The Empty Reservation AI video prompt example

[Style] Original emotional vertical restaurant drama, warm practical lighting, rain on windows, precise lip sync, quiet original string score.
[00:00-00:05] At closing time, a server asks an elderly guest why they reserve a table for two every Friday when nobody arrives. The guest answers: 'They promised they would come back when they remembered me.'
[00:05-00:10] The server finds an old handwritten reservation card under the table with today's date and the server's own childhood nickname.
[00:10-00:13] The server sits down slowly and asks: 'What was their name?' The guest slides an untouched second cup across the table.
[00:13-00:15] The guest says the server's full name. The restaurant lights switch off before the explanation.

[Rights & IP Constraints] Use only original fictional characters, locations, products, packaging, interfaces, symbols, costumes, vehicles, and architecture. No logos, trademarks, brand names, copyrighted characters, franchise-specific designs, celebrity likenesses, living-artist style imitation, copyrighted music, or recognizable branded trade dress. Any visible text must be generic and newly invented.

Prompt breakdown

What to study

Study how conflict, reaction shots, concise dialogue, and a final reversal fit into a vertical short-form scene.

• Open inside the conflict instead of spending time on exposition.
• Use close-ups to make emotional changes readable on a small screen.
• End with a line or reveal that creates a clear next question.