State sheets

Any visible change gets its own sheet with a new name and version. A still costs a few Higgsfield credits (cr); a failed video take costs far more.

The rule [proven]: wet, torn, dusty, make-up smudged or worn off over a long day, a disguise, a costume change, including one inside a scene. The original sheet is never overwritten.

The steps

1. One job: the approved sheet as Image 1, the identity close-up as Image 2, and the person "now {state}", with nothing else changed.

2. If the face drifts at full size, make a fresh generation instead: the original face source as Image 1, owning the face; the approved sheet as Image 2, owning hair, body and build; and the full wardrobe written out for the new state.

• A small subtractive change already visible in the base look (a jacket off, sleeves rolled) may be written in words only, as a named exception, checked at full size like any state.

• Product, food and prop states (an open tin, a cut loaf, a broken cup) follow the same rule: one asset per state, in story order.

Image 1 is the approved character sheet of {role}: it gives the layout, panels, body, build, hair and wardrobe. Image 2 is {role}'s identity close-up: it gives the face. The same three studio photos of the same person, now {the state, garment by garment and surface by surface}; nothing else changes. The panels, framing, grey field, shadowless light, scale and ground line stay exactly as Image 1 has them. {Identity lock}; the face stays exactly as Image 2 shows it. {Where the state shows on each panel}. One person per panel, no text.

Example: the kiosk owner after the burst pipe

Image 1 is the approved character sheet of the kiosk owner: it gives the layout, panels, body, build, hair and wardrobe. Image 2 is his identity close-up: it gives the face. The same three studio photos of the same man, now drenched by a burst water pipe: the olive shirt is dark with water and sticks to his chest and shoulders, the brown cardigan hangs heavy and longer at the hem, the grey trousers are soaked from the knees down, water drips from the tea towel in his back pocket, his thin white hair lies flat and wet on his scalp, and drops run down his temples; nothing else changes. The panels, framing, grey field, shadowless light, scale and ground line stay exactly as Image 1 has them. Match his hooded eyes, the crease between the brows, the long nose, the white moustache and the mole on his left temple; the face stays exactly as Image 2 shows it. On the back panel, the wet shirt clings between the shoulder blades and the soaked towel darkens the pocket. One person per panel, no text.

Why: four of the films placed at Higgsfield's 2026 festival keep one sheet per state of each element.

Sources

• Listen to Meh by @nue_nue (project); Fukushima by @aist (project); The Field Agent by Zack Murray (project); Soulless by Yoav Yariv (project); Higgsfield's Hell Grind.