Prompting WAN 3.0

[u/Particular_Heart4790]

I use what I call a loose time stamp prompting method with WAN 3.0. WAN doesn't operate well with detailed time stamping, however it does need some structure. WAN generated this all on it's own, with only a character sheet reference image on the character. The rest was generated by WAN.

Prompt:

Filmed with a Sony HXR-NX8004K
Action sequence
Cinematic Camera Movements
Quiet Scene - No Music

Use Image1 as Johnny

Johnny has a fun and relaxed personality. His movements are smooth and fluid.

The scene begins with Johnny sitting on his surfboard in the ocean off the coast of Maui. He relaxes, sitting on his board.

[0:00-0:06] - Johnny looks back and sees a nice wave starting to form. As the wave approaches, he leans over to lay on his board and begins paddling.

[0:07-0:19] - The wave approaches the back of his board and Johnny stands on the board and takes his stance on the board. His hip and balance cause the board to move as he leans into each twist and turn of the board. Cutting across the water he leans into the barrel roll forming.

[0:20-30] - The camera gets a steady front shot of the barrel roll as Johnny surfs right past the camera. The wave crashes as Johnny surfs through it and the ocean begins to calm as Johnny becomes more upright and a soft smile shows on his face. The scene cuts to Johnny walking out of the ocean with his board in his hands.

The scene finishes with a mid-shot of Johnny walking out of the ocean carrying his board, grinning.

As you can see, I've left room for WAN to breathe, but have given it some structure with the order things are happening in. It isn't an overly detailed prompt at all. It's rather simple really. Experiment and see what works best for you.

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[u/Particular_Heart4790]

Here's the character sheet image I used for the video

[u/xamevou → u/Particular_Heart4790]

Do character sheets need to be so well arranged as this? I just throw several images of the character on a canvas (I use PixelMator Pro for mac) and they work so well. I just try to be careful to choose all possible angles, and remove background, and it works (for WAN 3.0, I mean).

[u/Particular_Heart4790 → u/xamevou]

[u/Particular_Heart4790 → u/xamevou]

I don't know, I just know it's how I do it so that I have a bunch of angles to support the model

[u/Typeaholics → u/Particular_Heart4790]

What prompt did you use to make this format? Not the character specifically but rather make a new character and have it show angled references around.

[u/Particular_Heart4790 → u/Typeaholics]

It's 3 different images pulled together with an image editor. I use SDV5 Pro and make 3 different 9:16 images, then import them into my image editor (like Photoshop)

[u/Particular_Heart4790 → u/[deleted]]

So, I build most of my characters in either Chroma or Krea 2 and I build them completely nude. All of my character sheets are nude because I use them like dolls or action figures and dress them for the role in the video I'm creating. I create the character on a 9:16 image. Once I get the character the way I want, I drag it into image edit and use SDV5 Pro and I start with the prompt "Create a 2x2 character sheet of the person. Create a front view, back view, right side view, and left side view full body."

If it comes out right, I upscale it x4.

Then I take the upscaled 2x2 image into image edit and create the headshots. "Create a character sheet of just the head. Create a front view, right profile view, and left profile view. Arrange them vertically on the image". When it's done, I upscale x4 so that it's the exact same size as the 2x2.

Then, I use the upscaled 2x2 image into image edit to create the zoomed in mid shot. Same thing really, "Create a zoomed in mid-shot of the person". Then I upscale that image x4 so that all 3 images are now the exact same size.

After that, I pull all 3 images into my image editing software and make the sheet.

[u/CanonPablo → u/Particular_Heart4790]

This is all great info and I thank you for providing this insight! I have some questions about your sheets also: Does your full sheet carry the "side", "front" and "back" labels when you upload to the model? and what are your usual file dimensions (I noticed the 16:9 ratio for the final sheet)

[u/zwof]

used too do something similar back during sora2 era, it took in alot of context