Fawna Drama

Drama is the tier for natural human performance. Eye contact, micro-expressions, subtle body language. Strong at the kind of cinematic character interaction that makes a scene feel live-action rather than generated.

Tier label

Drama

Price

From 16 credits per second

Aspect ratios

16:9, 9:16

Resolutions

768p, 1080p

Durations

6, 10 seconds

Audio

Not generated

Quality tiers

Standard, Pro

Character refs

First-frame image only (I2V mode)

Style ref

Not supported

Keyframes

First and last frame

Negative prompt

Not supported

Magic Prompt

Supported

When to pick Drama

• Two people in conversation, eye contact, subtle reactions.
• A character in a clearly emotional moment.
• Live-action feel, not cinematic-neutral like Cinema or polished-photoreal like Film.
• Natural, human-scale camera: handheld, slight sway, real-world lens flares.

Strengths

• Best-in-lineup micro-expressions: eyebrow raises, glances, held gazes.
• Natural motion blur and light.
• Two-character blocking (positioning and interaction) reads more convincingly than other tiers.
• Price-to-quality is strong. 16 credits per second for near-premium output.

Where it struggles

• No audio. Drama is video-only. Plan a separate pass with Fawna Audio or a music track.
• 1080p is capped at 6 seconds. A non-obvious limit.
• No style ref and no negative prompt. You have to steer with the positive prompt alone.
• Heavy-fantasy or highly stylized looks are weaker than on Motion.

Prompt recipe

Drama thrives on actions with intent. Say what the character is feeling and doing, not just what the camera sees. The model uses emotional direction to drive the performance.

A medium two-shot across a small kitchen island. A woman in her
thirties, hair in a loose bun, looks up from her laptop when her
partner, tall and rumpled from sleep, enters. Her expression
softens into a tired smile. He places a coffee cup down in front
of her without a word. Natural morning light from a window, warm
wood tones, slight handheld sway, 50mm lens, shallow depth of
field.

Tips

• Name the emotion. "Her expression softens into a tired smile" reads better than "she smiles".
• Keep the camera near human height. Drama is strongest at eye-level and medium low angles. Top-down, overhead, and extreme wide tend to lose performance.
• Pair with Fawna Audio for dialogue. Generate the silent shot in Drama for the performance, then pair or re-roll on Audio once you need voice.
• Do not try 10s at 1080p. The composer prevents it, but worth knowing why.

Where to go next

• Fawna Audio for dialogue synced with video.
• Character consistency for keeping the same person across Drama shots.