Give it the shot list and the characters (people, animals, or the product itself as a
character); get the style line and the video phrase that make every still and clip read
as one animated feature. The process (style frames, a sheet per character, stills on
edit, one motion test, then the batch) is guide-pick-a-stylized-look; the prompt
grammar is nano-banana-prompt-format and h3-prompt-format.
This leaf's worked treatment uses expressive feature-film characters. Choose it when
that tone fits the approved brand direction and concept; making the product a
character does not itself require this look. Clay (style-claymation) is another
possible treatment, with matte miniature materials. Abstract dimensional forms can
use a 3D treatment without inheriting the eyes, limbs or cast in this character recipe.
Inputs
- The scene of each shot, the camera and which way every figure faces.
- Each character's sheet (
nano-banana-character-sheet), in this look, before any shot still. - A product as a character: its packshot, front-on and at full resolution; its
label is the one thing that must not change (
guide-keep-small-details). - The world: fully stylized (a 3D town, a 3D kitchen), or real-looking (a supermarket
aisle, a street) with only the characters in 3D. A real-looking world is designed as
a set (
guide-design-a-set) when several shots share it.
Run it
The style line, identical in every still prompt of the job:
polished stylized 3D animated feature-film character, appealing slightly stylized
proportions, large expressive eyes, soft subsurface skin, warm cinematic lighting
For the world, add one line that says which it is: "the whole scene in the same 3D animated style", or "a photorealistic , with only the characters in 3D animation, lit by the same light".
- Stills on nano banana Pro edit (or 2.1 edit), the character's views as images ("Image 1 is Roo, front close-up. Image 2 is Roo, full body, front."), the picked style frame "for style only, do not copy its scene", and for a product character the packshot: "use it ONLY for the can's shape, colours and label, which stay exactly as printed". End with "No captions, subtitles, logos or watermarks" (the product's own label is the exception, named).
- Video: H3 Max image-to-video at 768P, "3D animated feature-film style" as the style; its smooth rendering is no problem in a stylized look. Mouths closed unless a line is lip-synced.
What you get
Stills and clips in one 3D style; at 768P the clips scale to 1080p for delivery.
Type that pairs with it
Rounded heavy type: Fredoka 700 (or the brand's own rounded face), white with a deep
coloured stroke and a drop shadow, the newest word lifting and turning to the accent,
popping in. Lay it on a surface in the scene with a plane group
(hn4a-compositor-perspective-planes) rather than faking depth.
Tips and traps
- The label is the product. Check it on every still and on frames across every clip
at full size (
python-contact-sheet); a label that smears in motion is fixed by the routes inguide-keep-small-details, not by another roll. - Limbs and face on a product follow its sheet: say where they attach and in what colour, and keep them off the label.
- Two-character shots:
guide-pick-a-stylized-look, Choosing.
Check it
- A sheet of every still: one style, every character on model, the label exact.
- One clip's motion approved before the batch (
guide-pick-a-stylized-look, step 5).
