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Five Cinematic Face-Locked Portrait Scenes

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FACE LOCK (highest priority — non-negotiable):
The face must be a 1:1 exact match to the reference photos — treat it as a face-swap level of fidelity, NOT an artistic interpretation. Preserve precisely: oval-to-oblong face with prominent chin, dark brown almond-shaped eyes under slightly heavy lids, full dark natural-arched eyebrows, straight nose with rounded tip, moderately full lips, strong defined jawline, thick black hair styled in a short voluminous brush-up (short sides, longer textured top), medium olive skin, late-20s look. Render the face PHOTOREAL, razor-sharp, perfectly lit, always the sharpest point of the frame — but CLEAN-SHAVEN: zero beard, zero stubble, completely smooth skin.

BODY & WARDROBE: athletic build, broad shoulders, real modern clothing worn by real men — perfectly tailored dark wool overcoat, plain heavyweight t-shirt, straight trousers, leather boots — styled like an editorial cover, effortless and expensive-looking.

RENDER CONCEPT (the invention): The face stays fully photographic. Everything else — body edges, fabric, ground, air — carries an almost invisible 5–10% painterly drift: brushstroke grain in shadows, slightly hand-drawn edges on the coat, light that lingers a half-second too long. Subtle enough to feel real, strange enough to feel authored. No filter look, no named style.

LOCATIONS (REAL places, shot like cinema — not fantasy):
1. Empty underground parking garage at 3 AM, wet concrete, single sodium-orange ceiling light directly above him — he stands centered, hands in coat pockets, staring into the lens.
2. Rooftop of a mid-rise city building at blue hour, real skyline soft in the distance, he sits on the raw concrete ledge edge, forearms on knees.
3. Deserted highway toll booth lane at dawn, fog on the asphalt, headlight glow behind him, mid-walk toward camera, coat moving.
4. Old brutalist stairwell with one window of hard daylight cutting across his chest, he leans on the railing, head slightly tilted, eyes locked on viewer.
5. Empty olympic swimming pool (drained, tiled, echoing), he stands alone at the deep-end floor looking up toward the light — small figure, vast real space.

CAMERA: 85mm portrait compression for close frames, 35mm for wide; shallow depth of field; face always tack-sharp.

STRICT NEGATIVES: NO facial hair of any kind, no identity drift, no fantasy/impossible environments, no cartoon rendering, no generic "AI portrait" look, no over-smoothed skin.

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