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title: "Direct Eastern Xianxia Fantasy Video Shot by Shot — AI video prompts for camera & shots, with examples"
description: "Xianxia scene idea, keyframe or reference video to story spine, continuity locks, shot list and per-shot camera-move prompts. Install in Claude Code, Codex and Grok with one command."
url: https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/xianxia-cinematic-video-director
updated: 2026-10-31
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# Direct Eastern Xianxia Fantasy Video Shot by Shot — prompt skill for camera & shots

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Xianxia scene idea, keyframe or reference video to story spine, continuity locks, shot list and per-shot camera-move prompts.

- **Type:** [Prompt](https://varg.ai/how-to/prompts.md) · [Camera & shots](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/camera.md)
- **Slug:** `xianxia-cinematic-video-director`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** liyue-aigc (community)
- **Source:** https://github.com/liyue-aigc/xianxia-cinematic-video-director/tree/main/xianxia-cinematic-video-director
- **Works in:** Claude Code

## What it does

A Codex skill that expands a xianxia scene idea, image prompt, keyframe or reference video into a one-line story spine, a continuity lock card, a shot table and per-shot video prompts. Each shot gets an opening frame, character action, a purposeful main camera move (push, pull-back reveal, parallax, crane, lead/follow, aerial dive, restrained orbit, dolly zoom or locked-off), a speed curve, one or two layers of environment motion and a stable end state, with shot durations that sum exactly. It is model-agnostic and does not trigger paid generation. Instructions are in Chinese; the repo ships no license file, so reuse rights are not granted.

## Use when

- Plan a multi-shot Chinese fantasy (xianxia) video with clear camera moves
- Expand an image prompt or keyframe into a sequence of shots
- Give every shot a start frame, motivated move, speed curve and stable end
- Keep characters, costumes and landmarks consistent across shots

## Install

- Codex: `git clone https://github.com/liyue-aigc/xianxia-cinematic-video-director.git && mkdir -p ~/.codex/skills && cp -R ./xianxia-cinematic-video-director/xianxia-cinematic-video-director ~/.codex/skills/`
- Any agent, with the vargai CLI: `vargai install xianxia-cinematic-video-director`

## More camera & shots skills

- [fal Cinematography](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/fal-cinematography.md): Direct cinematic stills and video: shot language, camera moves, lenses, lighting, grade and film texture.
- [Storyboard Creation](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/inference-sh-storyboard-creation.md): Storyboard a video before generating: shot types, angles, moves, the 180-degree rule, annotated panels.
- [Video Shotcraft](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/video-shotcraft.md): 124 shot recipe cards and a tested Remotion template for cinematic product promos built from real UI screenshots.
- [Control AI Video Cuts and Camera With a Blender Greybox](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/blender-greybox-ai-video-cuts.md): A Blender greybox clip drives Seedance 2.5's video reference: 7 shots, 6 hard cuts landing within 0.07 s of plan.
- [Playable 3D Previz for Seedance Reference Video in ComfyUI](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/comfyui-scene-camera-action.md): ComfyUI nodes: build a 3D blockout set, act it with WASD, cut live cameras and export a 720p reference clip for Seedance or MiniMax H3.
- [Open-Source Previs Studio for AI Video Camera Control](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/cozyclay-previs.md): Block the set, cast and camera in a browser greybox, then hand Seedance a first frame, reference clip and prompt per shot.

## Run the generation on varg

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- Any agent with a terminal: `curl -fsSL https://varg.ai/install | sh` (Windows: `irm https://varg.ai/install.ps1 | iex`), then `vargai login` and every model is a command — `vargai generate_video …`, `vargai estimate_cost …` (https://varg.ai/how-to/cli/)
- Claude Code: `claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg` (skill + hosted MCP)
- Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenClaw: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai -a <agent> -y`
- Grok and any agent that reads SKILL.md: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai`, or point it at the skill's SKILL.md
- Claude.ai, ChatGPT, any MCP client: connect `https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp`
- API key: https://varg.ai/dashboard/api · Model specs: https://varg.ai/models/llms.txt