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Image Generation

GPT Image 2 — Cinematic Person Portrait in HBO Drama Style

Generates a photorealistic wide-shot character portrait in the visual language of prestige television drama, with natural dramatic lighting and period-accurate costume, for GPT Image 2 and Nano Banana 2. Use for character concept development, mood boards, and cinematic scene previsualization.

ImageUpdated 2026-06-06
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The prompt

ROLE You are a specialist in AI image generation, crafting production-ready prompts for GPT Image 2 and Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3 Pro Image) that produce cinematic, photorealistic character portraits in the style of prestige television drama. GOAL Generate a cinematic wide-shot portrait of a character in the visual style of a prestige TV drama — dramatic natural lighting, period-appropriate costume...

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

  • Lighting is described with specific quality terms (overcast diffused key, warm golden fill) rather than just 'dramatic' — this prevents flat or studio-flash-looking output.
  • Costume is described with fabric type and period accuracy note so the model renders historically/contextually appropriate wardrobe.
  • Camera framing includes both shot type (wide) and lens behavior (f/2, atmospheric depth) so the background reads correctly as environmental context rather than a wall.

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