# How it was made

NAEL is made of words and one chosen face. This is the record of the series as the pipeline wrote it.

## The canon

Every prompt repeats one of two texts, word for word.

**Long** (close and medium shots):

> a Korean woman aged 23 with a soft oval face and full cheeks, warm dark brown eyes, a tiny beauty mark under her right eye, long wavy pastel peach-pink hair parted in the middle with face-framing waves, a small pearl stud earring in her right ear, rosy dewy glass skin, glossy coral lips

**Short** (full length and wide):

> a Korean woman with long wavy pastel peach-pink hair and a small pearl stud earring

## The steps

1. The canon: 7 constants, 14 looks, 3 sets, a never-list.
2. Casting: faces from the long text alone. One was chosen by hand (K01#1).
3. Every shot after that was made with the chosen face sent as a reference image and, for full-length shots, the full-figure reference too.
4. Where a call returned several candidates, a vision model scored them against the face and picked one; a person checked every pick and changed some.
5. 16 prompts, 64 images, 16 picks.

## Numbers

| | |
|---|---|
| Stills | 16 prompts · 64 images · 16 picks |
| Looks | Debut · Stage · Home · Blossom · Fan meeting · Everyday · Moonlight · Winter · Practice |
| Sets | Pink studio · Music show · Bedroom window · Petal room · Fan meeting hall · Window seat at night · Kitchen · Moonlit lake · First snow · Practice room |
| Framings | ECU · insert |
| Made with | midjourney · 28.27 CNY at list · 16 choices by hand |

## What it cost

| Engine | Calls | Images | Cost (CNY) |
|---|---|---|---|
| midjourney | 93 | 372 | 28.27 |
| **total** | 93 | 372 | **28.27** |

Estimated at list price; the console bill is the fact.

## What failed

- `K01` was thrown away and made again
- `K02` was thrown away and made again
- `K03` was thrown away and made again
- `C4` was thrown away and made again
- `D1` was thrown away and made again
- `D2` was thrown away and made again
- `D3` was thrown away and made again
- `D4` was thrown away and made again
- `L1` was thrown away and made again
- `L2` was thrown away and made again
- `L3` was thrown away and made again
- `L4` was thrown away and made again
- `L5` was thrown away and made again
- `A1` was thrown away and made again
- `A2` was thrown away and made again
- `K04` was thrown away and made again
- `K05` was thrown away and made again
- `K06` was thrown away and made again
- `K07` was thrown away and made again
- `K08` was thrown away and made again
- `K09` was thrown away and made again
- `K10` was thrown away and made again
- `K11` was thrown away and made again
- `K12` was thrown away and made again
- `K13` was thrown away and made again
- `K14` was thrown away and made again
- `K15` was thrown away and made again