Prompt
· English
View from inside a container of the place looking out: from inside a cupboard, an oven, a bag, a car boot, of a 48-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman sitting on a wooden bench in a sauna. The man, of North African descent with fair skin with cool undertones and an athletic build, is very tall and winking with a crooked grin; he has a heart-shaped face with a pointed chin, amber eyes, thin fine eyebrows, springy ringlet curls of auburn hair ear-length and shaped into a rounded afro, a grey beard, and rimless glasses, dressed exactly as the role of the brief requires. The woman, of Eastern European descent with light beige skin and a petite frame, is tall and laughing so hard the eyes squeeze shut and the head tips back; she has a round face with full cheeks, grey eyes, high arched eyebrows, tight corkscrew curls, a smooth shaved head with platinum-blonde hair colour where the scalp is smooth and catching the light, dressed exactly as the role of the brief requires. The man is holding a small envelope, and the woman is looking at the envelope with wide eyes. The steam is so thick that only their shoulders and heads are visible, with the heat distortion blurring the background. Wooden buckets with ladles are nearby, the texture of the steam is swirling, and a thermometer on the wall shows high heat. The scene is lit by orange sodium streetlight at night, with everything outside its reach in deep blue, and the lines of the surroundings converge on the main figure. Shot on a fisheye lens very close, the edges of the frame bending to emphasize the confined space.
