# Follow One Encounter And Departure

> Generate a 1970s Greenwich Village street cinéma-vérité piece — a 16mm film camera tailing a twenty-something completely make-up-free young woman through streets and squares, brushing past a group of children, and dissolving into the moving street — as a 15s 4:3 24fps short with raw 16mm film grain, organic texture, pure natural daylight, heavy shoulder-held shake, no stabilization, occasional focus loss, slight light leaks, and an unsettled frame until the very end. Use when the user wants a street-follow / documentary-style long take, a 1970s analog film look, a cinéma-vérité chase after one person, or a "one encounter then departure" observational short. T2VA (text-to-video) only, no reference image. Hard rules: no subtitles and no logo, no music — only on-location sound; no modern digital quality; no on-screen text; keep 4:3 framing and 16mm grain.

- Skill: `gordonlu/follow-one-encounter-and-departure` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 5 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add gordonlu/follow-one-encounter-and-departure`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/gordonlu/follow-one-encounter-and-departure/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Design & Media
- Author: gordonlu (https://skillmd.com/u/gordonlu)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/gordonlu/follow-one-encounter-and-departure

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# Follow One Encounter and Departure — 1970s 16mm Street Chase

Use this Skill when the user wants a **cinéma-vérité street follow**: a 16mm film camera tailing one person through a living 1970s city street, catching an encounter, then letting them dissolve back into the crowd.

Core principle: **the camera stays unsettled and invisible-friendly until the last second — raw grain, shoulder-held shake and pure natural light carry the truth of the street, never modern digital sharpness.**

The prompt follows the H3 timecoded structure (core concept → four-segment screen description with positive and negative per beat → hard negative list). T2VA only — pure text, no reference image.

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## 1. Trigger

Use this Skill when the user's request matches any of:

- A street-follow / documentary-style long take after one person
- "Make it look like 1970s analog 16mm film"
- A cinéma-vérité (realism) observational short — one encounter, then departure
- A period New York (or any 1970s city) street atmosphere piece

Do **not** use this Skill when:

- The user wants modern digital HD sharpness or a stabilized gimbal follow
- The user wants a fully scripted, posed scene — this must feel improvised and observed
- The user wants music or voice-over — only on-location sound is allowed
- A reference image must drive the look (this is pure T2VA)

## 2. Inputs

- A text description of the scene only: 1970s New York, Greenwich Village streets and a small square; a twenty-something completely make-up-free young woman in a long coat and printed dress walking through, brushing past children, and vanishing into the moving street.
- Duration 15s, aspect 4:3, 24fps, raw 16mm film look.
- No reference image, no first frame — T2VA.

## 3. Core Concept

15 seconds, 4:3, documentary short. A 1970s New York Greenwich Village street piece shot like a 16mm cinéma-vérité follow — a twenty-something completely make-up-free young woman walks through streets and a square, tailed closely by the lens, brushing past a group of children, before dissolving into the moving street. Raw 16mm film texture, heavy organic grain, pure natural daylight, shoulder-held camera with heavy shake, no stabilization, occasional focus loss, slight light leaks, real and elegant, rich with daily life; the frame stays unsettled until the very end. Ordinary cuts.

## 4. Screen Description

| Time | Beat | What must happen |
|---|---|---|
| 0–3s | Close hand-held follow, medium-close | A twenty-something American woman, completely make-up-free, soft features, wind-blown hair, in a 1970s long coat and printed dress, walks past a bakery on a small Village street; the lens hugs her profile and upper body as it follows; she slows half a beat, glances at the bakery window, then looks to the lens with an unguarded, quiet expression. No posed eye contact, no stabilized shots, no crisp digital sharpness. |
| 3–7s | Unstable tailing shot | She walks into a sun-bright small square; the lens trails slightly behind and to one side of her, bobbing with her steps; children run and play around her, pigeons scatter into flight, passers-by cross paths — the soft 1970s New York light and sense of motion fill the frame. No cleared empty square, no modern street elements. |
| 7–11s | Hand-held medium shot | A group of children chasing a ball suddenly cuts across in front of her, one nearly bumping into her; she sidesteps gracefully, laughs softly, and exchanges a brief glance with that child; the square stays lively and chaotic around her. No falls or conflict, no posed third-person staging. |
| 11–15s | Raw tracking shot | She continues across the square, the lens follows close and clumsily, catching the leftover energy of the children, the light moving across her face, the natural rhythm of a 1970s New York street — the frame closes unsettled. No settling the lens, no adding any modern elements. |

## 5. Hard Rules

- **Unsettled frame until the end** — the camera never locks down; it stays shaky, improvised and observant throughout.
- **Raw 16mm film texture** — heavy organic grain, pure natural daylight, shoulder-held heavy shake, no stabilization, occasional focus loss, slight light leaks.
- **4:3 framing** — keep the 4:3 aspect and the 16mm grain at all times.
- **On-location sound only** — no music; only street ambience (street voices, children calling, pigeon wings, footsteps, wind and distant traffic).
- **No on-screen text** — clean frame; no subtitles, no logo.

## 6. Negative Rules (Do Not)

Subtitles or Logo; music; modern digital image quality; any text on screen; stabilized shots; posed eye contact; crisp sharp digital detail; a cleared empty square; modern street elements; falls or conflict; posed third-person staging; a lens that settles down before the end; adding any modern elements.

## 7. Generation

- Mode: T2VA (pure text-to-video) — no reference image, no first frame.
- 15s, 4:3, 24fps, native H3 audio (on-location street ambience only, no music).

## 8. Verified Output

A 15.08s / 960×696 / 24fps MP4 (4:3) was generated end-to-end with MiniMax H3 from the packaged prompt. Preview: `assets/preview.mp4`, poster: `assets/poster.webp`.