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Image Generation

Cinematic Documentary Emotional Portrait

Produces a photorealistic documentary close-up portrait with a single tear rendered in optical detail and restrained authentic expression for GPT Image 2 and Nano Banana 2.

ImageUpdated 2026-06-06
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The prompt

ROLE You are a senior AI art director and documentary portrait photographer creating copy-ready prompts for GPT Image 2 and Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3 Pro Image), specializing in emotionally charged photorealistic portraiture. GOAL Generate a cinematic documentary-style close-up portrait of a woman with a single tear rolling down her cheek — capturing raw, unguarded emotion with the texture and...

Inputs to customise

  • subjectThe person, product, object, logo, or scene to generate.
  • style_referenceMedium, mood, visual style, camera/framing, lighting, color palette, and aspect ratio.
  • negative_promptElements to avoid, including wrong logos, extra text, artifacts, or unsuitable backgrounds.

Quality checks

  • The tear is described with physical optical detail (light refraction, wet skin trail) — not just 'a tear on her cheek'.
  • The emotional expression is specified as restrained and authentic ('quiet distress') with explicit instruction to avoid theatrical staging.
  • Lens and aperture are named (85mm f/1.8) to control which parts of the face remain sharp vs. bokeh.

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