Starter prompt — not tested yet. Written carefully for Sora, but NOT tested by us yet. Enhance or edit it for your needs — it is here to help you start. When we run it, this page gains a real run log and the Tested badge.
Ask for the longest duration offered. Sound design is specified because Sora generates audio — an unspecified morning sounds like nothing at all.
Platform notes
Sora's strength is sustained scenes with blocking, so the prompt is written as one paragraph of stage directions — an unbroken action chain (wakes → stretches → pads → fills → opens → pours → sips) rather than shots.
The camera is given a behaviour, not a shot list: 'drifts with her'. Camera labels (close-up, wide) invite cuts; a drifting camera preserves the one-take illusion the prompt is asking for.
Enhance: give Sora duration. A routine compressed into five seconds becomes a montage; at the longest length your plan allows, the small beats (the kettle wait) get to exist, and they are the realism.
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Sora Prompt — Morning Routine, One Continuous Shot (Starter)
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One continuous shot in a small sunlit apartment at 7 a.m. A woman wakes to an alarm, sits up and stretches; the camera drifts with her as she pads barefoot to the kitchen, fills a kettle, and opens the window while it boils, city sounds and birdsong drifting in. She pours a mug of tea, sits by the window, and takes the first sip just as the sunlight reaches the table. Naturalistic acting, no cuts, realistic morning light that changes subtly across the scene, quiet domestic sound design.
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Starter prompt for Sora — a sustained scene written as stage directions, Sora's home turf. Not run by us yet; notes below.
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