Ultra Realistic Cinematic Portrait

Improved prompt:

Create an ultra-realistic, cinematic portrait photograph using the provided reference image as a starting point. The composition should be centered and framed from the chest up, with a medium close-up head and shoulders shot. The subject must make direct eye contact with the camera, maintaining a serious yet neutral facial expression.

The subject is a young man with short, slightly messy dark hair and light stubble on his jawline. He is wearing a fitted black shirt underneath a textured black jacket with visible zipper details. The lighting setup is critical to the mood:

1. Utilize dramatic red rim lighting from both the left and right sides of the subject's face, creating a strong edge light and deep shadows. This will dramatically emphasize the subject's features and add intensity to the portrait.

2. Place a soft, diffused frontal key light source slightly above the camera axis to gently fill in the subject's face without completely eliminating the shadows from the rim lighting. This key light should be positioned to create a slight catch light in the subject's eyes while maintaining a relatively low-key lighting scheme overall.

3. The background must be deep black, with minimal noise or grain, to provide maximum contrast and focus attention solely on the subject. Use a high-quality studio backdrop or seamless paper to achieve this.

4. To create the illusion of a shallow depth of field and an 85mm lens perspective, use a wide aperture (f/2.8 or lower) to blur the background while keeping the subject's face sharp and in focus. This will help isolate the subject in the frame and emphasize the dramatic lighting.

5. Ensure the final image resolution is 8K, allowing for extreme close-up cropping and detailed examination of the subject's facial features. Use high-quality post-processing techniques to maintain the original sharpness and clarity of the image.

The goal is to produce a studio portrait with ultra-detailed skin texture, high contrast, and a cinematic, dramatic feel that could be used for a movie poster or advertising campaign. The subject should appear confident and slightly enigmatic, with the lighting and composition conveying a sense of mystery or intensity.