Better prompts usually come from better direction, not longer prompts.
Name the image goal
Start with the emotional job of the shot. Is it meant to feel tense, intimate, observational, triumphant, restrained, or unsettling?
Then specify the camera language
Choose the shot size, movement, point of view, lens feel, and environment relationship. Those decisions make the prompt behave more like direction than search.
Protect continuity
When the scene belongs to a sequence, include the stability details that matter: wardrobe, character identity, location logic, time of day, and visual palette.
Revise from the miss
When the output fails, diagnose the reason. Was the mood vague? Was the camera request contradictory? Was the scene asking for too much at once? Revision quality matters more than first-pass luck.