Transform the uploaded photo into a moody, big-screen film still. Preserve the original subject's identity, facial features, expression, pose, wardrobe and composition exactly — change only the light, color and atmosphere, never the person. The result should read like a single frame lifted from a dramatic feature: intimate, tense and expensive-looking.
Begin with a strong teal-and-amber split-tone grade. Push the warm side of the image into golden amber and soft honey highlights (roughly #f4b266 to #ffd28a), and let the midtones and shadows drift into a cool desaturated teal-green (roughly #1f7d72 to #2fa89a), so the lit areas glow warm while the unlit areas sink into a green-cyan gloom. Keep blacks deep but not pure — slightly lifted and hazy, the way film shadows hold a little fog. Skin should keep a believable warm cast where the light touches it, never going fully green or waxy.
Re-light the scene as if from a single off-camera source on one side: a bright, blooming practical light that flares softly and throws gentle horizontal streaks across the frame, grazing the edge of the subject (hair, shoulder, cheekbone) with a warm rim, while the opposite side falls into cool teal fill. Let that flare halo and bleed realistically — soft, photographic halation around the brightest points, not a hard digital glow. Backgrounds should melt into shallow, creamy bokeh with a few out-of-focus light pools, while the subject's face stays crisp and in focus.
Finish with texture: a fine, even analog film grain across the whole frame, visible but refined, like a scanned 35mm negative. Add a subtle vignette darkening the corners to pull the eye inward, a touch of highlight bloom, and a faint horizontal light streak to sell the widescreen, lens-squeezed feeling. Overall mood: quiet cinematic drama, a held-breath moment, warm light against cool shadow. Print-ready detail, sharp on the eyes and skin texture, no over-smoothing.
Avoid: neon or oversaturated teal that floods the face, plastic airbrushed skin, cartoonish or starburst lens flares, heavy HDR edge halos, color bleeding unnaturally onto clothing or hair, and any distortion of the subject's anatomy or identity.
