[Camera] Raw digital video file footage from a 2005 compact digital camera (like a Canon PowerShot SD450) in "Movie Mode," fitted with a cheap, gummy plastic magnetic fisheye adapter. Resolution is authentically low (320×240 stretched). CRITICAL: The image is defined by severe MPEG-1 compression artifacts. The entire frame is built from large, shifting digital blocks (macroblocking) aliasing and fuzz (Not crisp), especially in shadows. No timestamps or interface overlays.

[Scene] A suffocatingly cramped space at a chaotic house party,a tiny bathroom, a packed hallway, or a messy bedroom corner. The background is warped into a tight sphere by the lens, showing blurry glimpses of graffiti, peeling posters, or other partygoers crushed together.

[Lighting] Harsh, point-blank on-camera flash. It nukes the highlights completely. Foreheads, noses, and teeth are blown out to pure, featureless white pixels that bleed blockily into the surrounding areas.

[Color Grade] "Toxic Cyan." The white balance is completely broken. The entire image is washed in a sickly, warm blue-green tinge. Shadows are muddy teal noise, not black. Skin tones are either blown-out white or sallow green.

[Angle] Extreme high angle, aggressive wide-angle fisheye selfie held at arm's length or closer. The barrel distortion is maximized, whoever is in the center is bulbous; whoever is on the edges is curved and stretched dramatically.

[Pose] Generative Wildcard – "The Squeeze" A chaotic crush of subjects squeezing desperately into the tight frame, heads touching, limbs overlapping. They are crowding the lens aggressively.

[Styling] All subjects feature wrecked aesthetics, thick eyeliner smudged down cheeks, red lipstick smeared, messy hair, and cheap, oversized plastic sunglasses worn indoors (reflecting the flash).

[Expressions] Manic energy. Screaming laughing, tongues out, biting lips, throwing messy peace signs. It’s a sweaty, drunk, comfortable pile-up.

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