Bleach bypass

The prompt

Live-action footage, real people, natural skin and textures, with a bleach-bypass look: muted colour that is still clearly there, the flowers a dull red and yellow and the skin a pale, drained tone, over silvery, metallic high contrast, crushed blacks and coarse grain. A city street in the late afternoon. A young man with a full dark beard in a grey duffle coat and a red scarf walks along the sidewalk past shop windows toward a small corner café. Wide shot, the camera tracking sideways beside him at walking pace from the first second. 0–2s: he walks past a row of shop windows. 2–4s: he passes a flower stall and a parked bicycle. 4–6s: he reaches the café and the camera eases to a stop as he does. 6–8s: he opens the café door and steps inside. Throughout: the colour stays muted but visible, silvery and high-contrast with crushed blacks, one continuous take.