Technique case

Control a location change with first and last frames

A walk from inside to outside morphs the set midway and doesn't end on the frame you wanted.

Example scene

Lin Xia pushes open the glass door, steps outside and finds a white delivery bag on the ground. One 6-second shot that has to link inside to outside.

Steps
Generate empty master plates for inside and outside and confirm the door, step and streetlight line up.
Generate the first frame: Lin Xia inside, hand on the glass door, back to camera.
Generate the last frame: Lin Xia on the step outside, looking down, the white bag at her feet.
Compare the two: costume, hair and light direction must match; only position and pose differ.
Write only the in-between in the video prompt: push the door, step out, look down, with the camera following in one direction.
Check the middle for stray objects; if it breaks, move the last frame to the doorway and add a second shot.
Prompts
First frame
Inside a convenience store. [Paste fixed character description] stands with her back to camera at the glass door, right hand pushing the handle; outside, a wet street and one streetlight. Cold white overhead light, medium shot, camera behind her at shoulder height, vertical 9:16.
Last frame
The step outside the convenience store. [Paste fixed character description] stands side-on, looking down at a white plastic delivery bag tied at the top by her feet; cold white light from the glass door behind her, one streetlight on the right. Medium shot, vertical 9:16. Costume and hair match the first frame.
Video
She pushes the glass door open, steps out onto the step, stops and looks down at the bag by her feet. The camera follows slowly forward from behind her, no rotation. Keep her appearance and the positions of the door and streetlight unchanged; no new people or objects.
✕ Failed take

With only a first frame and “she walks out and finds a delivery bag”, the street outside differs every time, the bag lands on the ground or on the door handle, and the uniform darkens at second 4.

✓ Passing take

The shot lands on the planned last frame and cuts straight into the next close-up of the bag. Pass criteria: the final frame matches the planned last frame in composition, character and bag position; nothing extra appears midway; the door and streetlight never move.

Before/after clips are in production. Follow the steps and prompts to reproduce the result.

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