Prompt
· English
View from inside a wooden cupboard looking out at a miniature 1920s speakeasy built on a wooden tabletop. The tiny diorama features a bar counter, tiny patrons seated at small tables, and hanging string lights that emit a warm glow. In the foreground, the edge of the base is visible with the wood grain showing through the clear varnish. A small, chipped paintbrush tip rests against the edge of the diorama, and a bottle of blue paint sits nearby. A tiny, painted cigarette smoke curl rises from a miniature ashtray on the bar. The composition uses a 135mm lens from across the room, isolating the main figure against a melted background. Light comes from a projector beam, with dust floating in it and the colours of the projected image falling across the scene. A rhythm of similar shapes repeats at regular intervals across the frame. Shot on a medium format film camera with fine grain and a shallow depth of field that blurs the background into soft bokeh.
