A copy-and-paste Driver Put Phone Away prompt for Kling
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Short answer
Copy the prompt into Kling, add your photo as the reference and set 9:16, around 14 seconds. It covers the cab, a locked camera and five beats, and contains no dialogue. Several attempts may be needed, and the timing is rougher than with a timing guide.

The prompt
Format: image-to-video, vertical 9:16, roughly 14 seconds long. CHARACTER = reference image 1, the minibus driver. Treat the face, hair, skin tone and build in that image as fixed. The CHARACTER is an adult. Outfit: whatever the photo shows. Setting: the front of a small passenger minibus, right-hand-drive cab, seen from the passenger side. The driver's seat is on the left of the frame with a big steering wheel to its right and pale curtains with fringe tassels. A padded fare counter in the foreground holds a plain card terminal, a few coins and a smartphone. Nothing carries a brand name or printed text. Camera: a single locked-off, handheld-style view from a passenger's seat, like someone filming the driver on the sly. No cuts. Beat 1 (0-2s): seated sideways at the wheel, the CHARACTER looks back over a shoulder at the camera with an annoyed stare. Beat 2 (2-3s): a brief look at the road ahead, then back toward the camera. Beat 3 (3-6.5s): turns right round to face the camera, mouth wide, and throws both hands open with the palms up, shouting angrily at whoever is filming. Loud and furious, but no clear words. Beat 4 (6.5-9s): keeps scolding the camera with short head shakes and hand waves, then shrugs in disbelief. Beat 5 (9-14s): the CHARACTER turns to the front again, shoulders dropping and hands resting low, and keeps staring through the windshield, never glancing at the camera again. Audio: furious shouting with no clear words, a faint engine hum, coins rattling. No music, no singing, no lyrics. If anyone speaks at all, English only. Look: photorealistic and natural in colour. No text, captions, logos or watermark.
Using it
- Attach your picture and label it reference image 1.
- Put the sound on afterwards, in TikTok.
- Don't upload a celebrity's face.
Questions people ask
Why ask for shouting with no clear words?
Models love adding speech in random languages. Requesting wordless shouting keeps the clip tidy.
Does it fit the TikTok sound?
Only roughly; the beats drift without a timing guide.
Is any song or real person named in the prompt?
No song, no artist and no real person: the prompt only describes the scene.
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