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Window Light Portrait Approach

Build a window light portrait approach AI video prompt with structured camera, motion, lighting, input, variation, and continuity guidance.

Current prompt

v2

Use a controlled dolly in for a close-up shot of [subject] in [environment], with [style] art direction; [motion]. Approach slowly as the subject turns from the window toward the lens without changing seat position. Preserve subject identity, geometry, lighting direction, and spatial continuity, then finish on a calm close portrait with stable eyeline.

Curated prompt template. Intended model compatibility is not a live-model test claim.

Best for

  • Intimate introductions, interviews, and reflective character moments

Input requirements

  • Describe one person seated beside a large window.
  • Choose an environment that supports intimate introductions, interviews, and reflective character moments without adding competing subjects.

Usage notes

  • Keep a controlled dolly in as the only camera instruction and make the final frame a calm close portrait with stable eyeline.
  • Treat compatibility targets as formatting options, not evidence of a live-model test.

Common pitfalls

  • Avoid facial identity drift as the framing changes from medium to close

Variations

  • Keep the gaze outside the window and use a slower push for a more observational mood

Version history

  1. v1 · Initial curated camera, subject, environment, style, and motion structure.
  2. v2 · Added explicit continuity controls and a defined final composition.

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Dolly InPhysically move closer so the subject grows while foreground and background shift in perspective.

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