Prompt template
True Crime Documentary Thumbnail
A thumbnail collage of a red-outlined portrait, a pin-and-string board, a sepia scene and a manila folder; mood, figure, scenes and document are editable.
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Your prompt
A YouTube thumbnail-style collage for a {argument name="overall mood" default="dark, dramatic, true crime investigation"}. In the center is a highly detailed, close-up portrait of an older man with grey hair and deep wrinkles resembling Jeffrey Epstein, wearing a black polo shirt, with a faint red glowing outline separating him from the background. On the left side, a tropical island with luxury villas and a flying airplane in a dark sky. Below the island, a conspiracy board motif features exactly 2 red push pins connected by 3 thick red strings. On the top right side, a hazy, sepia-toned depiction of the US Capitol building with the silhouettes of 3 men in suits facing it. On the bottom right, an open manila folder containing a heavily redacted dossier with thick black marker lines and a smaller photograph of the central man. The overall composition is cinematic, intense, and heavily stylized for a documentary video.
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When to use it
Use when a true-crime or investigative video needs a thumbnail built around one face and a web of clues, with your own scenes and document.
How to get the best result
- Describe the center figure by age, hair and face, not a name; the black polo and the red glowing outline are fixed.
- Keep the left scene an island or close to one; the fixed text hangs the pins and strings 'below the island'.
- Fill the mood as adjectives plus a genre noun; the fixed text reads 'collage for a' and needs a noun to finish it.
Watch-outs
- The prompt calls this a thumbnail but sets no size; choose 16:9 in the generator, since wording alone does not set it.
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