Midjourney Prompt Engineering: Movie Quotes and Invoking Success
Midjourney learns concepts from words or phrases paired with images and we use generalizations, keywords, and archetypes to invoke the images we want to see. It uses higher understanding to use the learned concepts to create new images. So, it makes sense that quotes could sometimes be concepts all their own.
I like to consider myself a bit of a movie and TV buff so when I started playing with Midjourney I could not help myself from trying a few quotes out. Remember this isn't about making pretty pictures we are conducting an experiment to see Midjourney's conceptual learning of quotes, so no fine art expected.
I started with a movie that both fascinated and terrified me as a child.
/imagine prompt: we're gonna need a bigger boat --ar 3:2 --v 5.2
And there he/she is the dun dun dun dun of the deep, Jaws.
How awesome right? So of course, I had to explore this further
/imagine prompt: say hello to my little friend --v 5.2
This is too funny top left is my favorite.
This little dude means business.
/imagine prompt: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious --ar 4:5
I am not going to lie I copy pasted this. I was not even going to attempt spelling it.
/imagine prompt: Luke I am your father --ar 2:3 --v 5.2
Yes I know, this is actually the popularized misquote let's see what we get with the correct quote.
/imagine prompt: no, I am your father --ar 2:3 --v 5.2
Result! Midjourney has given us Daddy Vader. I think top left would make a lovely family portrait to hang above the mantel.
/imagine prompt: the truth is out there --ar 5:4 --v 5.2
I thought this was apropos of the times. Midjourney apparently thinks they're out there. ha ha
/imagine prompt: you're fired --v 5.2
I couldn't resist sharing even with the one legged beauty in image 3.
/imagine prompt: beam me up Scotty --v 5.2
/imagine prompt: to infinity and beyond --v 5.2
I love how Midjourney the big blender has blended the Woody and Buzz together. The bottom right is quite special in my opinion with a slightly more literal interpretation.
/imagine prompt: winter is coming --v 5.2
/imagine prompt: with great power comes great responsibility --ar 3:4
I decided to take this further and try quotes outside the realm of movies and tv.
/imagine prompt: E=MC2 --ar 3:4 --v 5.2
/imagine prompt: That’s one small step for man and one giant leap for mankind --ar 4:3
/imagine prompt: I had a dream --v 5.2
This is a favorite of mine
It is truly fascinating to see how entrenched certain things are in the fabric of our society.
In prompting we often need to say a lot in just a few words, I find prompts start getting very muddied after 60 words and things just turn into a word brawl with the most powerful words winning and making it into the image. Sometimes with inconveniently banned words we even have to say it without saying it, at one point the word chest was banned and recently saying something was shot on a camera is giving issues, so these things do happen from time to time but that is fine Midjourney is still learning, and our community needs to be protected by moderation. This experiment is a wonderful way to show how we can invoke an entire image without being specific at all. Prompt in the way the world is seen, what comes to mind when you use this phrase or that word? Often it comes to “mind” for the AI as well. If you can understand what imagery could likely be called upon when using your keyword or phrase then you have won half the battle with a prompt.
Let's say I was asked to build a prompt of a storm without mentioning any weather words. How could I invoke that sky using language without being specific?
/imagine prompt: an angry sky --v 5.2
I have mentioned nothing about weather and typed three words and achieved my goal. By keeping this in mind we can save a lot of words in a prompt and use them instead to better advantage.
To find out more about Prompt Engineering and getting started in Midjourney find me on Buy Me A Coffee or my website AI And See Why
