Makes an imageGPT Image 2From ~11 credits
Mannequin Film Still
Faceless mannequins living an ordinary moment in a real place — a quiet cinematic film still where every person has been swapped for a dummy.
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- A faceless mannequin plays every person in the scene
- Real places, real clothes, a moment caught mid-action
- A muted cinematic film-still look every time
- Pick the light, the mannequin finish and the framing
What it asks you for
6 stops. The recipe carries the whole prompt and asks only for these.
- 1A choiceLightRequired
The biggest change between one still and the next.
- Window daylight
- Golden hour
- Cold office
- Overcast
- Night lamps
- 2A choiceMannequin finishRequired
- Glossy white
- Matte white
- Warm ivory
- 3A choiceFramingRequired
- Wide room
- Medium shot
- Close detail
- 4Your picturePlace referenceOptional · an image
a location to match instead of inventing one
- 5Your pictureWardrobe referenceOptional · an image · ×2
the clothes to dress the mannequins in
- 6What you're picturingWhat's the scene?Required
Where they are, what they wear, what they are doing. The mannequins, the film look and the light are handled for you.
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Picture it out loud.
Type what you're picturing and get it back real. This recipe carries the prompt; you bring the idea.