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The authority frame. A desk implies work has been done, which is why every explainer and analyst account eventually lives here.
The recipe
The shot never describes the person. It describes what is happening to them, which is what keeps the face out of the variables.
Getting it right
Composed
The locked line comes from the character sheet; everything after it comes from the recipe above. Swap in your own line and nothing else changes.
Midjourney
Video of a woman, mid thirties, West African features, a round face with full cheeks, dark brown large round eyes, softly arched brows, a nose with a wide bridge, full lips, deep dimples on both cheeks, shoulder-length braided dark brown hair, rich ebony skin, a matte finish, average height with a curvy build. Wearing smart business-casual separates, a jewel-tone palette of emerald, oxblood and sapphire, in a desk setup lit by monitor light, soft daylight from a large window, camera at eye level. Seated, waist up, camera slightly above eye height. At a desk with a monitor edge visible, hands resting then gesturing to an object on the desk, speaking across to camera. Practical light from the screen mixed with a lamp, shallow background --ar 1:1 --style raw --seed 2188024833 --cref [url of your approved reference frame] --cw 100
Flux
Video of a woman, mid thirties, West African features, a round face with full cheeks, dark brown large round eyes, softly arched brows, a nose with a wide bridge, full lips, deep dimples on both cheeks, shoulder-length braided dark brown hair, rich ebony skin, a matte finish, average height with a curvy build. Wearing smart business-casual separates, a jewel-tone palette of emerald, oxblood and sapphire, in a desk setup lit by monitor light, soft daylight from a large window, camera at eye level. Seated, waist up, camera slightly above eye height. At a desk with a monitor edge visible, hands resting then gesturing to an object on the desk, speaking across to camera. Practical light from the screen mixed with a lamp, shallow background negative: beauty filter, airbrushed skin, plastic skin, waxy skin, over-smoothed, perfectly symmetrical face, extra fingers, malformed hands, warped jewellery, text artifacts, watermark, logo on clothing, duplicate person, changing facial structure, flat cheeks, oily highlight, slimmed body, idealised proportions seed: 2188024833 | guidance: 3.5 | steps: 28
Seedream
Video of a woman, mid thirties, West African features, a round face with full cheeks, dark brown large round eyes, softly arched brows, a nose with a wide bridge, full lips, deep dimples on both cheeks, shoulder-length braided dark brown hair, rich ebony skin, a matte finish, average height with a curvy build. Wearing smart business-casual separates, a jewel-tone palette of emerald, oxblood and sapphire, in a desk setup lit by monitor light, soft daylight from a large window, camera at eye level. Seated, waist up, camera slightly above eye height. At a desk with a monitor edge visible, hands resting then gesturing to an object on the desk, speaking across to camera. Practical light from the screen mixed with a lamp, shallow background Keep identical: a woman, mid thirties, West African features, a round face with full cheeks, dark brown large round eyes, softly arched brows, a nose with a wide bridge, full lips, deep dimples on both cheeks, shoulder-length braided dark brown hair, rich ebony skin, a matte finish, average height with a curvy build Change only: [the one thing that changes in this shot]
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