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    Long fluorescent tubes in the ceiling, flat greenish white light from above, slightly sickly skin tones, hard reflections on the floor.

    Light

    Fluorescent light

    Flat green-white overhead light: institutional, tired, uneasy.

    Use when
    Offices, hospitals, night shops, corridors, a story about burnout.

    Prompt instructions

    Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot Light: long fluorescent tubes in the ceiling, flat greenish white light from above, slightly sickly skin tones, hard reflections on the floor

    Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

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    Related

    Top lightPrompt Mixed lightPrompt Practical lights

    The light comes from lamps you can see in the scene; warm and lived-in.

    Prompt

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    Own words; the term from general film vocabulary, as also used in ShotDeck's filters Checked 2026-11-13.

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