# Character sketch

**74,645,008 views proved it** · 8 of Damon's swipes use this format

## What it is

One heightened costumed character carries the whole runtime. Wardrobe, hair and props do the satire before a word lands; dialogue finishes it. Zero on-screen text — the post caption carries the quoted punchline. A cast may react in cutaways and the character may stay in one confined location or roam between several; neither is load-bearing.

## Why it works

People watch people, and a costume declares the whole premise in the first frame with no setup. Because it plays as a bit, the brand can be in the joke rather than interrupting it.

## The beats, in order

1. establish the lead in full character, first location
2. the bit lands — dialogue or a cast reaction registers it
3. the bit escalates, one line at a time
4. closer on the lead for the turn
5. the punchline, cast breaking or the character walking off

## On-screen text

none on screen at any beat — the platform caption carries the quoted line of dialogue as the punchline

## Camera

handheld, tight on the character, shot-reverse to a reacting cast where there is one, travelling wides where the character moves between locations

## Higgsfield — image prompt

```
vertical 9:16, {character described exactly: era, costume, hair, makeup, props} inside {location}, {other characters, if any} behind reacting, daylight through windows, film-still look, no on-screen text
```

## Higgsfield — motion

```
handheld shot-reverse, small pushes on the punchline, characters consistent across every generation (same seed)
```

## Produce it

Paste those into the Higgsfield employee: https://higgsfield.ai/supercomputer/skills?employeeId=0d38d619-0ac2-45c9-bfd5-3371837ccad3

## The references in this folder

- **@druski** — 74,645,008 views — https://www.instagram.com/p/DWU3zlJATdg/
- **@druski** — 38,430,684 views — https://www.instagram.com/p/Dad7k_Ni5sg/
- **@the_blackreign** — 3,412,052 views — https://www.instagram.com/p/CsPliuMqckS/
- **@lucaslopezvt** — 3,051,918 views — https://www.instagram.com/p/DWj1ZNBDj2I/
- **@joshashakespeare** — 1,887,600 views — https://www.instagram.com/p/DajIdUFxuNF/
- **@capypapiofficial** — 1,417,402 views — https://www.instagram.com/p/DcMBZkFimGn/
- **@thepestpaisan** — 559,106 views — https://www.instagram.com/p/DcjY8wCxjUb/
- **@the_blackreign** — 172,385 views — https://www.instagram.com/p/DX5YjMUNDex/

Each `.md` beside this file is one reference torn down: its beats with
timestamps, what carries the value, how to shoot it, and its own prompts.
`frames/` holds the six beats of each as one picture.
