Out-of-Place Comedy · "Empire Has Issues"
Stormtrooper in Therapy
Imperial Stormtrooper working through occupational trauma with therapist. Replace the {{highlighted}} variables below with your own twist — suggestions included — then copy the JSON for your model.
{
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"location": "typical therapist office with couch, tissues, calming decor",
"mood": "professional mental health setting disrupted by sci-fi element"
},
"action": "therapy session behavior, emotional breakthroughs, professional counseling",
"camera": {
"angle": "traditional therapy session framing",
"distance": "medium shots allowing for emotional expression despite helmet",
"movement": "respectful, therapeutic pacing"
},
"lighting": {
"type": "soft, therapeutic lighting creating safe space atmosphere"
}
}{
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"location": "typical therapist office with couch, tissues, calming decor",
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},
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"camera": {
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"distance": "medium shots allowing for emotional expression despite helmet",
"movement": "respectful, therapeutic pacing"
},
"lighting": {
"type": "soft, therapeutic lighting creating safe space atmosphere"
},
"style": {
"tone": "serious therapy session with absurd participant",
"color_palette": "calming therapeutic colors contrasted with stark white armor",
"whos_out_of_place": "{{whos_out_of_place}}",
"where": "{{where}}",
"public_reaction": "{{public_reaction}}",
"mood": "{{mood}}"
},
"audio": {
"music": "gentle therapeutic background or silence for authenticity"
}
}{
"scene": {
"location": "typical therapist office with couch, tissues, calming decor",
"mood": "professional mental health setting disrupted by sci-fi element",
"environment": "professional therapy office with all standard elements"
},
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"camera": {
"angle": "traditional therapy session framing",
"distance": "medium shots allowing for emotional expression despite helmet",
"movement": "respectful, therapeutic pacing"
},
"lighting": {
"type": "soft, therapeutic lighting creating safe space atmosphere"
},
"style": {
"tone": "serious therapy session with absurd participant",
"color_palette": "calming therapeutic colors contrasted with stark white armor",
"whos_out_of_place": "{{whos_out_of_place}}",
"where": "{{where}}",
"public_reaction": "{{public_reaction}}",
"mood": "{{mood}}"
},
"audio": {
"music": "gentle therapeutic background or silence for authenticity"
},
"production_notes": {
"prompt_level": "advanced",
"operator_checklist": "Confirm reference inputs, brand/logo handling, duration, audio support, and aspect ratio inside the target model before rendering."
}
}- Veo 3.1 follows structured prompts unusually well: lock camera, lighting and audio as separate JSON fields.
- Native audio: describe dialogue, ambient sound and music directly in the audio field.
{
"action": "therapy session behavior, emotional breakthroughs, professional counseling",
"scene": {
"location": "typical therapist office with couch, tissues, calming decor",
"mood": "professional mental health setting disrupted by sci-fi element"
},
"camera": {
"angle": "traditional therapy session framing",
"distance": "medium shots allowing for emotional expression despite helmet",
"movement": "respectful, therapeutic pacing"
},
"lighting": {
"type": "soft, therapeutic lighting creating safe space atmosphere"
}
}{
"action": "therapy session behavior, emotional breakthroughs, professional counseling",
"scene": {
"location": "typical therapist office with couch, tissues, calming decor",
"mood": "professional mental health setting disrupted by sci-fi element",
"environment": "professional therapy office with all standard elements"
},
"camera": {
"angle": "traditional therapy session framing",
"distance": "medium shots allowing for emotional expression despite helmet",
"movement": "respectful, therapeutic pacing"
},
"lighting": {
"type": "soft, therapeutic lighting creating safe space atmosphere"
},
"style": {
"tone": "serious therapy session with absurd participant",
"color_palette": "calming therapeutic colors contrasted with stark white armor",
"whos_out_of_place": "{{whos_out_of_place}}",
"where": "{{where}}",
"public_reaction": "{{public_reaction}}",
"mood": "{{mood}}"
},
"audio": {
"music": "gentle therapeutic background or silence for authenticity"
}
}{
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"location": "typical therapist office with couch, tissues, calming decor",
"mood": "professional mental health setting disrupted by sci-fi element",
"environment": "professional therapy office with all standard elements"
},
"camera": {
"angle": "traditional therapy session framing",
"distance": "medium shots allowing for emotional expression despite helmet",
"movement": "respectful, therapeutic pacing"
},
"lighting": {
"type": "soft, therapeutic lighting creating safe space atmosphere"
},
"style": {
"tone": "serious therapy session with absurd participant",
"color_palette": "calming therapeutic colors contrasted with stark white armor",
"whos_out_of_place": "{{whos_out_of_place}}",
"where": "{{where}}",
"public_reaction": "{{public_reaction}}",
"mood": "{{mood}}"
},
"audio": {
"music": "gentle therapeutic background or silence for authenticity"
},
"production_notes": {
"prompt_level": "advanced",
"operator_checklist": "Confirm reference inputs, brand/logo handling, duration, audio support, and aspect ratio inside the target model before rendering."
}
}- Kling prompt guidance emphasizes Subject, Movement, Scene, Camera Language and Lighting.
- Write the action field as a shot note, not a keyword list.
{
"camera": {
"angle": "traditional therapy session framing",
"distance": "medium shots allowing for emotional expression despite helmet",
"movement": "respectful, therapeutic pacing"
},
"action": "therapy session behavior, emotional breakthroughs, professional counseling",
"scene": {
"location": "typical therapist office with couch, tissues, calming decor",
"mood": "professional mental health setting disrupted by sci-fi element"
},
"lighting": {
"type": "soft, therapeutic lighting creating safe space atmosphere"
}
}{
"camera": {
"angle": "traditional therapy session framing",
"distance": "medium shots allowing for emotional expression despite helmet",
"movement": "respectful, therapeutic pacing"
},
"action": "therapy session behavior, emotional breakthroughs, professional counseling",
"scene": {
"location": "typical therapist office with couch, tissues, calming decor",
"mood": "professional mental health setting disrupted by sci-fi element",
"environment": "professional therapy office with all standard elements"
},
"lighting": {
"type": "soft, therapeutic lighting creating safe space atmosphere"
},
"style": {
"tone": "serious therapy session with absurd participant",
"color_palette": "calming therapeutic colors contrasted with stark white armor",
"whos_out_of_place": "{{whos_out_of_place}}",
"where": "{{where}}",
"public_reaction": "{{public_reaction}}",
"mood": "{{mood}}"
},
"audio": {
"music": "gentle therapeutic background or silence for authenticity"
}
}{
"camera": {
"angle": "traditional therapy session framing",
"distance": "medium shots allowing for emotional expression despite helmet",
"movement": "respectful, therapeutic pacing"
},
"action": "therapy session behavior, emotional breakthroughs, professional counseling",
"scene": {
"location": "typical therapist office with couch, tissues, calming decor",
"mood": "professional mental health setting disrupted by sci-fi element",
"environment": "professional therapy office with all standard elements"
},
"lighting": {
"type": "soft, therapeutic lighting creating safe space atmosphere"
},
"style": {
"tone": "serious therapy session with absurd participant",
"color_palette": "calming therapeutic colors contrasted with stark white armor",
"whos_out_of_place": "{{whos_out_of_place}}",
"where": "{{where}}",
"public_reaction": "{{public_reaction}}",
"mood": "{{mood}}"
},
"audio": {
"music": "gentle therapeutic background or silence for authenticity"
},
"production_notes": {
"prompt_level": "advanced",
"operator_checklist": "Confirm reference inputs, brand/logo handling, duration, audio support, and aspect ratio inside the target model before rendering."
}
}- Use a strict block order: CAMERA -> SUBJECT -> ACTION -> ENVIRONMENT -> LIGHTING -> STYLE.
- Keep the camera block to a shot type plus one movement; stacking moves degrades output.
{
"action": "therapy session behavior, emotional breakthroughs, professional counseling",
"scene": {
"location": "typical therapist office with couch, tissues, calming decor",
"mood": "professional mental health setting disrupted by sci-fi element"
},
"camera": {
"angle": "traditional therapy session framing",
"distance": "medium shots allowing for emotional expression despite helmet",
"movement": "respectful, therapeutic pacing"
},
"lighting": {
"type": "soft, therapeutic lighting creating safe space atmosphere"
}
}{
"action": "therapy session behavior, emotional breakthroughs, professional counseling",
"scene": {
"location": "typical therapist office with couch, tissues, calming decor",
"mood": "professional mental health setting disrupted by sci-fi element",
"environment": "professional therapy office with all standard elements"
},
"camera": {
"angle": "traditional therapy session framing",
"distance": "medium shots allowing for emotional expression despite helmet",
"movement": "respectful, therapeutic pacing"
},
"lighting": {
"type": "soft, therapeutic lighting creating safe space atmosphere"
},
"style": {
"tone": "serious therapy session with absurd participant",
"color_palette": "calming therapeutic colors contrasted with stark white armor",
"whos_out_of_place": "{{whos_out_of_place}}",
"where": "{{where}}",
"public_reaction": "{{public_reaction}}",
"mood": "{{mood}}"
}
}{
"action": "therapy session behavior, emotional breakthroughs, professional counseling",
"scene": {
"location": "typical therapist office with couch, tissues, calming decor",
"mood": "professional mental health setting disrupted by sci-fi element",
"environment": "professional therapy office with all standard elements"
},
"camera": {
"angle": "traditional therapy session framing",
"distance": "medium shots allowing for emotional expression despite helmet",
"movement": "respectful, therapeutic pacing"
},
"lighting": {
"type": "soft, therapeutic lighting creating safe space atmosphere"
},
"style": {
"tone": "serious therapy session with absurd participant",
"color_palette": "calming therapeutic colors contrasted with stark white armor",
"whos_out_of_place": "{{whos_out_of_place}}",
"where": "{{where}}",
"public_reaction": "{{public_reaction}}",
"mood": "{{mood}}"
},
"production_notes": {
"prompt_level": "advanced",
"operator_checklist": "Confirm reference inputs, brand/logo handling, duration, audio support, and aspect ratio inside the target model before rendering."
}
}- Wan 2.2 is the latest version with genuinely open, downloadable weights.
- Open-weights Wan 2.2 has no native audio track in the base text/image-to-video pipeline.
{
"action": "therapy session behavior, emotional breakthroughs, professional counseling",
"camera": {
"angle": "traditional therapy session framing",
"distance": "medium shots allowing for emotional expression despite helmet",
"movement": "respectful, therapeutic pacing"
},
"scene": {
"location": "typical therapist office with couch, tissues, calming decor",
"mood": "professional mental health setting disrupted by sci-fi element"
},
"lighting": {
"type": "soft, therapeutic lighting creating safe space atmosphere"
}
}{
"action": "therapy session behavior, emotional breakthroughs, professional counseling",
"camera": {
"angle": "traditional therapy session framing",
"distance": "medium shots allowing for emotional expression despite helmet",
"movement": "respectful, therapeutic pacing"
},
"scene": {
"location": "typical therapist office with couch, tissues, calming decor",
"mood": "professional mental health setting disrupted by sci-fi element",
"environment": "professional therapy office with all standard elements"
},
"lighting": {
"type": "soft, therapeutic lighting creating safe space atmosphere"
},
"style": {
"tone": "serious therapy session with absurd participant",
"color_palette": "calming therapeutic colors contrasted with stark white armor",
"whos_out_of_place": "{{whos_out_of_place}}",
"where": "{{where}}",
"public_reaction": "{{public_reaction}}",
"mood": "{{mood}}"
}
}{
"action": "therapy session behavior, emotional breakthroughs, professional counseling",
"camera": {
"angle": "traditional therapy session framing",
"distance": "medium shots allowing for emotional expression despite helmet",
"movement": "respectful, therapeutic pacing"
},
"scene": {
"location": "typical therapist office with couch, tissues, calming decor",
"mood": "professional mental health setting disrupted by sci-fi element",
"environment": "professional therapy office with all standard elements"
},
"lighting": {
"type": "soft, therapeutic lighting creating safe space atmosphere"
},
"style": {
"tone": "serious therapy session with absurd participant",
"color_palette": "calming therapeutic colors contrasted with stark white armor",
"whos_out_of_place": "{{whos_out_of_place}}",
"where": "{{where}}",
"public_reaction": "{{public_reaction}}",
"mood": "{{mood}}"
},
"production_notes": {
"prompt_level": "advanced",
"operator_checklist": "Confirm reference inputs, brand/logo handling, duration, audio support, and aspect ratio inside the target model before rendering."
}
}- Runway recommends clear, direct language; text-to-video should describe both visual elements and motion.
- Image-to-video prompts should focus on describing the motion of the scene.
Fill in the variables
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{{whos_out_of_place}} — The Stormtrooper's Background
Stormtrooper with PTSD from Death Star explosionImperial soldier questioning the Empire's methodsTrooper dealing with identity crisis behind the maskStormtrooper with performance anxiety about missing targetsClone trooper struggling with individuality issuesFormer Stormtrooper trying to reintegrate into civilian life
{{where}} — Therapy Office Details
Couples therapy office where he's aloneGroup therapy session with other patients staringChild psychologist's office with colorful decorationsHigh-end private practice in upscale buildingCommunity mental health center with budget furnitureOnline therapy session via video call
{{public_reaction}} — How Others React
Other patients in waiting room pretending not to stareReceptionist calmly scheduling follow-up appointmentsSecurity guard debating whether armor counts as weaponTherapist's kids excited to meet 'Space Soldier' after sessionInsurance company representatives trying to process claimsJanitor wondering if armor needs special cleaning protocols
{{mood}} — Overall Tone
absurdly seriousheartwarming breakthroughcomedically professionalunexpectedly touchingbureaucratically surreal
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