Night Shop, One Warm Lamp
After dark, one warm lamp lights the host. Skip the red wash, and keep the face a natural color.
A night shop needs one warm lamp, not a red wash. The lamp is in the frame or just beside it, and it is the only source on the face. The cheeks keep a natural color, with warmth on the side nearer the bulb and a real shadow on the other. Flooding the room red turns the person into a filter. One person speaks, and the first 3 seconds carry the point of the reel. If the face or the voice looks real, label the clip as AI and leave the platform label in place. Name the one lamp, kill the red wash, and say tomorrow's open under that bulb. Keep one speaker. A practical reel is 15–45 seconds. The first 3 seconds show the baker with a warm near cheek and a far cheek that is still a skin color, and they say the open. Reject a string plus a gel plus the lamp, teeth that match a gel, or a cut to a brighter redder frame. If the face or the voice could be mistaken for a real person, the caption must say it is AI, and the platform label stays in place.
Name the lamp
Say where the lamp sits and that it is the only practical. A string, a red gel, and the lamp together are three lights. Pick the lamp. The rest of the shop can fall off into dark. If you cannot point at the bright side of the face, the source is not decided. Point at the lamp and at the bright side of the face before you add any other source. The first 3 seconds show that single practical and say the open or the offer. Reject a room you cannot explain from one bulb before you post.
Stop the red wash
Warm is a bias toward the bulb. Red is a costume on the skin. The far cheek, the teeth, and a white collar should not match a gel. If they do, the still is a wash and it should not move. Correct the color while it is a picture. Night is the hour. It is not a tint slider. Keep warm as a bias toward the bulb, and reject the still if the far cheek, the teeth, or a white collar match a gel. In the first 3 seconds the apron keeps its real cloth color and the voice says the line. Do not post a red costume on the skin.
Speak in that light
The mouth moves under the same lamp you approved. A cut to a brighter, redder frame breaks the night. One person, one sentence that is the offer, the hours, or the date. Caption it in the upper middle. A realistic face or voice is labeled as AI. Leave the mouth under the approved lamp, put the line in the upper middle, and stop. In the first 3 seconds, viewers see the night shop and hear tomorrow's open. Throw out a second voice or a redder insert before the file goes up.
A worked example
A baker locks the door and stands by the one lamp over the counter. The near cheek is warm, the far cheek is darker and still a skin color, and the apron stays its real cloth color. A version bathed in red is rejected. The first sentence is tomorrow's open, and the caption says the host is AI. Lock the door, stand by the counter lamp, and reject the version bathed in red. The first 3 seconds show the one warm lamp and say tomorrow's open. One speaker, 15–45 seconds. If the face looks real, the caption says the host is AI, and the platform label stays visible.
Before you post
- Use one warm lamp as the only source.
- Keep the face a natural color.
- Label a realistic host as AI.
Where Scro fits
Scro has one person speak under the light you approved in the still. Use one of 13 caption styles for the line, and export 9:16. If the face or the voice is realistic, label it as AI. Export 9:16 under the lamp you approved in the still. The first 3 seconds show that bulb and say the shop point. Reject a red wash. If the face or voice could be mistaken for a real person, the caption says it is AI, and the platform label stays put.
Switch on one lamp. Finished samples are on the examples page.
Related: Morning Prep, Window plus One Lamp.