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Task

Frame Your Hero

Task: Frame Your Hero

Choose one hero shot from your locked shotlist (the shot that carries the biggest emotional beat β€” the reveal, the commitment, the cost).

Write a detailed image-generation prompt spec that names:

  1. The composition rule it must obey (rule of thirds / leading lines / filling the frame / symmetry / natural framing)
  2. The character or subject and its placement in the frame (e.g., "subject on the right-third line", "subject fills 70% of frame", "gaze leading left off-screen")
  3. The story reason β€” why this composition choice serves the emotional beat (one sentence)
  4. Reference constraint β€” the style, palette, and tone from your character + style bible it must match

Example spec:

Shot: The hero realizes they've failed. Rule of thirds placement on the right edge of frame, facing left into empty space. Filling the frame with the face shows despair intimately. Leading line: their downward gaze creates a sight-line toward the floor. On-bible: matches our established cool-toned, desaturated palette; character consistent with the hero's marked features from Day 6 reference stills. Story beat: the composition isolates them and points them toward consequence.

Then paste your spec into Claude or ChatGPT and ask it to expand your composition constraints into a full Midjourney prompt (100–150 words, including --oref and --sref references). Paste the result back here, run it in Midjourney, and log the seed for Lock the Frame.

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