# Silhouette

Light and look / Light / Contrast. Checked 2026-10-13.

A dark shape against a bright background: mystery, iconography, anonymity.

- Use when: Openers, sunsets, anonymous people, logo-like shapes.
- Phrase: silhouette, the woman a black shape against the bright sunset sky, no detail in her face
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/light/silhouette
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/light/silhouette.json

## Watch out

- Faces stay anonymous, which also avoids the likeness problem with real people. (measured; Director Chair field notes on image prompting)

## Prompts

### Nano Banana Pro

```
[your subject] in [your setting]. Silhouette, the woman a black shape against the bright sunset sky, no detail in the subject's face.
```

### Nano Banana 2

```
[your subject] in [your setting]. Silhouette, the woman a black shape against the bright sunset sky, no detail in the subject's face.
```

### GPT Image 2.5

```
A photograph of [your subject] in [your setting].
Details: silhouette, the woman a black shape against the bright sunset sky, no detail in the subject's face
Exclusions: no extra text, no watermark, no logo.
```

### Seedream 5

```
[your subject] in [your setting]. Silhouette, the woman a black shape against the bright sunset sky, no detail in the subject's face.
```

### Seedance 2.5

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot
Light: silhouette, the woman a black shape against the bright sunset sky, no detail in the subject's face
```

### Seedance 2.0

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1: one continuous shot
Light: silhouette, the woman a black shape against the bright sunset sky, no detail in the subject's face
```

### Kling 3.0

```
[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Silhouette, the woman a black shape against the bright sunset sky, no detail in the subject's face.
```

### Veo 3.1

```
[your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image. Silhouette, the woman a black shape against the bright sunset sky, no detail in the subject's face.
```

## Look further

- https://shotdeck.com/ : real film frames tagged by colour, lighting, time of day and composition (paid, link only)
- https://flim.ai/ : film, ad and music-video stills to search by text or image (free tier, link only)

## Goes well with

- Rim light: https://directorchair.ai/light/rim-light
- From behind: https://directorchair.ai/angle/back-view

## Source

The first Director Chair spec, own words

Text CC BY 4.0, Director Chair (directorchair.ai). Reference clips and their card texts belong to their makers.