About Prompt
- Prompt Type – Dynamic
- Prompt Platform – ChatGPT, Grok, Deepseek, Gemini, Copilot, Midjourney, Meta AI and more
- Niche – Air Combat
- Language – English
- Category – Sonic FX
- Prompt Title – Fighter Jet Flyover Shockwave VFX Prompt
Prompt Details
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### **Optimized Dynamic AI Prompt for Fighter Jet Shockwave (Sonic FX Focus)**
This prompt is designed as a modular template. You will replace the bracketed `[VARIABLE]` placeholders with your specific choices to create a unique, detailed prompt. The structure prioritizes describing the visual scene in a way that directly informs the creation and design of compelling sound effects.
#### **I. Core Philosophy and Best Practices**
* **Sensory Layering:** The prompt is built in layers, starting with the core action and progressively adding visual, atmospheric, and finally, explicit sonic detail. This helps the AI build a coherent and rich scene.
* **Visuals Inform Audio:** Even though the goal is Sonic FX, a detailed visual description is crucial. The AI (whether for image, video, or sound) needs to “see” the scene to understand the acoustics. A shockwave in a tight canyon sounds different from one over an open ocean.
* **Action Verbs and Evocative Adjectives:** Use strong, specific language. Instead of “jet flies fast,” use “jet *slices* through the air” or “jet *thunders* past.” This injects energy and provides clearer direction.
* **Dynamic Placeholders:** The `[VARIABLES]` allow for infinite customization. Mix and match to create unique scenarios.
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### **The Dynamic Prompt Template**
**(Copy and paste the following structure, then fill in the variables from the options provided below or create your own.)**
**Phase 1: Scene Foundation & Core Action**
**Primary Subject:** An ultra-high-definition, photorealistic rendering of a `[AIRCRAFT_TYPE]`.
**Core Action:** The aircraft is captured at the exact moment of a `[FLIGHT_MANEUVER]` at `[SPEED_AND_ALTITUDE]`, generating a powerful shockwave.
**Environment:** The scene is set over/in a `[LOCATION_TYPE]` during `[TIME_OF_DAY]`, under `[WEATHER_CONDITIONS]`.
**Phase 2: Detailed Visual Effects (VFX) – The Visual Cue for Sound**
**Shockwave Appearance:** The shockwave is visually represented as a `[SHOCKWAVE_VISUAL_STYLE]`. There are visible `[ATMOSPHERIC_DISTORTION_EFFECTS]` warping the background behind the jet.
**Aircraft Effects:** The aircraft’s surfaces show `[AIRCRAFT_SURFACE_EFFECTS]`. The engine exhaust is a `[ENGINE_EXHAUST_DESCRIPTION]`.
**Composition & Cinematography:** The shot is framed from a `[CAMERA_PERSPECTIVE]` with a `[LENS_TYPE]` lens, capturing the `[SCALE_AND_IMPACT]` of the event. The lighting is `[LIGHTING_STYLE]`.
**Phase 3: Explicit Sonic FX Directive – The Core of the Prompt**
**Overall Sonic Profile:** The desired soundscape is `[SONIC_PROFILE_OVERVIEW]`, designed to make the listener feel `[EMOTIONAL_IMPACT]`.
* **Primary Sonic Event (The “Crack”):** The initial sonic boom is a `[SONIC_BOOM_CRACK_DESCRIPTION]`. It is not a generic explosion, but a sharp, high-pressure transient that feels like a physical impact.
* **Secondary Sonic Event (The “Rumble”):** Immediately following the crack, there is a `[SONIC_BOOM_RUMBLE_DESCRIPTION]`. This is the deep, bass-heavy pressure wave that resonates through the environment and the listener’s chest.
* **Tertiary Element (Engine & Airframe):** The distinct sound of the jet’s engine is a `[ENGINE_SOUND_DESCRIPTION]`, featuring a pronounced Doppler shift as it passes the observer. You can hear subtle `[AIRFRAME_STRESS_SOUNDS]` as the jet pushes the sound barrier.
* **Environmental Acoustics:** The sound interacts with the environment, creating `[ENVIRONMENTAL_ACOUSTICS_EFFECTS]`. All ambient sounds are momentarily `[AMBIENT_SOUND_REACTION]`.
* **Micro-Details:** Include subtle sonic details like `[SUBTLE_SONIC_DETAILS]` for maximum realism.
**Phase 4: Artistic Style & Negative Prompts**
**Artistic Style:** Cinematic, hyper-realistic, action photography, dramatic, intense.
**Negative Prompts:** `[NEGATIVE_PROMPTS]`
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### **[VARIABLE] Options Library**
**(Use these to fill in the template)**
* **[AIRCRAFT_TYPE]:** F-22 Raptor, Su-57 Felon, F/A-18 Super Hornet, F-14 Tomcat (wings swept back), F-35 Lightning II, experimental X-plane, SR-71 Blackbird.
* **[FLIGHT_MANEUVER]:** low-altitude supersonic flyby, high-G transonic turn, vertical climb breaking the sound barrier, knife-edge pass.
* **[SPEED_AND_ALTITUDE]:** Mach 1.2 at 200 feet, transonic (Mach 0.9) at 500 feet, Mach 2.0 at high altitude.
* **[LOCATION_TYPE]:** vast Mojave Desert salt flats, a deep, rocky canyon, 50 feet above the Pacific Ocean surface, the arctic tundra, an urban cityscape skyline.
* **[TIME_OF_DAY]:** harsh midday sun, dramatic golden hour sunset, cool blue dawn, stormy afternoon.
* **[WEATHER_CONDITIONS]:** crystal clear blue sky, high humidity with wispy clouds, light rain shower, hazy and overcast.
* **[SHOCKWAVE_VISUAL_STYLE]:** perfectly formed, dense white vapor cone (Prandtl-Glauert singularity), a nearly-invisible shimmering heat-haze distortion, a series of sharp, concentric pressure ripples in the air.
* **[ATMOSPHERIC_DISTORTION_EFFECTS]:** the distant mountains behind the jet appearing to bend and ripple, the ocean surface being visibly depressed and distorted, clouds being sliced apart.
* **[AIRCRAFT_SURFACE_EFFECTS]:** condensation forming and streaming off the wings and canopy, slight vibrations on the control surfaces, metallic skin reflecting the ambient light with razor sharpness.
* **[ENGINE_EXHAUST_DESCRIPTION]:** searing blue and orange afterburner plumes, shimmering, transparent heat haze, dark black smoke trail.
* **[CAMERA_PERSPECTIVE]:** ground-level looking up, air-to-air from a chase plane, from a carrier deck, telephoto lens from a distant mountain peak.
* **[LENS_TYPE]:** dramatic wide-angle, long-distance telephoto, anamorphic cinematic.
* **[SCALE_AND_IMPACT]:** emphasizing the immense size of the shockwave relative to the jet, showcasing the jet as a tiny speck dwarfed by the landscape.
* **[LIGHTING_STYLE]:** hard-edged shadows from direct sunlight, soft diffused light from an overcast sky, dramatic backlighting from a setting sun.
* **[SONIC_PROFILE_OVERVIEW]:** incredibly aggressive and violent, clean and technically precise, raw and overwhelmingly powerful, a gut-punching sonic assault.
* **[EMOTIONAL_IMPACT]:** awe and terror, pure adrenaline, technological supremacy, raw power.
* **[SONIC_BOOM_CRACK_DESCRIPTION]:** a brittle, glass-shattering CRACK, a sharp double-crack like cosmic lightning, a whip-crack that pierces the air.
* **[SONIC_BOOM_RUMBLE_DESCRIPTION]:** a deep, chest-thumping sub-bass RUMBLE that shakes the ground, a cascading, rolling thunder that echoes for seconds, a guttural pressure wave that feels like a physical force.
* **[ENGINE_SOUND_DESCRIPTION]:** a high-frequency, screaming jet whine, a guttural, throaty roar of powerful turbines.
* **[AIRFRAME_STRESS_SOUNDS]:** a subtle metallic groaning, high-frequency wing flutter, a low creak under extreme G-force.
* **[ENVIRONMENTAL_ACOUSTICS_EFFECTS]:** a sharp, repeating slap-back echo from canyon walls, a flat, open reverb across the desert floor, the sound reflecting off the ocean surface.
* **[AMBIENT_SOUND_REACTION]:** silenced and then overwhelmed by the boom, distorted and flanged by the passing pressure wave.
* **[SUBTLE_SONIC_DETAILS]:** the hiss of air being compressed, the faint rattle of the camera or nearby objects, a moment of absolute silence just before the boom hits.
* **[NEGATIVE_PROMPTS]:** no missiles, no explosions, no combat, cartoon, blurry, deformed aircraft, unrealistic physics.
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### **Example Generated Prompt in Practice**
**(Here is a complete prompt generated using the dynamic structure above, ready to be used.)**
**Primary Subject:** An ultra-high-definition, photorealistic rendering of an **F-22 Raptor**.
**Core Action:** The aircraft is captured at the exact moment of a **low-altitude supersonic flyby** at **Mach 1.2 at 200 feet**, generating a powerful shockwave.
**Environment:** The scene is set over **vast Mojave Desert salt flats** during the **dramatic golden hour sunset**, under **crystal clear blue sky** conditions.
**Shockwave Appearance:** The shockwave is visually represented as a **perfectly formed, dense white vapor cone** that abruptly forms around the mid-section of the jet. There are visible **shimmering heat-haze distortions** warping the distant mountains behind the aircraft, making them appear to bend and ripple.
**Aircraft Effects:** The aircraft’s surfaces show **condensation forming and streaming off the wingtips and canopy**. The engine exhaust is a **searing blue and orange afterburner plume**, kicking up a small trail of dust from the desert floor below.
**Composition & Cinematography:** The shot is framed from a **ground-level looking up** perspective with a **dramatic wide-angle** lens, capturing the **immense scale and impact** of the shockwave against the vast sky. The lighting is **dramatic backlighting from the setting sun**, creating a sharp silhouette of the jet rimmed with gold.
**Overall Sonic Profile:** The desired soundscape is **incredibly aggressive and violent**, designed to make the listener feel a mix of **awe and terror**.
* **Primary Sonic Event (The “Crack”):** The initial sonic boom is a **brittle, glass-shattering double-CRACK** that feels like the air itself is being ripped apart. It is sharp, percussive, and has zero reverb.
* **Secondary Sonic Event (The “Rumble”):** Immediately following the crack, there is a **deep, chest-thumping sub-bass RUMBLE** that shakes the ground, a physical pressure wave that resonates for several seconds before decaying.
* **Tertiary Element (Engine & Airframe):** The distinct sound of the jet’s engines is a **high-frequency, screaming jet whine** that tears through the air with an extreme Doppler shift as it passes overhead, rapidly pitching down and receding into the distance.
* **Environmental Acoustics:** The sound interacts with the environment, creating a **flat, open reverb and a delayed slap-back echo** from the distant mountains. All ambient desert sounds are completely silenced for a moment, then overwhelmed by the boom.
* **Micro-Details:** Include subtle sonic details like the **hiss of air being compressed** and the **faint rattle of the camera** on its tripod from the shockwave’s force.
**Artistic Style:** Cinematic, hyper-realistic, action photography, dramatic, intense.
**Negative Prompts:** no missiles, no explosions, no combat, cartoon, blurry, deformed aircraft, unrealistic physics.