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1986 VHS Portrait

Retro Portraits 1 photo · 9:16 · 8s video
1986 VHS Portrait — 3-frame storyboard, Retro Portraits AI video prompt example

Your selfie reborn as a soft-focus 1986 studio portrait — feathered era styling, film grain, date stamp, face preserved exactly. This is a photo-based prompt: upload your photo, then paste the full master prompt below into Google Flow, Veo, Kling or your AI video tool of choice. It includes the start frame, timed video direction, sound and a negative prompt — everything needed to recreate the format.

The master prompt

INPUT: One clear selfie.
START FRAME (image): The same person reimagined in a 1986 portrait studio: feathered hair styling of the era, soft-focus glamour lighting, pastel backdrop, film grain, a small date stamp reading "OCT 1986" — face, features and identity preserved exactly.
VIDEO (9:16, 8 seconds): VHS tracking lines roll; the portrait subtly animates — a blink, a slight smile; tape-hiss warmth throughout.
SOUND: VHS tape hiss over a soft synth pad.
NEGATIVE: Identity drift, modern elements, text beyond the date stamp.
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Hook: The tracking-line glitch hits in frame 1.

How to use this prompt

1. Copy the promptUse the Copy Prompt button above — the full text includes the start frame, timing, sound and negative prompt.
2. Paste it into your video toolWorks with Google Flow (Veo), Kling, Runway, Luma and similar AI video generators. Upload your photo first, as the prompt describes.
3. Generate in 9:16Set a vertical 9:16 format and the 8s duration named in the prompt, then post at your audience's peak time.

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