Cinematic Close-up Portrait with Dramatic Lighting
A highly detailed structured JSON prompt for generating an ultra-detailed, photorealistic cinematic close-up portrait, emphasizing dramatic sidelight, intense golden hour backlighting, and rich texture contrast between…

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- Objective
- Generate a photorealistic, cinematic close-up portrait with dramatic lighting and rich texture detail.
- Prompt Type
- Image Generation
- Subject › Description
- Human subject shown in an ultra-detailed close-up portrait
- Subject › Facial Details › Skin
- Highly textured, realistic skin
- Subject › Facial Details › Eyes
- Deep, contemplative brown eyes reflecting light
- Subject › Hair
- Wind-strewn strands illuminated from behind, glowing like fiber optics
- Subject › Wardrobe
- Worn, coarse dark knit wool scarf providing strong texture contrast
- Composition › Framing
- Close-up portrait
- Composition › Style
- Cinematic
- Composition › Depth
- Deep shadows with strong subject-background separation
- Lighting › Primary
- Dramatic harsh sidelight sculpting the subject’s profile
- Lighting › Secondary
- Intense golden hour backlighting
- Lighting › Effect
- High contrast, sculpted facial contours
- Color Grading › Palette
- Teal and orange
- Color Grading › Tone
- Warm highlights with cool shadows
- Camera Settings › Lens
- 85mm
- Camera Settings › Focus
- Shallow depth of field
- Camera Settings › Look
- Photorealistic
- Post Processing › Film Style
- Analog film grain
- Post Processing › Sharpness
- High micro-detail
- Post Processing › Contrast
- Strong cinematic contrast
- Mood Atmosphere
- Introspective, Dramatic, Cinematic
- Quality Tags
- Ultra-detailed, Photorealistic, High resolution
- Negative Prompt Optional
- Overly smooth skin, Plastic texture, Flat lighting, Low detail, Cartoon or illustration style
Raw JSON
{
"Objective": "Generate a photorealistic, cinematic close-up portrait with dramatic lighting and rich texture detail.",
"Prompt_Type": "Image Generation",
"Subject": {
"Description": "Human subject shown in an ultra-detailed close-up portrait",
"Facial_Details": {
"Skin": "Highly textured, realistic skin",
"Eyes": "Deep, contemplative brown eyes reflecting light"
},
"Hair": "Wind-strewn strands illuminated from behind, glowing like fiber optics",
"Wardrobe": "Worn, coarse dark knit wool scarf providing strong texture contrast"
},
"Composition": {
"Framing": "Close-up portrait",
"Style": "Cinematic",
"Depth": "Deep shadows with strong subject-background separation"
},
"Lighting": {
"Primary": "Dramatic harsh sidelight sculpting the subject’s profile",
"Secondary": "Intense golden hour backlighting",
"Effect": "High contrast, sculpted facial contours"
},
"Color_Grading": {
"Palette": "Teal and orange",
"Tone": "Warm highlights with cool shadows"
},
"Camera_Settings": {
"Lens": "85mm",
"Focus": "Shallow depth of field",
"Look": "Photorealistic"
},
"Post_Processing": {
"Film_Style": "Analog film grain",
"Sharpness": "High micro-detail",
"Contrast": "Strong cinematic contrast"
},
"Mood_Atmosphere": [
"Introspective",
"Dramatic",
"Cinematic"
],
"Quality_Tags": [
"Ultra-detailed",
"Photorealistic",
"High resolution"
],
"Negative_Prompt_Optional": [
"Overly smooth skin",
"Plastic texture",
"Flat lighting",
"Low detail",
"Cartoon or illustration style"
],
"Response_Format": "Single high-quality rendered image matching all listed attributes"
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- 1
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- 2…a portrait of your subject in softgolden-hour light, 85mm…
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- 3
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| If the result… | Why | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| The result drifts from the preview | Too many fields changed at once. | Reuse Cinematic Close-up Portrait with Dramatic Lighting as-is first, then change one group — subject, light, or setting. |
| Nano Banana 2 ignores part of the JSON | Some models flatten or skip nested keys. | Keep the same values and paste them as a short paragraph instead. |
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