---
name: lookbook-first
title: Three looks before the first shot
summary: Show the owner three full outfits on the real character before shooting, so the whole video is not redone over a wardrobe note.
tags: [character, consistency]
---
# Three looks before the first shot

## Why
Wardrobe is the most common reason a finished video gets sent back. A lookbook costs minutes; a reshoot costs days.

## How
1. Use the character's saved reference (element or face reference), never a text description alone.
2. Make three full-body looks, each tied to a scene in the story (a street at night, a rooftop, a gallery).
3. Keep the face, hair and body proportions exactly as the reference. Stylish and alluring is fine; explicit is not.
4. Put the three side by side in one image, numbered 1–2–3, and ask for one number.

## After the pick
Copy the chosen outfit, word for word, into every image and video prompt for that character, so it never drifts between shots.