# cinematography

Builds production-grade visual prompts with specific camera movements, lenses, and lighting for the genmedia CLI. Ideal for directing AI video and image models.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1100 installs · ★ 256
- Author: fal-ai-community
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/fal-ai-community/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/cinematography/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/cinematography

## What it does

Instead of adding vague buzzwords to prompts, this skill treats generative media like a real film set. It arranges descriptions following the SCLCAM sequence: subject, scene context, focal length and shot size, camera path, atmosphere, lighting grade, and file specifications. The agent collects only details that directly impact framing or mood.

Execution relies on the `genmedia` command-line tool. The agent inspects schemas for target endpoints, uploads reference stills, and submits direct image jobs or asynchronous video tasks. It maps realistic stills to `openai/gpt-image-2`, fast drafts to `fal-ai/flux-2/klein/9b`, and high-end camera moves to models like `bytedance/seedance-2.0` or `xai/grok-imagine-video`.

Without the `genmedia` binary available in your shell, you can generate prompt copy but cannot trigger API jobs directly. Every video prompt focuses on a single continuous take unless the model explicitly handles multi-shot sequences.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fal-ai-community/skills --skill cinematography -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/cinematography/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/cinematography/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fal-ai-community/skills --skill cinematography -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/cinematography/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fal-ai-community/skills --skill cinematography -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/cinematography/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install fal-ai-community/skills cinematography
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/cinematography/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fal-ai-community/skills --skill cinematography -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/fal-ai-community/skills --path skills/cinematography
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/cinematography/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fal-ai-community/skills --skill cinematography -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/fal-ai-community/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/cinematography/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build structured prompts with realistic focal lengths, lighting, and camera paths
- run image and video generation through the genmedia CLI
- route tasks to fitting models across OpenAI, fal-ai, ByteDance, and xAI
- verify physical camera plausibility and single-shot constraints before rendering

## Example prompts
- Draft a cinematic video prompt for a rainy alleyway tracking shot
- Generate a realistic portrait with openai/gpt-image-2 using genmedia
- Create an image-to-video prompt from ./frame.png with a slow push-in

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