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The Character Sheet Kit

The five-frame layout, a prompt tested on GPT Image and Nano Banana, and the method we use to keep one face identical in every shot.

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The prompts

For GPT Image (ChatGPT).
Use the attached photo as the exact face and hair. Create a live-action casting reference sheet of this one person, landscape 16:9. Five equal vertical frames side by side, separated by thin hairline gutters, on one continuous plain light-grey studio backdrop.
Frame 1: FRONT close-up, head and shoulders, facing the camera, eyes to the lens, neutral expression.
Frame 2: THREE-QUARTER close-up, head and shoulders turned 45 degrees, both eyes visible.
Frame 3: FULL-LENGTH SIDE PROFILE, head to shoes, body turned 90 degrees to face left, only one eye visible, floor visible.
Frame 4: FULL-LENGTH FRONT, head to shoes, standing straight, arms relaxed, floor visible.
Frame 5: FULL-LENGTH BACK VIEW, head to shoes, facing directly away from the camera, back of the head and hair visible, floor visible.
The same person in all five frames: [AGE, HAIR, EYES, SKIN, THE ONE FEATURE]. The same clothes in all five: [TOP, BOTTOM, SHOES]. The same soft, even studio light from camera left. Real photography, 50mm lens, natural skin texture. No text, labels or numbers.
For Nano Banana 2 (Gemini).
5-panel contact sheet, 2752 x 1536 pixels, landscape 16:9. Exactly five tall panels side by side in a single row, each about 550 pixels wide and the full 1536 pixels tall, separated by thin hairline gutters. Each panel holds ONE photograph only: no panel is split, nothing is stacked. One continuous plain light-grey studio backdrop. A live-action casting reference sheet of the person in the reference image: keep the exact face and hair.
Panel 1: FRONT close-up, head and shoulders, facing the camera, eyes to the lens, neutral expression.
Panel 2: THREE-QUARTER close-up, head and shoulders turned 45 degrees, both eyes visible.
Panel 3: FULL-LENGTH SIDE PROFILE, head to shoes, body turned 90 degrees to face left, only one eye visible, floor visible.
Panel 4: FULL-LENGTH FRONT, head to shoes, standing straight, arms relaxed, floor visible.
Panel 5: FULL-LENGTH BACK VIEW, head to shoes, facing directly away from the camera, back of the head and hair visible, floor visible.
Identical in all five panels: [AGE, HAIR, EYES, SKIN, THE ONE FEATURE]; wearing [TOP, BOTTOM, SHOES]; soft even studio light from camera left. Real photography, 50mm lens, natural skin texture. No text, labels or numbers.
One name. One description. Word for word.
WREN (identity, do not change): woman in her early twenties, chin-length dark-brown wavy bob with soft curtain bangs, light freckles across the nose and cheeks, warm hazel eyes, natural brows, no-makeup look.
WREN (wardrobe, this sheet): plain black crew-neck t-shirt, straight-leg black trousers, black leather loafers, no jewellery.

Your version:
[NAME] (identity, do not change): [AGE], [HAIR: LENGTH, COLOUR, TEXTURE, CUT], [THE ONE FEATURE], [EYES], [BROWS, SKIN].
[NAME] (wardrobe, this sheet): [TOP], [BOTTOM], [SHOES], [JEWELLERY OR NONE].
Three blocks, always in this order.
Attached: the reference sheet for WREN. Match her face, hair and build exactly.
WREN (identity, do not change): [PASTE THE IDENTITY BLOCK].
WREN (wardrobe): [PASTE THE WARDROBE BLOCK, OR A NEW ONE].

SHOT: [FRAMING AND ANGLE], [WHAT SHE IS DOING], [WHERE].
For example: medium close-up, Wren at a bus stop at night, reading a text, rain on the shelter glass.

LOOK: [LENS], [LIGHT], [GRADE].
For example: 35mm, cold streetlight from above, teal shadows, fine grain.

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