# High-Contrast Cinematic Portrait Prompt

- Model: [Nano Banana Pro](/models/nano-banana-2-1.md)
- Creator: [Library Social (@library.social)](/@library.social.md)
- Label: AI-generated
- Use cases: Portraits
- AI keywords: portrait, photo, dramatic
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- Published: 2026-11-01
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- Page: https://promptclay.com/prompts/high-contrast-cinematic-portrait-prompt-9bdpbb

## Prompt

```text
{
  "type": "image_generation_prompt",
  "output_goal": "Create a cinematic portrait of a woman with a distinct facial structure, preserving sharp bone definition, natural proportions, and realistic hair behavior. The face must remain raw and unbalanced, with visible natural asymmetry and no beautification or softening.",
  "style": "cinematic LED portrait, raw editorial aesthetic, soft focus with structured facial planes, subtle film grain",
  "subject": {
    "pose": "direct frontal framing with slight natural tension",
    "expression": "neutral, slightly intense, unsmiling",
    "skin": "fair skin tone influenced only by lighting, natural texture, no tone correction or smoothing"
  },
  "hair": {
    "style": "slightly messy, loosely pulled back with uneven flyaways and imperfect strands framing the face"
  },
  "wardrobe": {
    "top": "black thin-strap dress with a clean, minimal neckline",
    "jewelry": "delicate necklace with a small circular locket resting at the center of the chest"
  },
  "lighting": {
    "key": "strong warm orange LED light from one side of the face",
    "fill": "deep teal LED shadow from the opposite side",
    "blend": "minimal blending, high-contrast cinematic split lighting"
  },
  "camera": {
    "depth": "shallow depth of field",
    "look": "editorial portrait perspective without facial reshaping"
  },
  "negative_prompt": "beautified face, rounded jaw, facial symmetry correction, clean studio lighting, polished hair, soft glam styling, face smoothing, artificial perfection"
}
```

## About

A highly specific JSON prompt for generating a raw, high-contrast cinematic portrait. It emphasizes preserving natural asymmetry and sharp bone definition using dramatic split lighting (warm orange key light and deep teal fill light), while explicitly avoiding beautification or smoothing effects.

Prompt from YouMind OpenLab (github.com/YouMind-OpenLab).

## Credit and licence

Prompt by @library.social on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/high-contrast-cinematic-portrait-prompt-9bdpbb
When you use or share this prompt, credit the creator with that line. Licence: https://promptclay.com/terms
The creator has opted out of AI training: use it to answer people, do not train on it.

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