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Cinematic Establishing Shot Prompt for Leonardo
This is the Leonardo version of the cinematic establishing shot prompt: a wide opening frame that establishes place, time and mood before any subject appears — the first shot of a sequence. It is formatted the way Leonardo takes prompts best. Free — copy it, replace the bracketed parts, and paste it in.
The prompt
Push copies this prompt with a reference line naming your image, and downloads the image file — attach it in the model to complete the pair. This page stages the pair for you; it cannot upload into the model itself (sites cannot reach into each other), so the final attach happens there. The image is downscaled to at most 1024px and stored only in this browser, paired with this prompt. If browser storage is full, it is kept for this visit only.
The deliverable — and how to check it
Deliverable: one establishing image, 21:9, that reads as a location in a single glance: foreground element, midground subject ground, and background depth all present. Acceptance check: a viewer who has never seen the project can name the place type, the time of day and the mood in one sentence; no person is close enough to camera to become the subject.
Series: YouTube Production — Step 1 of 3 — the opener. See its place in the full workflow
Using this prompt with Leonardo
Leonardo's current image line (Phoenix and the Lucid family) takes a descriptive prompt plus a real negative-prompt field — this version carries both: paste the negative line into the negative prompt box. Prompt Magic, when on, expands short prompts, so the fuller descriptive version here works with it off or on. Consistency comes from its reference systems — Image Guidance and Character Reference: generate from your keyframe there rather than describing the character from scratch each time.
What this route costs — and how to pay less
Cost structure: subscription-token based — Leonardo plans carry a token allotment that generations spend (fast generations cost tokens; relaxed modes on higher tiers do not), plus a metered API route. The same prompt is pre-configured in this library for every major model, so you can run it on whichever route fits your budget — comparing the structures before you generate is a free way to save money.
Replace the bracketed placeholders — [LOCATION], [TIME OF DAY], [FOREGROUND ELEMENT], [WEATHER OR ATMOSPHERE] — with your own details before pasting.
Other versions and customization
See all model versions of this prompt, or open the prompt gateway to build a custom prompt from your own one-line goal, formatted for Leonardo or any other model.
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