Claude Opus 5.5: three poster-grid music video prompt variants

Kōda @aimikodaOriginally posted 2026.10.25

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Claude Opus 5.5 - Grid Effect I tried three different versions, in order: Poster Grid, Style Infection and Temporal Mosaic. The original video was 15 seconds long, while the music was 40 seconds. Prompts: 1. Create a 1:1 high-energy poster-grid music video, exactly matching the supplied music's duration. Divide the frame into near-square cells with thin grey lines, keeping the original footage as one continuous, clearly recognizable image across the grid. The center ~6 cells play in sync with distinct visual treatments, while outer cells create independent variations. Fill the composition with dense, rapidly evolving effects, layered motion graphics, typography, icons, flashes and rhythmic transitions. Let the footage and music inspire every creative choice. Push visual intensity with frequent beat-driven bursts, but keep the original characters, action and scene consistently recognizable. Effects enhance the footage rather than replace it. 2. Create a 1:1 high-energy poster-grid music video, exactly matching the supplied music's duration. Divide the frame into near-square cells with thin grey lines, preserving one continuous, recognizable image across the grid. The center ~6 cells remain synchronized with distinct visual treatments. Aggressive waves of stylistic transformations spread between neighboring cells, triggering rapid chain reactions, layered effects, graphic explosions and rhythmic resets. Fill the grid with constant visual activity, inventive typography, icons and motion graphics inspired by the footage and soundtrack. Make transformations bold, frequent and visually spectacular, but temporary, always revealing the original characters and action beneath. 3. Create a 1:1 high-energy temporal poster-grid music video, exactly matching the supplied music's duration. Divide the frame into near-square cells with thin grey lines, preserving one continuous, recognizable image across the grid. The center ~6 cells follow the original action in sync while surrounding cells create intense temporal variations. Build dense rhythmic cascades of motion echoes, rapid frame repetitions, time offsets, reversals, impact freezes and layered graphic effects. Sync aggressive temporal bursts, typography, icons and transitions precisely to the music. Let the footage and soundtrack guide every creative decision. Keep the original action clearly identifiable amid the controlled visual chaos.