A 1940s film-noir black-and-white movie still, landscape 16:9, high contrast. Shot on 35mm with visible grain.
Scene: a detective in trench coat and fedora stands alone at a rain-soaked street corner at 2 a.m., cigarette in hand, smoke curling upward. Wet cobblestones reflecting a single buzzing street lamp. A "HOTEL" neon sign on brick facade with letters "HOTE_" (the L flickered out). A vintage 1946 sedan parked at the curb, tail-lights glowing through drizzle.
Lighting: classic chiaroscuro — single hard key light above right, venetian-blind shadows on the wall behind him. Deep blacks, silvered highlights, full tonal range from pure white to pure black. No colour. Frame should feel lifted from "The Maltese Falcon", "Double Indemnity", or "The Third Man".
