---
url: https://superduperai.co/library/style-lock-block/
title: Style lock: one paragraph that makes every clip look like the same film
description: A reusable style paragraph (stock, palette, grain, light rules) appended to every generation prompt so a series cuts together instead of looking like ten different ads.
category: generation
platforms: [any]
works_with: [veo, sora, kling, runway, image-gen]
tags: [style, consistency, palette, film-look, series, text-to-video]
difficulty: beginner
verified: false
created: 2026-11-01
---

# Style lock: one paragraph that makes every clip look like the same film

A reusable style paragraph (stock, palette, grain, light rules) appended to every generation prompt so a series cuts together instead of looking like ten different ads.

## Prompt

```text
STYLE LOCK (append to every prompt in the series):
Shot on {film stock or camera feel: Kodak 5219 / 16mm / Alexa clean digital / VHS}. {Palette: two dominant colours + one accent, e.g. 'teal shadows, amber highlights, red accent'}. {Grain: none / light / heavy}. {Contrast: soft and lifted blacks / punchy}. Lighting always {rule: motivated by a visible source / single key from camera left / flat overcast}. {Lens feel: 35mm, mild distortion / 85mm compression}. {Aspect ratio}. No on-screen text, no logos, no lens flares unless stated.
```

## Steps

1. Write the style lock once, from a reference film or a still you like. Name real things (a stock, a focal length) rather than adjectives.
2. Paste it at the end of every prompt, after the shot description.
3. When a clip comes back off-style, do not add adjectives to the lock: remove the words in the shot prompt that conflict with it.

## Example

Shot on 16mm, Kodak 250D feel. Teal shadows, amber highlights, red accent. Light grain. Soft contrast with lifted blacks. Lighting always motivated by a visible source. 35mm lens feel. 9:16 vertical. No on-screen text, no logos, no lens flares.

## Tips

- A palette with three named colours is the most effective single line in the lock; most 'does not match' problems are colour.
- Keep one lock per project in a text file next to the clips; Life2Film and most editors will not fix a mismatched look, they will only make it obvious.

## Works with

- Veo: Google text-to-video / image-to-video prompts.
- Sora: OpenAI video generation prompts.
- Kling: Kling text/image-to-video prompts.
- Runway: Runway Gen prompts and camera controls.
- Image models: Midjourney, Flux, Imagen: keyframes and style boards for image-to-video.