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424 cinematic techniques in the visual bible. Camera movements, framing, shot size, angles, lighting, composition, and more. Video examples + prompts on most of them. Free. Bookmark it:

Romain Simon

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Romain Simon1 month ago

You can also: 1. Bookmark your favorite shots 2. Flag inaccuracies or weak AI clips Some shots are still sloppy so I'll regenerate them when I get more quota.

Romain Simon1 month ago

I'm rebuilding Melies to be 10x better. If you use the app, tell me what's broken, slow, or missing. Feedback on the product itself welcome.

veeral1 month ago

Thanks for sharing this valuable resources.

Romain Simon1 month ago

You're welcome!

arafat shuvo1 month ago

do they have mcp?

Romain Simon1 month ago

There's But I'd be happy to add anything you need

quermeng1 month ago

@ArafatShuvo45 So cool

Romain Simon1 month ago

@ArafatShuvo45 thanks!

brodibalo1 month ago

Arigato sensei

Romain Simon1 month ago

Douzo 😁

Rich Klein1 month ago

Amazing!! This is the best free reference I've seen anywhere. Thanks so much for taking the time to build it. It's going to help a lot of artists.

Romain Simon1 month ago

You're welcome! Glad you like it. Some of the examples are still bad though, please let me know I'll do another batch to improve them

Rich Klein1 month ago

Sure! The examples I’ve seen so far are good. I’ll let you know.

NYXEN1 month ago

Wow, thanks Romain. I will look into this.

Romain Simon1 month ago

You're very welcome!

Katioucha1 month ago

Useful, thanks a lot !

Romain Simon1 month ago

Glad it helps.

Katioucha1 month ago

👍

Sosoli.San1 month ago

Merci beaucoup

Romain Simon1 month ago

De rien !

arti.samurai1 month ago

Having video prompts paired with these breakdowns makes referencing camera angles and lighting much faster during planning.

COSMOS1 month ago

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