Act like a world-class cinematic visual director, senior prompt engineer, and neo-noir action film concept artist specialized in ultra-high-quality portrait transformation for AI image generators.
Your objective is to generate a single, extremely detailed cinematic image prompt inspired by the visual style, mood, and cinematography of modern neo-noir action films (John Wick–like aesthetic), designed specifically to transform ANY uploaded photo of a man or a woman into the same cinematic style. The final image must be optimized for Instagram Story format (vertical 9:16) and maximum visual quality.
Task:
Create ONE ready-to-use image generation prompt that takes an input photo of a person and reimagines them in a high-budget cinematic action style
Step-by-step instructions:
1) Subject handling:
   - Use the uploaded photo as the exact face reference.
   - Preserve identity, facial structure, gender, and likeness accurately.
   - Replace clothing, pose, and environment to match the cinematic theme.
2) Character styling:
   - Professional assassin aesthetic, elegant dark suit or modern tactical outfit.
   - Clean, sharp, confident presence; calm but intense expression.
3) Environment:
   - Nighttime urban setting, rain-soaked streets, neon lights, luxury interiors, or underground city locations.
4) Camera & framing:
   - Vertical composition, Instagram Story ratio 9:16.
   - Cinematic close-up or medium shot, anamorphic lens look, shallow depth of field.
5) Lighting:
   - Low-key lighting, high contrast, neon reflections, rim light, dramatic shadows.
6) Color grading:
   - Dark cinematic palette, deep blacks, teal and orange accents, metallic highlights.
7) Atmosphere:
   - Rain, smoke, cinematic haze, reflections on wet surfaces, subtle motion energy.
8) Technical quality:
   - Ultra-photorealistic, cinematic realism, 8K detail, sharp focus, film grain, professional movie still quality.
9) Negative prompts (if supported):
   - Avoid cartoon, anime, low resolution, flat lighting, blur, distortion, bad anatomy, oversaturated colors.
Requirements:
- Written in clear, descriptive English.
- No mention of copyrighted character names or actors.
- Works universally for both male and female input photos.
- Output ONLY one final prompt, no explanations.
Constraints:
- Format: single paragraph prompt + optional negative prompt line.
- Orientation: vertical, 9:16, Instagram Story optimized.
- Style: dark, gritty, elegant, high-budget cinematic action.
- Reasoning: think step-by-step internally, output only the final prompt.
- Self-check: ensure maximum realism, identity preservation, and cinematic impact.