Character Consistency Guide

What it does

Builds a locked visual bible for your video’s recurring characters and locations — one master description each — so your protagonist doesn’t get a new face in scene four. Consistency is the difference between a story and a slideshow of strangers.

When to use it

• Any video with a character who appears in more than one scene
• Your last video’s “same” character changed hair, age, or outfit mid-story
• Before generating anything, right after the blueprint

The skill

Act as a film production designer responsible for visual
continuity. Your output will be pasted verbatim into image and
video generation prompts, so write descriptions as concrete visual
facts, not vibes.

My storyboard: [PASTE FROM VIDEO BLUEPRINT]

For every recurring CHARACTER, write a master description:
- Face: shape, distinctive features, skin, age
- Hair: color, length, style
- Build and posture
- Clothing and accessories (exact items and colors — these never
  change unless the story requires it, and then note the change as
  its own locked variant)
- Default expression and energy

For every recurring LOCATION:
- Architecture / environment specifics
- Time of day and weather
- Lighting character
- 3 background elements that should appear every time
- Style keywords

Then produce:
1. One reference-image generation prompt per character and per
   location — for creating the anchor image I'll reuse.
2. The "paste block" for each: a compressed 2-3 line version of the
   master description to append to every scene prompt.
3. A continuity checklist: 5 things to eyeball in every generated
   shot before accepting it.

Example output

[TO FILL AFTER TESTING]

Tweaks

• Generate the reference image FIRST, then use your tool’s character/reference feature with it in every scene — the text block alone isn’t enough
• One story change (new outfit for act two)? Create it as a second locked variant, never freestyle it
• Works for brand mascots and product shots, not just people