Put yourself in famous scenes: classics, paintings and memes
Upload your own photo, make an in-character image, then animate it. 30 scenes from public-domain novels, plays, myths and paintings, plus classic meme formats, all recreated from scratch.
30 scenesImage + videoOriginal recreations
Quick answer
To put yourself in a famous scene with AI, upload your own photo to ChatGPT, Gemini or Kling and paste the image prompt to create an in-character still that keeps your face (for example the Monkey King on a misty mountain path), then give that still to an image-to-video tool such as Kling, Veo, Hailuo or Runway with the video prompt. Stick to public-domain stories and paintings, recreate them originally, and never paste your face into real film or TV footage.
Original recreations only, based on public-domain novels, plays, myths and paintings.
Don't use or imitate film or TV footage, including well-known TV adaptations of these novels, and don't copy their costume designs, sets or theme music.
No real actors' or celebrities' faces or likeness: the character always has your own face.
No logos, studio marks, subtitles or copyrighted music. Use original or royalty-free music.
Don't insert faces into existing film clips. Generate a new image from your photo, then animate it.
Use only your own photo, or a photo of an adult who agreed to it.
Preview
6 famous scenes, previewed
Fictional adults generated for this page (not resembling any actor) to show what the prompts produce. Tap one to jump to its prompt, then use your own photo.
The 'put yourself in the scene' trend turns your own photo into a short clip of you starring in a classic moment: the Monkey King facing the White Bone Demon, Hamlet holding a skull, Juliet on her balcony, the Mona Lisa turning to smile, or the slow-motion walk away from an explosion.
The safe and better way is two steps: first an image model redraws you in costume in an original setting, keeping your face; then an image-to-video model animates that still. Nothing is cut out of real films or TV shows, and nobody else's face is used. The sources section lists the chapter, act or museum for every scene.
Original recreations only. Every card is based on a public-domain work and describes an original scene. Don't upload film or TV stills, don't imitate famous adaptations or real actors, and don't add copyrighted music or logos. Use your own photo. Related: AI historical costume photo, AI movie-style scenes, Kling 4.0 prompts.
How to
How to put yourself in a famous scene
Pick a clear photo of yourself
Front-facing, good light, face fully visible. For group scenes, each person uses their own photo.
Make the in-character image
Paste the IMAGE PROMPT into ChatGPT, Gemini, Kling or Midjourney with your photo uploaded. Regenerate until it clearly looks like you.
Animate it
Upload that image as the first frame in Kling, Veo, Hailuo, Runway or Jimeng and paste the IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT.
Add the negative prompt
It blocks face changes, actors' likeness, logos, subtitles and gore.
Add original sound
Use original or royalty-free music and your own voice. No film or TV soundtracks.
Guide
A practical guide to famous-scene videos
Image first, video second
Image-to-video models keep faces far better than text-to-video. Spend your effort on the still: get a frame where you clearly look like yourself in costume, then animate it. Regenerate the still, not the video, when the face looks wrong.
Keep the original story
The novels give you plenty to work with: the White Bone Demon's three disguises, the fog on the river in the straw-boats scene, Wu Song's broken staff. Details from the book make the scene feel right, and they keep you away from copying any film version.
Design your own costumes
Describe colours, materials and silhouette in your own words rather than 'like the TV show'. A golden headband and red-and-gold staff say Monkey King without copying anyone's design.
One action per clip
Image-to-video works best with one clear action in 4–8 seconds: a turn, a leap, a fan swing. Chain several short clips in an editor for a longer story.
Sound matters
A famous scene without its film soundtrack can still feel epic: use royalty-free music, ambient sound or your own voice reading a line from the public-domain text.
Credit and honesty
Label your video as AI-made, use only your own photo or one you have permission for, and don't present a recreation as real footage.
Prompts
30 famous-scene prompts (image + video)
Filter by source: Journey to the West, Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, Red Chamber, Shakespeare, Don Quixote, Greek myth, painting or meme.
30 of 30 shown
#01
Journey to the West: Monkey King vs the White Bone Demon
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me as an original Monkey King character: golden armour over a red silk tunic, tiger-skin-pattern kilt, golden headband, a long red-and-gold staff, light golden fur accents only at the temples so my own face stays clear. Misty autumn mountain path with bare trees. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Kling): Start from that image as the first frame. I spot a disguised spirit through the mist, spin the staff and strike the air in a blur of golden light, the spirit dissolves into white smoke, slow-motion leaves, 8 seconds, no blood.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me as an original White Bone spirit: flowing pale white and silver layered robes, a delicate silver hair ornament, pale elegant makeup, standing in a misty autumn mountain forest, eerie but beautiful cool light. No skulls, no gore. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Jimeng): Start from that image as the first frame. In three quick dissolves I change disguise, as in the novel: a young village woman carrying a food basket, then an old woman with a cane, then an old man, before turning back into the white spirit and vanishing into mist, 8 seconds, my face recognisable in every form.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me as the original Monkey King in battle-ready golden armour, standing on a cloud before towering celestial palace gates with rows of heavenly guards in shining armour, golden peaches on a branch in one hand. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Hailuo): Start from that image as the first frame. I leap from cloud to cloud, the staff grows longer, guards' spears bounce off a golden ring of light, the camera follows in one sweeping move, 8 seconds, epic, no blood.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me as the original Monkey King in a simple brown tunic, standing on wet rocks before a great waterfall on a lush green mountain, mist and rainbow in the spray. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Veo): Start from that image as the first frame. I take a running leap straight through the waterfall; the camera follows through the curtain of water into a hidden stone cave with a bridge, I land and turn back with a grin, 8 seconds.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Two identical versions of me as the original Monkey King, face to face, same armour and staff, in a stormy sky above the clouds, mirrored pose. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Kling): Start from that image as the first frame. The two of me circle each other, strike at the same moment and freeze staff-to-staff in a flash of light, the camera orbits so no one can tell which is real, 8 seconds.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me as the queen of the Women's Kingdom: an original gold-and-crimson court gown, a phoenix-shaped gold crown, standing in a sunlit palace hall with silk curtains and court ladies in the background. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Jimeng): Start from that image as the first frame. I walk slowly down the palace steps toward the camera, curtains moving in the breeze, I pause and give a gentle smile, warm light, 6 seconds.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Journey to the West: the Flaming Mountains and the palm-leaf fan
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me as an original Princess Iron Fan: dark red armour-like robes, holding a huge palm-leaf fan, standing on cracked red rock with the Flaming Mountains blazing behind. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Hailuo): Start from that image as the first frame. I swing the giant palm-leaf fan once and a gale roars across the screen, the flames bend and die down into smoke, my robes whip in the wind, 6 seconds.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me as an original spider spirit in elegant layered lilac robes, standing in a misty cave hung with glowing silk threads like a giant web, soft violet light, fully clothed, tasteful. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Runway): Start from that image as the first frame. Silver threads shoot from my sleeves and weave a shimmering web across the cave mouth, the camera pulls back through the strands, 6 seconds.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me as an original Three-Kingdoms-era strategist in a crane-feather cloak with a white feather fan, seated calmly in a boat lined with straw bundles on a river shrouded in thick fog at dawn. An original character, not any named historical figure's portrait. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Kling): Start from that image as the first frame. Volleys of arrows thud into the straw bundles out of the fog while I sip wine without looking up, drums echo, the camera slowly circles the boat, 8 seconds, no injuries.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me and two friends (each from their own uploaded photo) as three original sworn brothers in late-Han-style robes, kneeling before an altar under blossoming peach trees, incense smoke, spring light. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Jimeng): Start from that image as the first frame. We raise our cups together and bow, petals drift down, the camera rises slowly above the peach garden, 6 seconds, every face stays the same.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me as an original wandering hero in a short belted tunic and leggings, a broken wooden staff on the ground, on a bleak late-autumn ridge road with a tavern banner in the distance at dusk, a large tiger crouching among the rocks. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Hailuo): Start from that image as the first frame. The tiger pounces, I sidestep and pin it in a fierce wrestling hold, dust flies, the camera shakes, the tiger slumps exhausted (not killed on screen), 6 seconds, no blood.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Dream of the Red Chamber: Daiyu buries the flowers
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me as an original young lady of a grand garden household in pale Qing-era Han-style dress, carrying a flower hoe and a silk pouch of fallen petals, beside a small mound under blossoming trees in late spring, melancholy soft light. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Veo): Start from that image as the first frame. A breeze sends petals falling around me, I kneel and gently cover the petals with earth, look up at the trees with quiet sorrow, slow push-in, 8 seconds, soft guqin-style music (original).
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me as an original Prince Hamlet in an Elizabethan-era black velvet doublet with a white collar, holding a weathered prop skull at arm's length in a foggy churchyard at dusk, candle-like rim light. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Runway): Start from that image as the first frame. I slowly raise the skull to eye level and speak to it thoughtfully, fog drifts, the camera circles from behind my shoulder to my face, 8 seconds, no on-screen text.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me as an original Juliet in a Renaissance-style gown leaning on a stone balcony covered in ivy, moonlight and lanterns in a Verona-style garden at night. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Kling): Start from that image as the first frame. I look down into the garden, rest my chin on my hand and sigh, a breeze moves my hair and the ivy, moonlit camera slowly cranes up toward the balcony, 6 seconds.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me as an original Macbeth in a dark Scottish-style tunic and cloak, in a shadowy stone castle corridor at night, a ghostly translucent dagger floating in the air before me. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Hailuo): Start from that image as the first frame. I reach for the floating dagger, it drifts away and flickers like smoke, torchlight trembles on my face, slow push-in, 6 seconds, no blood.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me as an original Macbeth in a muddy cloak meeting three hooded witches (original designs) on a misty Scottish heath under a stormy sky, lightning on the horizon. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Veo): Start from that image as the first frame. The witches circle me as thunder rolls, mist swirls into the shape of a crown above my head and fades, 8 seconds.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me as an original Spanish knight-errant: a battered old breastplate, a basin-shaped helmet, a thin lance, on a bony horse on a dry La Mancha plain with white windmills on the hill at golden hour. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Kling): Start from that image as the first frame. I lower the lance and charge the nearest windmill, the sail sweeps me up and drops me into the dust, I sit up dazed and determined, 8 seconds, comic, no injuries.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me as an original Icarus with large wings of feathers and wax strapped to my arms, standing on a cliff above a bright blue sea, sun high in the sky. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Veo): Start from that image as the first frame. I leap and soar toward the sun, feathers begin to loosen and drift, the camera follows from below as the sky glows white, ending before any fall, 8 seconds.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me as an original Perseus in a bronze cuirass and winged sandals, holding a polished bronze shield like a mirror in a dark stone temple, a faint reflection of serpent-haired silhouette (no gore) in the shield. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Runway): Start from that image as the first frame. I raise the mirror shield and step forward without looking directly ahead, torchlight flares across the bronze, the reflection hisses and fades, 6 seconds.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me as an original Pandora in a white peplos, kneeling beside a large painted clay storage jar (pithos) in a sunlit Greek courtyard, my hand on the lid. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Jimeng): Start from that image as the first frame. I lift the lid and dark swirling shapes rush out into the sky, I slam it shut and one small warm light (hope) remains glowing inside, 6 seconds.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me posed like a Renaissance portrait: seated three-quarter view, hands folded, dark simple dress and a sheer veil, a hazy winding landscape behind, soft sfumato light, oil-painting texture. My own face, not the painting's. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Kling): Start from that image as the first frame. The painted me slowly turns to look straight at the viewer, the faint smile widens into a real grin, a breeze moves the veil, then I settle back into the pose, 6 seconds.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me looking over my shoulder toward the viewer in a blue and ochre cloth turban and a large pearl earring, ochre jacket, plain very dark background, soft window light from the left, Dutch Golden Age painting texture. My own face. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Jimeng): Start from that image as the first frame. I blink, part my lips as if to speak, the pearl catches a glint of light, then I turn slowly back to the dark, 6 seconds.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me on a long bridge railing under a swirling blood-orange sky over a dark fjord, hands raised to my cheeks, expressionist brushstroke style like an 1893 painting. My own face, exaggerated expression. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Hailuo): Start from that image as the first frame. The sky swirls faster, the bridge stretches, I let out a silent scream as the brushstrokes ripple outward, then I burst out laughing, 6 seconds.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me walking along a village road at night inside a swirling post-impressionist starry sky with a flame-like cypress tree, thick impasto brushstrokes, painted style. My own face. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Runway): Start from that image as the first frame. The stars spin and swirl as I walk, the cypress flickers like a flame, the camera rises into the swirling sky, 8 seconds.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me in an indigo work jacket in a long wooden boat beneath a giant curling wave with claw-like foam, Mount Fuji small in the distance, Japanese woodblock print style. My own face. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Kling): Start from that image as the first frame. The wave rises and curls over the boat, I grip the side and laugh as spray bursts into woodblock-style foam, 6 seconds.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me in a dark jacket and sunglasses walking calmly toward the camera in an empty desert industrial yard at dusk, a huge orange fireball blooming behind me, debris and sparks in the air. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Veo): Start from that image as the first frame. Slow motion: I keep walking, never look back, adjust my sunglasses as the shockwave ruffles my jacket, 8 seconds, cinematic, original scene.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Close-up of me at a café table, head facing forward but eyes sliding sideways with a sceptical look, eyebrow slightly raised, soft natural light. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Kling): Start from that image as the first frame. My eyes slide to the side, hold for a beat, then slowly back to the camera with a tiny smirk, locked camera, 4 seconds, perfect for reactions.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Original street scene with three people from three uploaded photos: me in the middle turning to look at someone walking past, my companion beside me looking at me in disbelief, sunny city street, candid photo style. Original composition, not a copy of any stock photo. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Jimeng): Start from that image as the first frame. I do a slow double-take at the passer-by, my companion folds their arms and taps their foot, the passer-by keeps walking, 5 seconds, comedic.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me standing on a windswept cliff at sunset in a long coat, looking into the distance, cinematic wide shot, epic film-trailer framing, original scene. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Runway): Start from that image as the first frame. Slow dramatic push-in on my face as the wind picks up, I turn to camera with total seriousness, then the shot cuts to me eating noodles at home (comedic contrast), 8 seconds, original trailer-style music, no titles.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference and keep my face and identity unchanged (an adult, my own face). Original recreation: do not copy any film or TV production, actor, costume design or logo. IMAGE PROMPT: Me sitting on a sofa holding a bowl of popcorn, looking at the camera, cosy living room, warm lamp light. IMAGE-TO-VIDEO PROMPT (Hailuo): Start from that image as the first frame. I turn my head sharply to the camera as it snaps into an extreme close-up on my wide eyes, freeze for one beat, 3 seconds, comedic.
Negative prompt: different person, changed face, face swap onto existing footage, likeness of any actor or celebrity, TV or film stills, studio logos, subtitles, text, watermark, gore, distorted hands, identity drift, face flicker
Checked against the original works so the prompts stay true to the source.
Journey to the West (Wu Cheng'en, 16th c.)
Water Curtain Cave: ch. 1. Havoc in Heaven: ch. 5–7. The White Bone Demon's three disguises (village woman, old woman, old man): ch. 27. Women's Kingdom: ch. 53–54. True and false Monkey Kings: ch. 57–58. Princess Iron Fan's palm-leaf fan and the Flaming Mountains: ch. 59–61. Spider Cave: ch. 72.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms / Water Margin / Dream of the Red Chamber
Peach Garden Oath: Three Kingdoms ch. 1. Straw boats borrow arrows in fog: ch. 46. Wu Song kills the tiger on Jingyang Ridge after his staff breaks: Water Margin ch. 23 (100/120-chapter editions). Daiyu buries flowers: Dream of the Red Chamber ch. 23, her 'Flower Burial' poem in ch. 27.
Shakespeare & Cervantes
'To be, or not to be' is Hamlet Act 3 Scene 1; the skull of Yorick appears in Act 5 Scene 1 (the card combines them, as many stagings and parodies do). Balcony scene: Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene 2. Dagger: Macbeth Act 2 Scene 1; the witches meet Macbeth in Act 1 Scene 3. Windmills: Don Quixote Part I, chapter 8 (1605).
Greek myth
Icarus: Ovid, Metamorphoses Book 8. Perseus and Medusa: Metamorphoses Book 4. Pandora opened a storage jar (pithos), not a box: Hesiod, Works and Days.
Paintings (public domain)
Mona Lisa: Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503–1519, Louvre. Girl with a Pearl Earring: Vermeer, c. 1665, Mauritshuis. The Scream: Edvard Munch, 1893, National Museum, Oslo. The Starry Night: Van Gogh, 1889, MoMA. The Great Wave off Kanagawa: Hokusai, c. 1831. Recreate the pose and style with your own face; don't upload museum photos as the base image.
Tools
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No. That uses someone else's copyrighted footage and often an actor's likeness. These prompts create a brand-new image from your photo and then animate it.
Can I recreate a famous TV version of Journey to the West?
No. Base your scene on the original novel, which is public domain, and use original costume designs. Don't imitate a TV series' actors, costumes, sets or theme music.
Are the paintings really free to use?
The paintings listed here are in the public domain. You're recreating the pose and style with your own face, not uploading a museum's photo, which may have its own terms.
Why does my face change in the video?
Keep clips short (4–8 seconds), use a clear first frame where your face is large, and add 'identity drift, face flicker' to the negative prompt.
Can I use these for meme videos?
Yes. The meme cards describe the format generically and recreate it originally, with no stock photos or film stills.
Who are the people in the gallery?
Fictional adults generated for this page, designed not to resemble any actor.