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The default frame of short-form video, and the one your audience will see more than any other. Get it right once and half your production problem is solved.
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
Vertical video of a woman, late twenties, West African features, a heart-shaped face with a narrow chin, dark brown large round eyes, high arched brows, a nose with a wide bridge, full lips, a scatter of freckles across the nose and cheeks, cropped short tightly coiled jet black hair, deep brown skin, a dewy finish, average height with a lean build. Wearing technical athleisure, a high-contrast palette, one saturated accent against black, in a small modern city apartment, an even ring light straight on, camera at eye level. Chest up, dead centre, phone at eye height. Speaking directly to camera with small hand gestures entering the lower frame, even ring light straight on. Clean uncluttered background one metre behind, no camera movement --ar 9:16 --style raw --seed 51514471 --cref [url of your approved reference frame] --cw 100
Flux
Vertical video of a woman, late twenties, West African features, a heart-shaped face with a narrow chin, dark brown large round eyes, high arched brows, a nose with a wide bridge, full lips, a scatter of freckles across the nose and cheeks, cropped short tightly coiled jet black hair, deep brown skin, a dewy finish, average height with a lean build. Wearing technical athleisure, a high-contrast palette, one saturated accent against black, in a small modern city apartment, an even ring light straight on, camera at eye level. Chest up, dead centre, phone at eye height. Speaking directly to camera with small hand gestures entering the lower frame, even ring light straight on. Clean uncluttered background one metre behind, no camera movement 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, clear skin, freckles removed, flat matte skin seed: 51514471 | guidance: 3.5 | steps: 28
Seedream
Vertical video of a woman, late twenties, West African features, a heart-shaped face with a narrow chin, dark brown large round eyes, high arched brows, a nose with a wide bridge, full lips, a scatter of freckles across the nose and cheeks, cropped short tightly coiled jet black hair, deep brown skin, a dewy finish, average height with a lean build. Wearing technical athleisure, a high-contrast palette, one saturated accent against black, in a small modern city apartment, an even ring light straight on, camera at eye level. Chest up, dead centre, phone at eye height. Speaking directly to camera with small hand gestures entering the lower frame, even ring light straight on. Clean uncluttered background one metre behind, no camera movement Keep identical: a woman, late twenties, West African features, a heart-shaped face with a narrow chin, dark brown large round eyes, high arched brows, a nose with a wide bridge, full lips, a scatter of freckles across the nose and cheeks, cropped short tightly coiled jet black hair, deep brown skin, a dewy finish, average height with a lean build Change only: [the one thing that changes in this shot]
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