# Video Producer — Music Beds for Serialized Drama

Read this file when Dmitri asks for:
- Suno prompts
- ambient beds / underscore / background cues
- scene-block music planning
- non-melodic tension textures for dialogue scenes
- a cohesive cue family for one episode or scene

Keep music support secondary to scene function. The goal is usually not a song and not OST-forward scoring. The goal is a background layer that supports dialogue, editing rhythm, and emotional pressure.

## 1) Core routing rule

First decide which of these the user actually needs:
- **ambient bed** -> almost invisible, dialogue-safe, low movement
- **tension bed** -> background-only, uneasy, more pressure than plain ambience
- **scene-block cue family** -> several related fragments in one tonal world
- **rhythmic build** -> short escalating pressure piece, still non-melodic

If the user says Suno is generating "OST", "score", "theme", "electronics", or "too positive", narrow the prompt hard toward acoustic texture and anti-melodic language.

## 2) Default serialized-drama music target

For Romantic Dorama / soap-style dialogue scenes, prefer:
- background-only
- non-melodic
- intimate, restrained, psychologically uneasy
- loopable or fragment-friendly
- same tonal center / instrumentation / syntax across related cues
- supportive of dialogue, not competitive with it

Usually prefer **organic acoustic tension** over glossy ambient electronica.

## 3) Words that often break the result

These often push Suno toward sweet OST or airy electronic ambient:
- romantic
- warm strings
- luxurious
- emotional
- cinematic
- cue
- sting
- beautiful
- lush
- sweeping
- ambient (when left unqualified)

If using `ambient`, immediately qualify it with:
- `minimal acoustic tension`
- `organic and dry`
- `non-melodic`
- `background-only`
- `under dialogue`

## 4) Preferred sound vocabulary for tense background beds

Use language like:
- acoustic tension bed
- minimal acoustic tension texture for dialogue
- organic and dry
- non-melodic
- close-mic
- intimate but cold
- psychologically uneasy
- unresolved
- negative space
- each gesture leaves space for silence
- brief near-silent dropouts every 15-20 seconds

Useful acoustic palette:
- muted low cello drone
- viola harmonics
- bow noise / bow friction
- felt piano resonance
- sparse isolated felt piano notes
- subtle wood body / wood resonance / wood creaks
- faint room tone

## 5) Negative steering

When the model drifts, explicitly ban:
- melody
- theme
- song structure
- cinematic swell
- lush strings
- sweetness
- uplifting tone
- synths
- electronic ambience
- electronic pads
- soundtrack theme
- trailer feel

Strong anti-OST phrase:
`not soundtrack music, not score, not cinematic cue, just background tension texture under dialogue`

## 6) Silence and breathing gaps

For beds that must breathe, ask for:
- `each gesture leaves space for silence`
- `brief near-silent dropouts every 15-20 seconds`
- `negative space as part of the composition`
- `sparse gestures separated by silence`

This usually works better than simply asking for "pauses".

## 7) Reusable prompt templates

### A. Baseline acoustic tension bed

```text
Ambient minimal acoustic tension bed, 45-60 seconds, dark and restrained, non-melodic, organic and dry, the texture is muted low cello drone, viola harmonics, bow noise, felt piano resonance, subtle wood body, and faint room tone; each gesture leaves space for silence, brief near-silent dropouts hit every 15-20 seconds, close-mic, intimate, quietly disturbing, unresolved, no melody, no sweetness, no uplift, no lush strings, no synths, no electronic ambience, no soundtrack theme
```

Use this as the base syntax for a family of related blocks. Change only the dramatic-function clause.

### B. Scene-block variant pattern

Keep the base prompt stable and insert one short clause such as:
- `the feeling is controlled refusal, embarrassment, private pressure, and power imbalance`
- `the feeling is uneasy closeness, controlled physical proximity, hesitant service, and suppressed sensual discomfort`
- `the feeling is reflective exposure, controlled escalation, quiet loss of safety, and private emotional danger`
- `the feeling is emotional shock, coercive pressure, blackmail, and unresolved entrapment`

This preserves one musical world while letting scene blocks differ by function.

### C. Long-form shame / coercion bed

Use when the scene needs stronger dramatic pressure from a defined point to the end, while staying background-first.

```text
Ambient minimal acoustic tension bed, 60-90 seconds, darker and more dramatic, non-melodic, organic and dry, the texture is muted low cello drone, strained viola harmonics, tighter bow friction, sparse felt piano resonance, subtle hollow wood body, faint room tone, and occasional low acoustic pulse; the feeling is humiliation, coercive control, loss of dignity, emotional entrapment, and unresolved pressure slowly intensifying from forced compliance to final exposed vulnerability; each gesture leaves space for silence, brief near-silent dropouts hit every 15-20 seconds, the tension gradually thickens but never becomes a melody or a cinematic cue, close-mic, intimate, quietly suffocating, psychologically oppressive, unresolved, no melody, no sweetness, no uplift, no lush strings, no romantic warmth, no synths, no electronic ambience, no soundtrack theme, no big climax
```

### D. 25-second rhythmic build

Use when a moment needs short escalation rather than a flat bed.

```text
Minimal acoustic tension build, 25 seconds, dark and restrained, non-melodic, organic and dry, with a subtle rising pulse; the texture is muted low cello ostinato, dry viola tension, bow friction, sparse felt piano hits, soft wooden body knocks, and faint room tone; quiet at first, then gradually more insistent and rhythmically tense, building pressure without becoming cinematic or melodic; close-mic, intimate, psychologically uneasy, unresolved, background-only, no sweetness, no uplift, no lush strings, no synths, no electronic ambience, no soundtrack theme, no big climax
```

Optional structure line:
- `starts sparse, tightens in the middle, and rises in pressure in the final seconds without release`

## 8) Practical workflow

1. Lock the scene or block function first.
2. Decide whether the user needs bed / cue family / long-form shame bed / rhythmic build.
3. Pick one syntax and keep 80-90% of it unchanged across related prompts.
4. Change only the emotional-function clause.
5. If Suno becomes too electronic, remove soft/luxury/warm language and reassert acoustic palette.
6. If Suno becomes too sweet, remove `romantic` and replace with `private`, `intimate`, `uneasy`, `emotionally trapped`, `restrained proximity`.
7. If Suno becomes too score-like, add explicit anti-OST negatives and reduce phrases like `dramatic`, `cinematic`, `swell`, `cue`, `sting`.

## 9) Romantic Dorama note

For Romantic Dorama, the best current direction is:
- acoustic over electronic
- tense over pretty
- intimate over lyrical
- dry over lush
- restrained over cinematic
- shame / control / unresolved pressure over overt romance