Urban Film SREF Style: Cinematic Night Photography Prompt
--sref 2440014674

Photography

Film

Version: v 7
SV: 6
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Art Style Type

This SREF style primarily blends elements of cinematic film photography and urban documentary photography. It borrows from the color processing techniques of the film era, presenting that distinctive warm tone and grain texture, while employing natural lighting and authentic scene capture methods common in documentary photography. The style also incorporates visual elements from cyberpunk and urban gothic aesthetics, creating urban mystique through high-contrast lighting and slightly oppressive atmospheres.

Style Characteristics

The defining characteristic of this SREF is its ability to create a nostalgic yet mysterious urban atmosphere. The color palette leans toward warm yellow and teal contrasts, reminiscent of vintage film stock captured in nighttime cityscapes. The lighting treatment is highly dramatic with strong chiaroscuro effects, creating cinematic visual tension. The image quality features subtle grain and softening effects that evoke a sense of temporal displacement. This style is impressive because it perfectly balances realism with artistic expression, maintaining the authenticity of documentary photography while enhancing emotional impact through color and lighting manipulation.

Style-Enhancing Prompt Keywords

  • cinematic lighting: Intensifies dramatic light and shadow effects, adding more film-like quality and visual impact to the composition
  • film grain: Enhances the analog texture and nostalgic atmosphere, giving the work more period authenticity and artistic character
  • moody atmosphere: Deepens the emotional expression of the image, creating richer mysterious and melancholic ambiance

Recommended Application Scenarios

This style is particularly suitable for movie poster design, music album covers, urban-themed concept art, and narrative scene design in games. It's also well-suited for creating fashion photography, documentary promotional materials, or any visual project requiring mysterious, nostalgic, urban nightscape atmospheres.

More Prompt Tips & Tricks


You can explore further by combining the following prompt command for MidJourney:

  • --sv: There are six versions of the Style Reference feature in Midjourney version 7 when using images. Use the --sv parameter to choose between them. --sv 6 is default. --sv 4 is the old V7 sref model (prior to June 16, 2025). Using --sv 6 and --sv 4 may produce different style results.
  • --s: Default value is 100, can be set from 0 to 1000. The higher the value, the more detailed the image, and the closer the style may be to reality.
  • -niji 6: Using this command will give the image a more anime style.
  • --sw: Default value is 100, can be input from 0 to 1000. A higher value makes the style closer to the original.
  • You can now blend multiple --sref codes together (for example --sref 123 456 )
  • You can weigh individual codes or urls as follows --sref 123::2
  • You can also read more guides on How to use SREF Code

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