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Zero identity load. A persona can carry an entire month of teaching content in this frame and never once risk the face.
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 the hands of a woman, late twenties, West Asian features, a heart-shaped face with a narrow chin, hazel upturned eyes, high arched brows, an aquiline nose, a defined cupid's bow, a small beauty mark above the left side of the upper lip, waist-length curly dark brown hair with a centre part, light olive skin, a dewy finish, slightly below average height with a slight build. Wearing plain unbranded basics, a washed, sun-faded palette, in a small modern city apartment, warm practical lamps in frame, camera at eye level. Hands and the working surface only, camera at forty-five degrees. Performing one step at a steady pace, no cuts, tools entering and leaving frame. Soft daylight from the left, surface texture visible, no face in frame --ar 4:5 --style raw --seed 2313419693 --cref [url of your approved reference frame] --cw 100
Flux
Video of the hands of a woman, late twenties, West Asian features, a heart-shaped face with a narrow chin, hazel upturned eyes, high arched brows, an aquiline nose, a defined cupid's bow, a small beauty mark above the left side of the upper lip, waist-length curly dark brown hair with a centre part, light olive skin, a dewy finish, slightly below average height with a slight build. Wearing plain unbranded basics, a washed, sun-faded palette, in a small modern city apartment, warm practical lamps in frame, camera at eye level. Hands and the working surface only, camera at forty-five degrees. Performing one step at a steady pace, no cuts, tools entering and leaving frame. Soft daylight from the left, surface texture visible, no face in frame 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, blemish-free retouching, flat matte skin seed: 2313419693 | guidance: 3.5 | steps: 28
Seedream
Video of the hands of a woman, late twenties, West Asian features, a heart-shaped face with a narrow chin, hazel upturned eyes, high arched brows, an aquiline nose, a defined cupid's bow, a small beauty mark above the left side of the upper lip, waist-length curly dark brown hair with a centre part, light olive skin, a dewy finish, slightly below average height with a slight build. Wearing plain unbranded basics, a washed, sun-faded palette, in a small modern city apartment, warm practical lamps in frame, camera at eye level. Hands and the working surface only, camera at forty-five degrees. Performing one step at a steady pace, no cuts, tools entering and leaving frame. Soft daylight from the left, surface texture visible, no face in frame Keep identical: a woman, late twenties, West Asian features, a heart-shaped face with a narrow chin, hazel upturned eyes, high arched brows, an aquiline nose, a defined cupid's bow, a small beauty mark above the left side of the upper lip, waist-length curly dark brown hair with a centre part, light olive skin, a dewy finish, slightly below average height with a slight build Change only: [the one thing that changes in this shot]
Used by
@noorwindsdown
The last ninety minutes of the day, done properly
@rajonepan
One pan, one hob, eleven minutes, no shopping trip
@elenareadsmenus
What to order, in restaurants you have already walked past
@danfixesrentals
Reversible fixes for flats you are not allowed to drill into
@brunowalksdogs
Loose-lead walking, taught in ninety-second pieces
@wrenmendsit
Visible mending, taught stitch by stitch, no sewing machine
@meilinrevises
Revision method for exams that test recall, not effort
Demonstration
Chest up, mirror behind, camera fixed at eye height
Full body in profile, camera fixed at hip height, three metres back
Directly above a hob, pan centred, hands entering from the bottom of frame
Bench-height, hands and torso, camera at forty-five degrees from the left
Directly above a work surface, hands and material only
Directly above a desk, notes and a hand holding a pen
Full-frame screen content, persona in a small inset in one corner