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Runway Command Workflows – Generative Video Direction and Shot Control

Lesson 1: Command Thinking for Runway – Shot Direction as a Repeatable Command

Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson, students should be able to:

  • Write a shot command with all seven parts.
  • Turn a vague creative idea into a command a director would recognize.
  • Save commands as reusable cards.

Lesson Content

In Runway, a "command" is a prompt written like a director's shot instruction. The seven parts:

  1. Camera: move and framing ("slow push-in, medium shot").
  2. Subject: who or what.
  3. Action: what happens.
  4. Setting: where.
  5. Light: time and quality of light.
  6. Style: realistic, animated, film look, color palette.
  7. Format: duration and aspect ratio (set in the interface, noted on the card).

Write positively: say what should happen, not what should not. Describe one main action per shot.

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