Style test
1970s film look
The prompt: “A 1970s film-look shot of a car driving along a coastal road, visible grain and lens halation”
Tests whether the model can hit a specific photographic era rather than defaulting to clean digital.
Every model, same prompt
#1
OpenAI Sora 2
OpenAI
5.00/5 best on this prompt
Genuine grain and lens halation, not a generic clean render.
#2
Kling 3.0
Kuaishou
4.67/5
Correct period grading and halation, but grain is milder than authentic 1970s film stock.
#3
Grok Video
xAI
3.83/5
FAILURE MODE: defaults to clean modern digital look — the requested 1970s grain/halation barely appears.
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