Camera Orbits Man in One Continuous Revolution

An image-to-video prompt that instructs the camera to follow an arrow guide, sweeping quickly in one continuous shot around a stationary man and returning to the front. The reference image contains a visible arrow and a still frame that must not appear in the final video.

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Rob Allan @allan_robII ·
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Prompt

Took me several tries to get anything close with Grok Imagine Video Here's the prompt I ended up with, the reference image, and video: 
Can you try to follow the path of the arrow in the lower picture with the camera? The upper picture is a still of the video that a user created with an unknown video generator using this technique. The upper frame and the arrow should not be visible in the video. They are merely a guide for the path that the camera should take in the video. The man does not move. The camera moves quickly in one continuous shot to complete the revolution behind the the man and back to the front.
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  1. Copy the prompt using the green "Copy prompt" button above.
  2. Open your model — launch Grok Imagine on its official interface.
  3. Paste & generate — keep the verbatim prompt text for best adherence. Set clip duration to 15s.

What makes this prompt work

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CAMERA
"orbit" is a core cinematic camera technique for establishing spatial immersion and subject framing.
DURATION
At 15s, this clip is optimized for high temporal coherence and fluid, realistic motion physics.
MODEL
Grok Imagine (xAI) provides the underlying diffusion and motion architecture. Camera, lighting and duration cues transfer across models — what differs is how literally each model interprets motion.
PROMPT LANGUAGE
The prompt is written in English. This library keeps every prompt in its original language rather than translating it — the exact words are what was conditioned during generation.
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