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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 Simon3 days 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 Simon3 days 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.

veeral3 days ago

Thanks for sharing this valuable resources.

Romain Simon3 days ago

You're welcome!

arafat shuvo3 days ago

do they have mcp?

Romain Simon3 days ago

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

quermeng3 days ago

@ArafatShuvo45 So cool

Romain Simon3 days ago

@ArafatShuvo45 thanks!

brodibalo3 days ago

Arigato sensei

Romain Simon3 days ago

Douzo 😁

Rich Klein3 days 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 Simon3 days 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 Klein3 days ago

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

NYXEN3 days ago

Wow, thanks Romain. I will look into this.

Romain Simon3 days ago

You're very welcome!

Katioucha3 days ago

Useful, thanks a lot !

Romain Simon3 days ago

Glad it helps.

Katioucha3 days ago

👍

Sosoli.San3 days ago

Merci beaucoup

Romain Simon3 days ago

De rien !

arti.samurai3 days ago

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

COSMOS3 days ago

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