Prompt
· English
Rear view from behind and slightly above of a 30-year-old woman standing alone in the wings of a theatre, looking up at the cue lights while holding a script. She is of Central American descent with rich chestnut-brown skin, a tall lanky frame of average height, and a heart-shaped face with a pointed chin. Her amber eyes are glassy with held-back tears and her lips are pressed together, her bushy eyebrows furrowed. She has ear-length chestnut-brown hair with loose barely-there waves slicked straight back, and reading glasses perched low on the nose. She wears an oversized grey hoodie and loose cargo trousers. The floor features a red 'STAGE LEFT' tape marker. Behind her is a prop table holding a dusty helmet and a half-eaten apple core, surrounded by rolled-up banners. A single work light beam cuts through the air, causing dust motes to swirl. Sunlight through coloured glass throws patches of red, blue and amber onto the scene. The 200mm telephoto lens compresses the background layers flat, placing the woman and the prop table side by side so they comment on each other. Shot on a digital medium format camera, with sharp focus on the subject and a shallow depth of field that flattens the background geometry.
