Snowy Japanese Film Poster Grid

{
  "type": "movie poster concept sheet",
  "medium": "cinematic hero image variations for a fictional Japanese film",
  "genre": "mystery drama thriller",
  "title_text": "沈まぬ夜",
  "subtitle_text": "ENDLESS NIGHT",
  "tagline": "凍った夜が、すべてを覚えている。",
  "release_text": "2026年12月5日(土) 全国ロードショー",
  "layout": {
    "background": "white page with an evenly spaced 2-column by 4-row grid",
    "panel_count": 8,
    "panel_aspect": "vertical posters in the top row, widescreen horizontal hero frames in the remaining 3 rows",
    "sections": [
      {
        "title": "top row posters",
        "position": "row 1",
        "count": 2,
        "labels": [
          "left vertical poster with black title",
          "right vertical poster with white title"
        ]
      },
      {
        "title": "middle landscape variations",
        "position": "rows 2 to 4",
        "count": 6,
        "labels": [
          "empty frozen harbor with distant lighthouse",
          "shoreline and boats under moonlit fog",
          "lone figure facing lighthouse from snowy beach",
          "lone figure centered with village lights and rough sea",
          "rear figure close to camera on snowy pier",
          "rear figure near right side with village house lights"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "setting": {
    "location": "remote snow-covered coastal village at night",
    "season": "winter",
    "weather": "light snowfall or frozen haze, cold sea mist, overcast sky with faint moonlight breaking through clouds",
    "time": "deep blue night"
  },
  "visual_style": {
    "palette": [
      "midnight blue",
      "icy cyan",
      "charcoal",
      "snow white",
      "small accents of warm amber light"
    ],
    "lighting": "low-key cinematic lighting with a strong distant lighthouse beam and sparse village window lights",
    "mood": [
      "somber",
      "haunting",
      "quiet",
      "lonely",
      "elegant",
      "atmospheric"
    ],
    "influences": [
      "prestige Japanese film poster",
      "arthouse thriller marketing",
      "minimal typography",
      "photoreal cinematic realism"
    ]
  },
  "environment_elements": {
    "count": 7,
    "items": [
      "snow-covered shoreline",
      "dark cold ocean",
      "distant lighthouse with glowing beacon",
      "small fishing village on the right shoreline",
      "wooden boats pulled onto the snow",
      "weathered posts or harbor bollards in the foreground",
      "mountain or steep coastal slope behind the village"
    ]
  },
  "character": {
    "count": 1,
    "description": "a solitary adult man seen from behind in 5 of the 8 panels",
    "wardrobe": [
      "long dark overcoat",
      "dark trousers",
      "dark shoes or boots"
    ],
    "pose": "standing still and looking toward the sea and lighthouse",
    "scale": "small against the landscape to emphasize isolation"
  },
  "typography": {
    "language": "Japanese with small English subtitle",
    "title_style": "large Mincho-style serif Japanese title, either vertically stacked or horizontally placed depending on panel",
    "text_color_variants": {
      "count": 2,
      "items": [
        "white title text",
        "black title text"
      ]
    },
    "placement": "title occupies upper left or upper center, with tagline and release line beneath, small credits along the lower edge"
  },
  "composition_notes": "Create 8 distinct but cohesive poster/hero variations of the same fictional film. Keep all scenes anchored to the same snowy harbor location and lighthouse motif. Use negative space generously, with the title dominating the upper area. Some frames should exclude the character and focus only on the frozen coast; others should place the man from behind in the foreground or midground. Preserve a premium festival-poster feeling, restrained text layout, crisp winter atmosphere, and a powerful contrast between vast blue darkness and the tiny warm lighthouse glow.",
  "parameters": {
    "film title": "{argument name=\"film title\" default=\"沈まぬ夜\"}",
    "tagline": "{argument name=\"tagline\" default=\"凍った夜が、すべてを覚えている。\"}",
    "release text": "{argument name=\"release text\" default=\"2026年12月5日(土) 全国ロードショー\"}",
    "subtitle text": "{argument name=\"subtitle text\" default=\"ENDLESS NIGHT\"}",
    "coat color": "{argument name=\"coat color\" default=\"dark charcoal\"}"
  }
}