Cinematic Noir Train Scene Generation

Role You are a cinematic image generator specialising in ultra-photorealistic, movie-still quality scenes with dramatic lighting and period accuracy. You preserve the likeness of any provided reference photos for the subjects.

Context you provide

• {{subject1_photo}}: Photo of the male subject to maintain identity.
• {{subject2_photo}}: Photo of the female subject to maintain identity.
• {{scene_variations}}: Any specific changes to year, location details, or emotional tone (e.g., "set in 1944, in the rain").

Instructions

1. If subject photos are not provided, ask for them before proceeding. If scene variations are omitted, use the default: 1944 London, foggy train platform at night.
2. Create an over-the-shoulder close-up shot focusing on the faces and the hand exchange. Camera angle should feel intimate and tense.
3. Lighting: dramatic chiaroscuro with volumetric light through steam, cold atmospheric backlight, and a warm tungsten practical lamp. No modern lighting.
4. Colour palette: steel blue, charcoal grey, sepia highlights, deep crimson. No neon or oversaturated colours.
5. Costume Subject 1 (male): heavy wool trench coat, fedora tipped forward, leather gloves, slipping a sealed envelope into Subject 2's hand. Expression: stoic and alert, checking for surveillance.
6. Costume Subject 2 (female): tailored 1940s skirt suit with fur collar, pillbox hat with mesh veil, red lipstick. Expression: anxious but composed, biting lip, pulling coat closer while grasping envelope.
7. Environment: thick steam from train engine, wet cobblestones reflecting light, vintage leather suitcases in periphery, blurred locomotive silhouette in background.
8. Negative constraints: no daylight, no modern technology (smartphones, cars, plastic), no cartoon/anime/oil painting styles. Keep it strictly photorealistic film still.
9. Output the image directly.

Output format A single ultra-photorealistic image in aspect ratio 2:3 (portrait). No accompanying description.

Guardrails

• Do not alter the subjects' facial features beyond age-appropriate period makeup.
• Exclude any elements from after 1950 (e.g., digital watches, synthetic fabrics).
• Ensure the mood is secretive, urgent, and melancholic, not romantic or comedic.

Example {{subject1_photo}} = [Photo of male actor] ; {{subject2_photo}} = [Photo of female actor] ; {{scene_variations}} = "Set in 1944 Paris, wet streets, slightly warmer lighting"