Scene styles and costume styles, one by one

How to pick them in Step 1

1. Open Scene Style and Costume Style in Step 1 and click a card. Each card has a picture; the one you select plays a short loop of that look.
2. If you pick a 3D or 2D Visual Style, the scene and costume cards switch to 3D or 2D versions of the same presets, so you see the look you will get.
3. The two lists are independent: a period costume in a modern scene, or the other way round, is allowed. Choose the pair that fits the story.
4. The visual, scene and costume style all need a choice before the script can be read. In a drama project, if some are still unpicked when you press Next, a prompt asks Let AI choose the remaining styles? Choose Let AI choose and it picks them from your script, marked AI pick with a short reason. You can change every one of them.
5. Pick before the script is read: scene and costume styles are written into the scene and character descriptions during the read, so they are fixed once Step 1 is done. See how to change the look afterwards.

Members can also write their own scene or costume style in the same dropdown with Custom Style; use the presets below when one is close.

Scene styles (74)

A scene style is the world the whole film is shot in: building materials, period, how crowded the rooms are, the kind of light. The groups below follow the order in Step 1.

Modern (19)

• Urban Opulence — Rich people’s interiors: solid stone, brass and walnut, double-height rooms and floor-to-ceiling glass.
• Street Life — Busy old-town streets in China: crowded, colourful and orderly; arcade shopfronts in the south, hutongs and courtyards in the north.
• Corporate Cold — Glass, steel and bare concrete with straight lines and symmetry: the bigger the room, the less in it.
• Neon Nights — An Asian metropolis after rain: wet streets mirroring signboards and neon, towers pressing the street into a canyon.
• Soft Romance — Cream and light-wood rooms with big windows and sheer curtains; every space looks freshly sunned.
• Campus Youth — Chinese schools and universities: terrazzo corridors, blue-and-white railings, camphor shade and plastic running tracks.
• Forensic Cold White — Police and court spaces: white tile, stainless steel, one-way glass and rows of tube lights under grid ceilings.
• Hospital Ward — A general hospital: white walls with a pale green dado, shiny floors, rails and equipment in neat rows.
• Island Resort — A tropical island resort: white sand, shallow turquoise sea, boardwalks and thatched roofs, with wind and light passing through the rooms.
• Military Base — An army camp and drill ground: right angles, white lines, everything aligned, in olive and khaki.
• American High School — A US suburban public high school: red-brick building, rows of metal lockers, a polished gym floor and a grass field.
• Japanese High School new — A Japanese school year: white concrete building, sliding classroom doors, wooden shoe lockers at the entrance, cherry blossom in spring and red leaves in autumn.
• Korean High School new — A Korean school and Seoul streets: multi-storey building, artificial-turf yard, lockers along the classroom wall, cram-school lightboxes and convenience stores at night.
• Elite Boarding School new — Old private schools and colleges in England and New England: stone quadrangles, chapel windows, long dining tables and ivy on the walls.
• Suburban Mansion — A wealthy American suburb: white colonnades, double-height halls, big windows, a trimmed lawn and a pool.
• New York Metropolis — Manhattan and Brooklyn: glass towers beside brownstones, iron fire escapes, wide pavements, the sky squeezed to a slit.
• Parisian Streets — A cream-limestone city: Haussmann balconies, zinc roofs, tree-lined boulevards, café terraces and stone bridges over the Seine.
• Nordic Minimal — White walls, pale oak, big windows and lots of empty space; few pieces of furniture and daylight as the star.
• Gulf Metropolis — A Dubai- or Doha-like city: supertall glass towers, wide waterfront avenues, marble-and-brass interiors and strong sun.

Fantasy (14)

• Epic Scale — Ancient dynasties and wars at a vast scale, used for the East (Qin–Han, Three Kingdoms, Sui–Tang), Rome, Persia, South Asia and the Middle East; the architecture follows your script’s culture.
• Gothic Dark — A dark Gothic world from medieval Europe to the Victorian era: pointed arches, flying buttresses, stained glass and candles, tall and narrow, cold black and dark green.
• European Palace — European courts of the 17th–19th centuries: gilded Baroque stucco, marble parquet, crystal chandeliers, halls of mirrors and long galleries.
• Cyber Metropolis — A near-future megacity in layers: clean glass-and-metal towers above, crowded streets with holograms and exposed pipes below, lit by neon.
• Wasteland — The world after collapse: vast ruins, fallen overpasses and sand-covered city skeletons, with tidy survivor camps among them.
• Pastoral Healing — An idealised slow country life: log cabins, flower fields, streams and handmade things, small and warm.
• Steampunk — Victorian industrial fantasy: exposed brass pipes and gears, riveted iron plate, leather upholstery, gas lamps and steam hanging in the air.
• Starship — Spaceships and stations: curved bulkheads, flush panels, matte metal and composites, repeating hull frames and stars through the portholes.
• Elven Forest — A forest kingdom grown into giant trees: timber platforms and rope bridges in the canopy, vines and glowing fungi, light spots through mist.
• Dungeon — Rough-cut stone walls and arched passages, barred doors, chains and torch brackets, wet flagstones and a dripping ceiling, with torches as the only light.
• Magic Academy — An old school of magic: Gothic stone halls and spiral stairs, tall bookshelves, floating candles, stained glass and astronomical instruments.
• Mars Base — A Mars colony: white modules and domed greenhouses in a red desert under an orange sky, cramped metal corridors with light strips inside.
• Alien World new — An alien planet’s surface and settlements: a purple sky with two moons, glowing fungal forests taller than buildings, crystal pillars, floating rock and fluorescent lakes.
• Undersea Kingdom new — A kingdom of the sea: spiral-shell palaces and mother-of-pearl arches on coral reefs, kelp forests and giant anemones, water shading from pale teal to deep blue.

World Regions (24)

• Medieval Castle — Medieval Europe: rough-cut stone, oak beams and iron chandeliers; small deep windows, slanting daylight, hearth and torchlight at night.
• Wild West — The American West: red earth, sandstone mesas, plank buildings and saloon fronts under noon sun or an orange evening sky.
• Southeast Asian Town — Humid, bright tropical towns such as Penang, Malacca and Bangkok: shophouses, coloured shutters, palms and bougainvillea, stalls and motorbikes.
• Latin Colonial Town — Colonial towns in Mexico, Colombia and Cuba: saturated stucco walls, iron balconies, cobbled squares and church towers.
• Japanese Machiya — Traditional Japanese townhouses and temples: wooden lattices, paper screens, tatami, verandas and gardens, with light softened by paper.
• Silk Road City — A Central Asian oasis city: mud-brick walls and arched gates, blue-green glazed domes, a crowded bazaar of carpets and brass under deep blue sky.
• Frozen Wilderness — Polar and far-north snowfields in Scandinavia, Siberia and Alaska: snow, ice lakes and conifers, with a cabin and chimney smoke the only warmth.
• Middle Eastern Souq — Old-city lanes in Cairo, Marrakech or Istanbul: narrow alleys under vaults, brass, carpets and lamps on every wall, light from skylights.
• Mediterranean Coast — Small towns in Greece, southern Italy and Spain: white walls, blue doors, stone steps, harbour and sea in strong sunlight.
• Indian Bazaar Streets — Indian city streets in Delhi, Jaipur and Mumbai: colonial facades under bright shopfronts, cloth awnings, garlands and temple spires.
• African Savanna — East African savanna in Kenya and Tanzania: golden grass, acacia, far hills and a huge sky, with sparse, sturdy buildings.
• Eastern European Old Town — Historic old towns like Prague, Kraków and Tallinn: coloured stucco facades and red tile roofs around squares, clock towers, cobbles and trams.
• Tropical Rainforest — The Amazon or Borneo: layer on layer of green, buttress-root trees, vines, streams and waterfall mist, with only spots of light under the canopy.
• Greco-Roman — Ancient Greece and Rome in white marble: colonnades, temple pediments, forums and open-air theatres in strong Mediterranean light.
• Ancient Egypt — Massive sandstone columns covered in reliefs, Nile reeds and palms, pyramid outlines in the desert, hard sun and sharp shadows.
• Joseon Korea new — Palaces and scholar houses of Hanyang: grey tile roofs with gently upturned eaves, beams painted in red, green and blue, paper-screen windows and stone terraces.
• Ottoman Palace new — Istanbul palaces and mansions of the 16th–19th centuries: blue-white and turquoise floral tiles on the walls, layered low seating and gilding.
• Indian Royal Palace new — Royal palaces and forts of northern India: red sandstone and white marble arcades, domed pavilions and mirror mosaics.
• Thai Royal Palace new — Thai royal palaces and temples: stacked red-and-green tiled roofs with upturned ends, gilded eave carvings and golden bell-shaped stupas.
• English Manor new — Regency to Edwardian high society: country houses and London townhouses with Palladian stone fronts, tall windows and white plaster mouldings.
• Viking Fjord new — A Viking-age fjord settlement: steep cliffs around deep blue water, turf-roofed timber longhouses with carved dragon heads on the ridge, wooden docks.
• Age of Sail Harbor new — A 17th–18th-century Caribbean colonial harbour: wooden decks and rigging, colourful stucco colonial houses and a turquoise sea.
• Pre-Columbian Americas new — Maya and Aztec temple cities and Inca mountain towns: stepped pyramids with shrines on top, carved stelae and stone plazas, jungle all round.
• Polynesian Island new — A South Pacific volcanic-island village: palm-thatched open halls, carved totem posts, a turquoise lagoon and black sand, green volcano behind.

Xianxia (5)

• Celestial Colossus — Heaven and immortal sects at a giant scale: palaces floating above the clouds, white jade steps and gilded eaves.
• Dark Asura — Demon realms in black and gold: matte iron, obsidian, bone totems and dark gilding, with fire and lava as the light.
• Classical Elegance — The taste of scholar families in Song and Ming China: plain silks, raw wood, grey tile and white walls, courtyards and landscapes, sparse and refined.
• Imperial Splendor — Ming and Qing palaces: vermilion pillars, gilded caisson ceilings, yellow glazed roofs and layered hangings in strict symmetry.
• Ancient Farmstead new — Ancient Chinese villages and market towns for farming, famine and family-split stories: rammed-earth walls, grey tile, bamboo fences, terraced fields.

Wuxia (3)

• Dark Wuxia — The grim side of the jianghu: wet flagstones in rain, black tile and dark wood, inns, alleys and gorges, with dark red only as an accent.
• Ink Jianghu — The poetic jianghu: bamboo groves, ferry landings, mist on the water and far hills, built from bamboo, wood, reed and rope.
• Frontier Vastness — Desert and border country: gobi, wind-carved rock, a lone fort and tents under a low horizon and a huge sky.

Town & Rural (5)

• American Small Town — A Midwest or New England town: wide streets and low buildings, clapboard houses with porch swings, a main street of two-storey brick.
• Chinese Village — Today’s Chinese countryside: brick-and-tile houses next to new self-built ones, swept yards; plain courtyards and wheat in the north, villages and rice paddies among hills in the south.
• Chinese Folk Occult new — The folk-occult world of the Chinese countryside: old family halls, Taoist temples, mourning halls and ancient tombs, with ancestral tablets, oil lamps and incense smoke.
• Miao Mountain Village new — A stilt-house village in the mountains of southwest China: timber houses stepping up the slope, grey tile roofs, balcony corridors and terraces.
• Tibetan Plateau new — Monasteries, pastures and towns on the plateau: whitewashed walls under maroon and gold roofs, prayer flags, snow mountains, meadows and lakes.

Period (4)

• Republican Era — Shanghai and the big cities of the 1910s–40s, east meeting west: lane houses, stone bank buildings on the Bund, ballroom staircases, warm brown tones.
• Retro Hong Kong — Hong Kong in the 1980s–90s: neon signs stacked out over the street, tenement buildings, tea restaurants and rooftops in warm green and magenta.
• 80s Nostalgia — Chinese towns in the 1980s: terrazzo floors, green-painted wall dados, enamelware and wooden furniture in warm yellow-brown.
• WWII Front new — The 1930s–40s at war, on the European, Pacific and Chinese fronts: muddy trenches, sandbag bunkers, barbed wire and shell-damaged buildings.

Costume styles (90)

A costume style is the wardrobe system: cut, fabric, colour and how the clothes change with rank or occasion. The same style covers everyone in the film, so a school uniform is the same uniform for the whole class.

Contemporary (21)

• Power Tailoring — Tailored business suits and crisp shirts in dark and neutral colours with sharp lines.
• Haute Couture — High-fashion gowns: big areas of solid colour and sharp structured cuts, with the craft hidden in fabric and finish; the more formal, the more red carpet.
• Soft Everyday — Soft everyday clothes between the flat, the café and the walk to school: cream tones, knits and fluffy fabrics in a relaxed fit.
• Professional Uniforms — Job uniforms: cut and colour are the same across one organisation, so the role reads at a glance.
• School Uniform — East Asian school uniforms, from tracksuit-style to western blazers: clean and youthful, with personal style only in the details.
• Japanese School Uniform new — Sailor or blazer uniforms and stand-collar gakuran in navy, black and white; differences between students sit only in the neck ribbon and cardigan.
• Korean School Uniform new — Slim navy or grey blazers, plaid skirts and ties with a name tag on the chest, and a long padded coat over it in winter.
• Prep School Uniform new — Uniforms of Western private and boarding schools: crested blazer, striped tie, plaid skirt or grey trousers, coloured piping on the jacket edge.
• Modern Military — The modern army of an invented country in an international western style: field dress, service dress and dress uniform with shoulder boards, medals and sashes; the insignia are always invented.
• Streetwear — Young street fashion from skate parks, courts and subway exits: oversized cuts, layering, prints and bold sneakers.
• American Roadside — Road and biker culture of mid-to-late 20th-century America: leather jackets, denim and boots, metal buckles and worn leather.
• Sportswear — Team kit for leagues, training grounds and podiums: fitted sports fabric, club badges, numbers and strong team colours.
• Wedding — A western wedding: the bride in white with a long train, the groom in fitted formalwear, guests in soft pale colours.
• Beach Resort — Holiday clothes for the pool, the sand and dinner at the hotel: light, breathable linen and prints that move in the wind, in sunny colours.
• Loungewear — Home clothes: soft knit and cotton in loose shapes and pale colours, a little tidier when guests come.
• Smart Casual — The commute layer between suit and weekend: well-fitted pieces in neutral colours and good fabric.
• Y2K Millennium — Fashion around the year 2000: low waists, cropped tops, metallic and candy colours, shiny and sheer fabric.
• Minimal Luxury — A wardrobe with the decoration stripped out: neutral colours and large plain surfaces, won by fabric quality and proportion.
• Outdoor Gear — Technical clothing for hills and the commute: layered, matte windproof fabric, colour blocking and taped seams.
• Rock & Punk — The rock and punk scene from the 1970s: black leather, plaid and metal studs, with tears and wear that are on purpose.
• Arab Everyday Wear new — Everyday modest dress across the Arab world: long-sleeved ground-length abayas with headscarves, ankle-length thobes with head cloths, in draping fabric and plain colours.

Western Period (10)

• Plate Armor — Full plate armour of the 15th–16th centuries: polished curved steel with fluting and overlapping plates, a surcoat with arms over it.
• Medieval Nobility — Feudal lords and ladies of the 11th–14th centuries: long robes and overgowns in velvet and brocade, fur trim and heraldic colours.
• Victorian — Britain’s middle and upper classes in the mid-to-late 19th century: corseted long dresses with high collars, three-piece suits and top hats in dark and jewel colours.
• Vintage Hollywood — Studio-era stars of the 1930s–50s: bias-cut satin gowns, set waves and red lips, wide-shoulder suits, with satin, sequins and fur.
• Western Cowboy — The American West of the later 19th century: wide-brim hats, boots, vests and neckerchiefs, leather fringe, dusty earth tones.
• Jazz Age — The 1920s: straight low-waist dresses with fringe and beads that swing as they dance, three-piece suits and slicked-back hair.
• Sixties Mod — The 1960s mod look: A-line minis, straight cuts, bold colour blocking and pop patterns.
• Regency — England from 1811 to 1820: high-waisted straight gowns in fine cotton and silk, fitted tailcoats with high cravats; light and clean.
• American ’80s new — The American 1980s: neon-contrast nylon windbreakers, high-waist washed jeans, big-shoulder blazers and big hair.
• WWII Era new — Soldiers and civilians of the 1930s–40s on any front: olive and grey-green uniforms, belts and puttees, wide-shoulder civilian suits and nipped-waist tea dresses; the insignia are always invented.

World Traditional (17)

• Hanbok — Traditional Korean dress in the Joseon cut: a short jacket over a high-waist full skirt, wide robes for men, soft bright colours.
• Kimono — Traditional Japanese dress: straight-cut robes with a wide obi knotted at the back, patterns that follow the season.
• Samurai Armor new — Samurai of the Warring States to Edo periods: black-lacquered plates laced with coloured silk cord and tall helmet crests; plain haori and hakama for everyday.
• Silk Road Robes — Sogdian and Western Regions dress of the 6th–10th centuries, as in Dunhuang murals: lapel robes with narrow sleeves, pearl-roundel brocade and tall boots in rich colour.
• Middle Eastern Robes — Traditional robes of the Gulf Arab world in two lines, white and black: wide, flowing, with gold-thread edging.
• South Asian Sari — Hindu saris for daily, festival and wedding wear: one long cloth wrapped and draped, with embroidery and gold borders, bangles and forehead jewellery.
• Latin American Folk — Village festival dress from Mexico and Central America: large floral embroidery, ruffled wide skirts and bright shawls in vivid contrast.
• African Prints — Contemporary African city wear built on wax-print cotton: vivid geometry and big flowers in modern cuts.
• Thai Court — Court dress of Thailand’s Chakri dynasty: gold-woven silk wraps and a sash across the chest, layers of gold jewellery and a pointed crown.
• Peranakan Nyonya new — Straits Chinese of the early 20th century in Malacca, Penang and Singapore: embroidered kebaya fastened with brooches over a batik sarong; men in white stand-collar shirts and jackets.
• Tibetan — Traditional Tibetan dress: broad robes with a sash tied across, fur trim, and coral, turquoise and silver all over, in strong colour.
• Miao Silver — Miao festival dress from southeast Guizhou: silver crowns, collars and plates sewn onto embroidery and batik; the grander the occasion, the more silver.
• Eastern European Folk — Festival wardrobe of a Slavic farming village: red-and-black embroidery on white linen, embroidered vests and flowered skirts, flower crowns and ribbons.
• Ottoman Court — The court at Topkapi in the 16th–18th centuries: robe over robe in gold brocade with big flower patterns, tall turbans and jewels.
• West African Regal — Festival dress of Yoruba, Asante and Hausa peoples: wide silhouettes in batik and woven cloth, big colour blocks and geometric patterns, tall headwraps that add height.
• Indian Royal — Mughal and Rajput royal dress from the 16th–19th centuries: layers of jewel-coloured silk and gold brocade, gold embroidery and jewels from head to foot.
• Persian Court — The Safavid court at Isfahan in the 17th century, as recorded in miniature paintings: layered gold-woven robes, fine flower patterns, tall turbans and jewels.

Dynastic (5)

• Imperial Court Regalia — Ming-dynasty court dress: wide robes with crossed or round collars, gold weave and embroidery at the collar and chest; the grander the occasion, the truer the colour and the more gold.
• Tang Opulence — Tang-dynasty Chang’an: high-waisted gowns with wide sheer sleeves and shawls draped over the arms, crisp round-collar robes for men; saturated colour and plenty of gold.
• Song Restraint — Song-dynasty scholar dress: slim straight-lined long shirts and beizi vests, pale soft colours, patterns hidden as tone-on-tone weave.
• Qing Palace Robes — Manchu banner dress of the Qing court: straight robes with stand collars and many rows of edging, tall headdresses, richness in embroidery and trim.
• Court Rank Robes — Ming officials’ dress by rank: round-collar wide-sleeved robes, black gauze hats and rank badges, so rank reads at a glance.

Fantasy & Sci-Fi (16)

• Near-Future Techwear — Technical clothing for a near-future city: layered technical fabric, taped seams and reflective details in calm neutral colours.
• Cyberpunk Augment — The low streets of a cyberpunk city: black techwear layered with leather, exposed implants and glowing cables, cold neon contrast.
• Wasteland Scavenge — Survivors’ gear cobbled together from salvage: leather, canvas, felt and metal parts in layers, pads riveted from old tyres, plate and leather, colours worn by wind and sand.
• Gothic Court — Victorian Gothic court dress: tight waists and long lines, velvet and lace catching the light on black and deep wine red.
• European Court Gown — Court dress of the European monarchies from the 17th to the 19th century: corsets, wide skirt supports and lace frills; embroidered coats for men with gold and silver thread and gems.
• Starship Uniform — Uniforms of a future star fleet: one-piece fitted cut, high stand collars and asymmetric fronts, with department colours and rank marks to tell people apart.
• Steampunk Attire — Victorian tailoring with brass and gears: nipped waists, long coats and layered leather, buckles; old-fashioned and intricate.
• Fantasy Adventurer — The look of an adventurers’ guild: leather, linen and wool in layers with clean cloaks and belts; higher ranks have finer work and more gold or silver trim.
• Elven Attire — Woodland elves: slim lines and soft draping fabric, leaf and vine patterns, silver with green.
• Dwarven Forge — Mountain dwarves of the forges and mines: heavy leather with metal trim, braids and gem pieces; sturdy and finely worked.
• Orc Tribal — Orc tribes of the wastes: rawhide, fur and metal pieces joined together with tusk and bone ornaments and tribal markings; rough and strong.
• Pirate — Caribbean pirates of the 17th–18th centuries: loose shirts, long coats, wide sashes and boots, bandanas and tricorn hats, hems lifting in the wind.
• Academy Robes — The uniform of a boarding school of magic: robes over shirt and tie, house badges and clear house colours; tidy with a touch of mystery.
• Space Explorer — Near-future crewed spaceflight: white pressure suits with reinforced patches and mission badges, and fitted in-cabin work suits.
• Alien Tribal — Non-human alien tribes whose clothing looks grown from the body: streamlined shapes, shell-like and translucent materials, glowing lines along the body’s contours.
• Merfolk new — Merfolk of the undersea kingdom: a top of pearls and shells or scale armour, a scaled fish tail with translucent fins from the waist down, a crown of pearls and conch.

Folk & Tribal (9)

• Nordic Viking — Scandinavia in the 8th–11th centuries: wool, linen and fur in layers, braided trim, metal brooches and arm rings.
• Celtic Tribal — Iron Age tribes of Britain and Ireland before Rome: plaid wool cloaks, twisted gold neck rings and spiral designs.
• Steppe Nomad — Riding peoples of the Eurasian steppe: thick long coats, wide sashes and tall boots with fur trim, silver and coral.
• Native American — Peoples of the Plains and woodlands: buckskin with beadwork and fringe, earth tones with bright beads and feathers.
• Andean Highlands — Quechua and Aymara highlands: layered bright handwoven shawls and full skirts, geometric woven bands.
• Polynesian — Pacific islanders of Hawaii, Tahiti, Samoa and Aotearoa: bark-cloth patterns, flower garlands and shell ornaments, light and bright.
• Maasai — East African cattle herders of Kenya and Tanzania: red plaid wraps with bead collars and ear ornaments, slim and clean.
• Inuit Arctic — Arctic dress from Alaska to Greenland: fur-hooded parkas and long boots with contrast trim and beads.
• Aztec — Aztec nobles and warriors of central Mexico: feathered headdresses and cloaks, gold and turquoise, blazing colour.

Antiquity (3)

• Greco-Roman Attire — The classical Mediterranean from the 5th century BC to the 2nd century AD: whole cloths draped into natural folds, white and pale colours with gold touches.
• Ancient Egyptian Attire — The New Kingdom along the Nile: finely pleated white linen, wide collars and gold jewellery, heavy black eye makeup.
• Byzantine — The Byzantine court of Constantinople: heavy brocade robes inlaid with pearls and gems, gold woven with purple and crimson.

Jianghu & Xianxia (6)

• Jianghu Travelwear — Martial heroes’ outfits: close-cut belted tunics under a light robe or cloak, hems and hair ribbons lifting as they move; plain, good cloth.
• Chinese Lamellar Armor — The gilded lamellar armour of generals and palace guards in historical dramas: polished plates in overlapping layers, gilded edges and beast-head fittings; the same cut for men and women.
• Immortal Sect Robes — Robes of the righteous sects: layered sheer fabric, wide sleeves, long light sashes and ribbons that lift in the wind even when the wearer stands still.
• Dark Path Robes — The same cut as the sect robes but sunk into black and dark red, with bone ornaments and dark gilding.
• Taoist & Monk Robes new — Taoist priests, monks, feng shui masters and folk exorcists: crossed-collar wide-sleeved robes, kasaya, and satin ritual robes embroidered with trigrams and cranes.
• Divine Regalia — Ceremonial dress of an ancient royal court, black and gold: wide robes and a tasselled crown, gold patterns laid over black.

Period (3)

• Republican Modern — Shanghai and Beiping in the 1910s–40s: fitted cheongsam and western coats, long and slim lines.
• Retro Hong Kong — Hong Kong in the 1990s, from Central offices to the night market: wide-shoulder suits, high-waist jeans and shiny pieces in bold colour.
• Eighties Work Unit — China’s state-factory compounds in the 1980s: work clothes, polyester shirts and sweaters in mild, clean colours.

Pairs that go together

The two lists are separate, but many stories want a matching pair. These pairings are a starting point, not a rule.

Genre guides that use these pairs: Joseon palace drama · Ottoman palace drama · Regency romance · high school drama · pirate or Viking adventure · mermaid fantasy · folk horror.

What a style does not decide

• The country and the faces. Target Region sets character ethnicity, names and scene styling; a style only supplies materials, period and mood. When your script clearly states a place and an era, the read follows the script.
• Single places. There is no preset for a courtroom, a restaurant kitchen or a backstage. Those come from your script: the read describes every place the script names, in the scene style you chose.
• Who the characters are. Names, ages and looks come from the script and the character sheets. A costume style sets how the clothes are cut, not who wears them.
• Changes in the story. A torn coat or a wedding dress for one scene is a state of a character, not a new costume style. Costume changes and scene states.

When nothing fits exactly

1. Pick the closest preset for the world and the era. The presets are broad on purpose: Epic Scale carries ancient empires of any culture, and Pastoral Healing covers cosy country stories anywhere.
2. After the read, open the scenes and characters in Step 2 and edit any description that is off. Descriptions are plain text, and the next sheets and clips follow what you wrote.
3. If you are a member and want a look that no preset has, write a custom style in the same dropdown. How to write one.

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Updated October 26, 2026