If you prefer to go to a more retro direction there are few ways to do it:

You can simply add year, decade, era or Analog Photography as keyword to the beginning of your prompt and that will alone bring that retro look you’re looking for, you can always combine this with Cinematic effect by adding Cinematic keyword to the beginning of your prompt.

Basic Prompt:

Cinematic, Analog Photo, [SUBJECT/ACTION] [YEAR/DECADE] --ar 16:9 --style raw

Try the 40s, 50s, 70s, futuristic or any era that you love.

Now, let’s look at how we can advance retro look of our AI Photos by adding more details in Molecular Level:

ATOMIC PROMPTING:

Cinematic, Analog Photo, [SUBJECT/ACTION]

[SHOT TYPE] [FILM STOCK] [YEAR/DECADE] [ANALOG CAMERA] [LOCATION] [FASHION] [DIRECTOR/PHOTOGRAPHER] [EMOTION] [LIGHTING]

--ar 16:9 [your choice of aspect ratio]

--s (value) [if you want to use default Midjourney Aesthetics]

--style raw [if you don’t want to use default Midjourney Aesthetics]

--style raw --s (value) [if you want to mix-up styles]