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Soft light

Gentle shadows that wrap around the face: calm, flattering, expensive.

Use when: Beauty, skincare, portraits, wellness, most talking heads.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot Light: a large diffused light source close to the subject, a white sheet or overcast window, shadows soft and graded on the far side of the subject's face

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

SubjectSetting

Say it like this

A large diffused light source close to her, a white sheet or overcast window, shadows soft and graded on the far side of her face.

Watch out

A style word for light does nothing. Name the source, where it sits against the person, and what fills the shadow side.measured: Director Chair field notes on image prompting

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Sources

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

ShotDeck: real film examples of this lighting (paid, link only)

Flim: film, ad and music-video stills of this lighting (free tier, link only)

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