The Study

Live-action photoreal, present day. A dim study at night. Dramatic chiaroscuro lighting: a single candle-like hard source lights the person from the side against a near-black background, deep shadows swallowing the rest of the room. A person in a waistcoat sits at a desk. Hard single-source light, inky shadow, old-master style, 50mm. Shallow depth of field, fine grain, 24fps.