# Record Memory Through Fixed Viewfinder

> Generate a 15s 4:3 24fps nostalgic CCD-camera memory short: a young East Asian woman films herself with an early-2000s Sony Cyber-shot point-and-shoot, the whole frame styled like old memory-card footage pulled out years later. Use when the user wants a handheld, imperfect, deeply nostalgic look — persistent camera UI overlay (REC, focus box, battery, timestamp "8.1.2009 3:15 AM", "1/30 F3.4 ISO100"), direct-flash hard light, soft grain, digital compression, LCD pixel texture, slight wrong white balance, tiny autofocus search. I2VA with one character reference (image only, not first frame). Includes a verified 15.08s output.

- Skill: `gordonlu/record-memory-through-fixed-viewfinder` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 7 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add gordonlu/record-memory-through-fixed-viewfinder`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/gordonlu/record-memory-through-fixed-viewfinder/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: gordonlu (https://skillmd.com/u/gordonlu)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/gordonlu/record-memory-through-fixed-viewfinder

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# CCD Viewfinder Memory — 2009 Campus Vlog

Use this Skill when the user wants a **15-second 4:3 nostalgic CCD-camera memory short** that feels like footage recovered from an old memory card: a young East Asian woman (soft wavy hair, warm skin, dark-brown eyes, small mole under the left eye, light makeup, black thin-strap tank top, white cardigan draped over her shoulders, light-blue jeans) films herself walking through a 2009 campus — library, manga shelf, stairs, glass corridor, outdoor quad, mall bookstore, shop window — talking softly to camera in Chinese, then waves and the REC icon blinks to black.

Core principle: **the viewer always sees the glowing LCD viewfinder of a pocket digital camera in a dark room** — screen edges fade to dark and blur, while a persistent camera UI overlay (REC, focus box, battery, timestamp, exposure readout) stays on screen the whole time. Keep the look imperfect on purpose: direct-flash hard light, slight skin overexposure, soft grain, compression artifacts, LCD pixel texture, slightly wrong white balance, occasional autofocus hunting.

The prompt follows the three-part H3 structure (core concept → timecoded beats → hard negative rules). I2VA: one character reference image (locks the woman's face/body/outfit), used only as reference (never as the first frame).

## When to use
- Nostalgic memory / home-video / "found footage" aesthetics
- Early-2000s CCD / Cyber-shot point-and-shoot looks
- Any brief where the camera UI and imperfections ARE the style

## Hard rules
- The character's face, body, hair, age and outfit stay identical across all 8 beats (no redesign).
- Persistent on-screen UI: REC icon, focus box, battery, timestamp "8.1.2009 3:15 AM", "1/30 F3.4 ISO100" — and keep visible LCD glare/texture. No other text ever.
- Embrace imperfections: handheld shake, autofocus search, wrong white balance, grain, compression.
- No subtitles, no music bed, no narration beyond the soft in-scene Chinese lines.

## Reference
- Author / original concept: aripratama293 — https://x.com/aripratama293
- Source list: t8mars-x-reddit-source-list.md (row 31)