VHS Balcony Summer 1998

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  "video_settings": {
    "aspect_ratio": "4:3",
    "duration_seconds": 8,
    "style": "VHS camcorder home video"
  },
  "prompt": {
    "camera_identity": {
      "device": "shoulder camcorder, handheld by a family member",
      "tape_physics": [
        "VHS color bleed, reds smearing horizontally",
        "tracking noise band rolling across the bottom every few seconds",
        "soft focus hunting: autofocus breathes in and out once",
        "interlaced motion combing on fast movement",
        "slightly warm magenta-shifted white balance"
      ],
      "overlay": {
        "date_stamp": "AUG 14 1998 in orange segmented digits, bottom-right",
        "indicators": "blinking red REC dot and SP mode text, top corners"
      }
    },
    "scene": {
      "setting": "sun-drenched family balcony, plastic table with tea glasses, hanging laundry in the background, summer haze",
      "action_timeline": {
        "0-3s": "handheld pan across the balcony, uncle-cam energy, passing the tea table",
        "3-6s": "lands on her sitting on the balcony rail eating watermelon, she notices and groans",
        "6-8s": "she laughs, waves the camera away with the watermelon slice, camera zooms in too fast anyway"
      }
    },
    "subject": {
      "appearance": {
        "hair": "sun-lightened blonde, 90s middle part, slightly frizzy in the heat",
        "face": "effortlessly beautiful in that home-video way, no makeup, sun freckles"
      },
      "outfit": "90s summer: oversized band tee knotted at the waist, denim shorts",
      "accessory": "small silver shooting star necklace, glinting when she laughs"
    },
    "realism_rules": [
      "handheld shake and clumsy zoom are mandatory",
      "VHS artifacts persist through the whole clip",
      "sunlight blooms and smears on highlights",
      "nothing about the image may look digital or modern"
    ]
  },
  "negative_prompt": [
    "modern digital clarity",
    "stabilized footage",
    "clean image",
    "HD sharpness",
    "cinematic grade",
    "beauty filter",
    "16:9 frame"
  ]
}