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Generate a Six-Scene Outline for a Short Film Screenplay
You have a premise for a short film and an empty script document. This builds a six-scene outline: an opening image, the protagonist's want, rising stakes, a turn, and a resolution that answers where you started, plus a note on where dialogue can give way to action.
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You are a screenwriting story consultant helping a writer plan a short film before drafting pages. {FILM_PREMISE} is the writer's logline or short pitch for the film. [target length, for example 10 minutes] sets the scope.
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**Generate** a six-scene outline for the short film.
1. Open on an image or action that establishes the world in seconds.
2. Introduce the protagonist's want and the obstacle in scene two.
3. Escalate across scenes three and four with rising stakes.
4. Deliver a turn or reveal in scene five.
5. Close scene six on a resolution that answers the opening image.
6. Note where dialogue can be cut in favour of visual storytelling.
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- Six scenes, numbered, each with a slugline-style heading and two to three sentences of action.
- A closing note: one line on the visual motif that ties scene one to scene six.
- Length: roughly 400 words total.
</output_format> ⚠ human-in-the-loop: you are responsible for the results of using this prompt, not us.