vertical typography — Two-Line Sans-Serif Title Over Centered Chef Portrait

A cinematic movie poster centers on a weary adult chef in a white double-breasted coat, set against the dark blur of a professional kitchen. Across the upper third, a massive white sans-serif title stacked in two lines reads "TITLE", with the vertical strokes of two letters replaced by white kitchen knife silhouettes. Behind the title, the out-of-focus kitchen shows stainless steel shelving and hanging pans fading into gloom. In the upper-left corner, dark ceiling shapes dissolve into shadow. At the center of the frame, an adult man in his forties with short brown hair and light stubble stares directly forward, his expression tense and exhausted. Sweat and strain show on his lined face, his eyes wide under furrowed brows. He wears a crisp white chef's jacket with two columns of cloth buttons and a mandarin collar. His shoulders fill the middle of the frame, cropped at the chest. On the right side of the frame, tongues of orange-yellow flame rise beside him, blurring into a fiery glow. The firelight flickers across the right side of his coat and cheek. On the left side of the frame, a stainless steel pot sits on a stove, softly blurred. Behind him, black pots and stacked pans line a metal shelf. In the lower third, a shallow white plate holding a small mound of pale food sits in soft focus on a wooden board. The plate and its garnish are deliberately blurred, keeping attention on the chef's face. Across the bottom edge, the warm wooden counter runs horizontally. Faint steam drifts through the warm light on the left. The lighting is low-key and moody, with warm firelight striking from the right side and cool dim ambient light from above, leaving the background in heavy shadow while a soft glow models the chef's face. Overall, the tight centered portrait keeps the composition in stark symmetrical balance, the palette of charcoal black, warm amber, and clinical white supports a gritty photorealistic style, and the mood is pressurized, intimate, and simmering with tension.