured prompts unusually well — lock camera, lighting and audio as separate JSON fields and it respects each one.
- Native audio: describe dialogue, ambient sound and music directly in the audio field.
{
"camera": {
"angle": "dramatic low angles",
"lens": "wide angle for gothic architecture",
"depth_of_field": "selective focus on ornate details"
},
"lighting": {
"type": "dramatic chiaroscuro lighting"
},
"style": {
"aesthetic": "gothic dark romanticism",
"color_palette": "deep blacks, rich purples, blood reds"
}
}- Kling 3.0 reasons about the scene like a director — write the action field as a shot note, not a keyword list.
- Multi-shot is the signature feature: split the action into "Shot 1: … Shot 2: …" inside the action field for cuts within one generation.
{
"camera": {
"angle": "dramatic low angles",
"lens": "wide angle for gothic architecture",
"depth_of_field": "selective focus on ornate details"
},
"lighting": {
"type": "dramatic chiaroscuro lighting"
},
"style": {
"aesthetic": "gothic dark romanticism",
"color_palette": "deep blacks, rich purples, blood reds"
}
}- Seedance responds best to a strict block order: CAMERA → SUBJECT → ACTION → ENVIRONMENT → LIGHTING → STYLE. The JSON below is ordered to match.
- Keep the camera block to a shot type plus one movement — stacking movements degrades output.
{
"camera": {
"angle": "dramatic low angles",
"lens": "wide angle for gothic architecture",
"depth_of_field": "selective focus on ornate details"
},
"style": {
"aesthetic": "gothic dark romanticism",
"color_palette": "deep blacks, rich purples, blood reds"
},
"lighting": {
"type": "dramatic chiaroscuro lighting"
}
}- Wan 2.2 is the latest version with genuinely open, downloadable weights. "Wan 2.5/2.6/2.7" are hosted API-only versions on commercial platforms.
- Open-weights Wan 2.2 has no audio track — drop the audio field or move sound design to post.
{
"camera": {
"angle": "dramatic low angles",
"lens": "wide angle for gothic architecture",
"depth_of_field": "selective focus on ornate details"
},
"lighting": {
"type": "dramatic chiaroscuro lighting"
},
"style": {
"aesthetic": "gothic dark romanticism",
"color_palette": "deep blacks, rich purples, blood reds"
}
}- Runway exposes camera controls in the UI — use the camera block here as your settings checklist rather than prompt text.
- Gen-4.5 excels with reference images: the subject field doubles as your reference-tagging description.
Run this prompt
Copy the JSON above, then paste it as your prompt in any of these tools. Veo 3.1 is free to try inside Gemini (daily limit applies).
What each block does
| Block | Purpose |
|---|---|
| camera | Shot framing and movement. One movement per clip reads best on every current model. |
| lighting | Light source, quality and shadow behavior. The single highest-leverage block for realism. |
| style | Aesthetic direction: film stock, color palette, references, tone. |
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