Imagery · NUBAYIN Brand Kit

Rule: we make clear, so faces are lit.

These rules govern what NUBAYIN makes. An artist’s released work appears as released, with the artist’s own credit and disclosure (K8, see Label and universe).

Stills: photographed

Real people in real light: collaborators, crews and audiences, with consent and a credit line.
The light has a source: a window, the sky, a practical lamp. Faces are readable.
SWANA places as they are. Joy shown directly. Natural skin tones, graded for the person.
Sharp frames. Blur is never baked into a file; the focus pull is done in code, once.
Every still carries a caption and credit: Photograph: Name Surname, City, Year.

The first shot list

Drafted with OpenAI’s GPT-6.1 Terra Pro (through OpenRouter) and checked against these rules. Shoot 3:2 or wider and crop to the kit’s frames.

Intent. Photograph people making, sharing and enjoying stories in places that feel lived in. Each picture should be beautiful without asking the viewer to decode it, and Arab viewers should recognise the ordinary details as true.

#	Shot	Use	Who	Where	Light	The moment that makes it clear
1	Morning table	About	Two writers	Apartment kitchen, Amman	Morning window, white card fill	One laughs at a line the other reads aloud
2	At the edit	Press still	Editor and director	Editing room, Amman	Window and a visible desk lamp	The editor points to a cut as the director leans in
3	Listen again	Social 4:5	Musician and engineer	Recording room, Amman	Late-morning window and a practical lamp	The musician smiles at a playback
4	Lunch break	Join	Three crew members	Studio table, Amman	Midday window	A plate is passed and the others make room
5	Walking it through	Social 9:16	Two performers	Sidewalk beside the studio, Amman	Afternoon open sky	One tries a line; the other answers with a grin
6	Rooftop conversation	Homepage hero 2.39:1	Three collaborators	Studio rooftop, Amman	Late-afternoon open sky, white bounce	The group turns toward the one telling a story
7	Room for rehearsal	About	Two actors and a director	Rehearsal room, Beirut	Morning window	The actors pause to hear a note
8	A song together	Social 4:5	Singer and keyboard player	Music room, Cairo	Afternoon window and a visible lamp	The singer laughs as the right chord lands
9	On the tram	Press still	Two friends	A tram in Alexandria, with permission	Daylight through the windows	One points out a familiar street
10	First audience	Join	A filmmaker and three viewers	Small screening room, Tunis	Wall lights after a daytime screening	A viewer shares a reaction while the filmmaker listens
11	The repair	Social 9:16	Costume maker and performer	Wardrobe room, Ramallah	Morning window	The maker checks a repaired seam
12	Between takes	Title page	Camera operator and focus puller	Interior set, Baghdad	Window and a practical lamp	The pair check a camera mark together
13	Shared headphones	Social 4:5	Two sound artists	Home studio, Casablanca	Late-afternoon window	A smile at a sound they both recognise
14	Make space	Press still	Four immersive-work collaborators	Workshop room, Doha	Windows and visible ceiling lights	The group moves chairs to test a new arrangement

Watch for, on every shot: faces hidden by equipment, fabric or backlight; dark skin rendered as shadow; religious objects, text or architecture in frame; unconsented bystanders; haze, flare or baked-in blur.

Day one, Amman: 08:00 arrive, confirm consent and clear backgrounds · 08:30 shot 1 · 10:00 shot 2 · 11:00 shot 3 · 12:30 break, then shot 4 · 14:00 shot 5 · 16:00 shot 6 · 17:00 check sharpness, releases, credits and backups.

Consent and credit. Explain the shoot and its uses (web, press, social) before photographing. Get signed consent from every identifiable person and never photograph unreleased bystanders. Record each photographer’s credit as “Photograph: Name Surname, City, Year”. Credit participants by name only if they agree, and confirm spelling and roles. Give everyone a contact for concerns or withdrawal, and stop future use where they ask.

Plates: generated environments

AI may build environments and concept art, credited. Plates and motion plates stand in for locations, textures and moods until real stills and footage exist.

Never people. No figures, silhouettes, hands or faces in a generated image or video, ever.
Never text. No signage, letters or numbers in the frame.
Never domes, arches, minarets, crescents, lanterns, prayer objects or calligraphy.
Sharp light with a source. No haze, no god rays, no lens flare, no amber dust.
No place clichés: blue doors on white walls, dunes at sunset, souks, spice piles.
No generated audio. Video plates ship silent; real sound is recorded.
Label every plate where it is used: Plate · AI-generated environment (Gemini), November 2026. No people. Stands in until a real still is shot.
Keep the registers beside the files (assets/imagery/plates/register.json, assets/imagery/video/register.json): prompt, model, date and output.

The set sweep

Before any image or clip enters the kit, check it for: people or body parts; readable text; religious objects or architecture; haze, rays or flares; place clichés; equipment that wandered into frame. One failure sends it back.