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Scene 1 · The Empty Hallway

Storyboard

Scene 1 · Shot 2

Maya stops. The hallway is empty. The lights flicker once.

Camera looks DOWN at the subject. Makes them feel small or alone.

Why this angle

A high angle here makes Maya feel small in the empty hallway. It tells the audience she's alone before any monster shows up — the shot itself is doing the scary work.

Jordan Peele

Slow Push-In

Camera creeps forward toward a face very, very slowly. Builds creeping dread in daylight.

Why this technique

Peele's slow push-in is built for exactly this beat: nothing visibly wrong, but the camera won't stop creeping closer. Daylight + dread = unforgettable.

Open Generative AI handoff

Veo 3

Veo 3 handles photoreal narrative shots with steady camera moves better than anything else right now — perfect for a slow push-in in a real-feeling school hallway.

spherical prime

50mm

f/2.8 (medium-shallow)

Do this in OGAI

1Open Open Generative AI and click Cinema Studio in the left sidebar.
2At the top, pick Veo 3 from the model selector.
3Paste the prompt below into the prompt box.
4Set Lens to spherical prime, Focal Length to 50mm, Aperture to f/2.8.
5Click Generate. Pick the take where her stillness feels most alone.

Generated prompt

High-angle medium shot of a teenage girl in a hooded sweatshirt standing alone in an empty high-school hallway, viewed from slightly above. Late-afternoon golden sunlight slices through dust motes from a window at the far end. The camera begins a slow, almost imperceptible push-in toward her face over four seconds. Lockers line the walls, fluorescents flicker once. 16mm film grain, soft halation around the highlights, muted teal-and-amber color palette. She is unaware of the camera. The hallway feels longer than it should.

Director’s note

High angle makes Maya feel small. Peele's slow push-in turns nothing-happening into wrong-happening. Golden light keeps it from feeling generically scary — it feels like the wrong thing is happening on a totally normal afternoon.