Vertical close-up
A vertical close-up fills a 9:16 frame with a single face, the workhorse shot of microdrama where a phone screen is the whole stage. It carries dialogue, reactions, and the small tell that a scene turns on. Generate one from a prompt in Morphic, then set it moving with Image to Video.
Vertical close-ups you can generate
When to use a vertical close-up
Carrying dialogue
Most microdrama lines land on a single face, so a vertical close-up is where the script does its talking on a phone-sized screen.
Selling the reaction
When a secret drops or a slap lands, cut to the face in 9:16 so the audience reads the shock before the next beat.
Holding the cliffhanger
End an episode on a close-up and the held expression is the hook that pulls a viewer into the next one.
Keeping identity steady
Save the lead as a reference sheet once and the vertical close-up returns the same face in every episode, no drift between shots.
Make Vertical close-up in three steps
- 01
Describe your image
Describe the Vertical close-up you want, in plain words.
- 02
Generate the image
Morphic generates a clean, ready-to-publish image on your canvas in seconds.
- 03
Refine and share
Tweak the prompt, regenerate variations, then download or share the frame.
Cinematic scene
One image to a 9-scene cinematic video.
Cinematic storyboard
Share a scene description with character references. Get a full storyboard with shot angles and mood.
3x3 storyboard
Feed in a single image. Get 9 cinematic beats laid out as a 3x3 storyboard grid.
Messages to cinematic scene
Dramatize any text conversation into a cinematic multi-shot video.
Time-freeze effect
Cinematic time-freeze short film for any scene
Put yourself in a movie
Drop in a photo of yourself. Get a 12-second cinematic movie with animation and a matched soundtrack.
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