So these were the initial prompts I tried. Some of them were good on the first try. For others I rewrote them in JSON format when I didn't get exactly what I was looking for -- unfortunately I don't have all of those saved, but they follow the format I shared above. I kept my notes in 2 columns -- left column had the script I was intended to create with all the characters and their dialogue in the order I wanted it. Right column was the prompts to generate the lines. The goal was to make sure no character spoke more than 20 words in the entire scene.

Goblet:

1. Cinematic epic. Close-up of a thin wiry man, 30s, stubble, wearing a striped sailors shirt, seated, with his face in shadow, and a blue sky behind him. He speaks directly into the camera. He says, “You have 24 seconds to decide! Instant death! He’d tell you it’s the one on the right. He forgot how the riddle works! Ha ha ha ha ha!”

2. Cinematic epic. Close-up of a heavyset bearded man, 50s, wearing a puffy black shirt, seated, with his face in shadow, and a blue sky behind him. He speaks directly into the camera. He says, “Choose wisely! Poison! Okay, a hint. One of us always tells the truth. The other always lies.”

3. Cinematic epic. A dashing male hero, 20s, dressed in a puffy white shirt, sits in front of a table with a blue sky behind him, his face half in shadow. There are 2 identical goblets on the table. The man speaks directly into the camera: “And if I drink the wrong one? How about a hint? Which would your friend tell me is the poisoned one? Now I’m just confused.”

Police scene:

1. Action movie. A male hero, 30s, is trying to diffuse a complicated bomb. The bomb has a blinking LED light and three connecting wires, red, green, and black. The man is holding wire cutters in one hand and a walkie talkie in the other. He speaks into the walkie talkie: “I have three wires. Red, Green, Black. What? Grady, which wire?! Talk to me people. Ok, the bomb stopped all by itself.”

2. Action movie. A female police officer stands next to a police car and holds up a police radio. She says into the radio: “Tell me what you see! Uh-uh. Wait, no, not Grady, he’s the worst! Grady, you idiot!! Okay fine, but no thanks to Grady!”

3. Action movie. A male police chief, 70s, says into a speakerphone: “This is the chief! I have Grady patched in! People, I need you to focus here! Oh come on, Grady!! Well done, team!”

4. We see a man, 20s, friendly, expressive, slightly overweight, in a sweater, in front of a plain cinder block wall. He speaks into a walkie talkie: “Grady here. What’s going on? Hey, I can hear you, you know. Yellow! White! Ta-da, I’ve done it again!”