[REFERENCES] @Image1 is the opening frame — afrofuturist shaman, head tilted back, eyes closed, mout
[REFERENCES] @Image1 is the opening frame — afrofuturist shaman, head tilted back, eyes closed, mouth open mid-incantation. Black textured grills on teeth, golden light glowing between lips, thin vertical ember line running chin to teeth. Braided beard with cylindrical tech ornaments glowing white on both sides of jaw. Dark bumped skin, ritual texture on neck. Pure black background, no environment. Cinematic letterbox format — black bars top and bottom. Exact character, light, and atmosphere to hold across all shots. [STYLE] Cinematic realism, extreme close-up intimacy. Near total darkness — only golden mouth light and white jaw ornaments illuminate the face. No fill light. No ambient. All glow is practical and internal. Movements are glacial — nothing rushes. [SHOTS] [0-3s]: @Image1 exact opening frame held. ECU — lower face and throat, head tilted back, eyes closed. Golden light between teeth pulses slowly — one beat every two seconds, like a breath. Ember line on chin flickers micro-variations, alive. White jaw ornaments hold steady cold light. Thin smoke rises from mouth corners, curling upward. Camera locked, zero movement. Audio: deep sub-bass hum, felt more than heard, micro-crackle from the ember — dry and hot, absolute silence around it. [3-6s]: Golden light between teeth intensifies — pulse quickens, two beats per second now. Smoke thickens from mouth corners. Jaw ornaments begin slow sympathetic flicker — cold white responding to the golden warmth. Head remains tilted back, eyes still closed. Camera begins imperceptible slow descent — dropping 3cm over 3 seconds, settling toward mouth level. Audio: sub-bass deepens, pulse rhythm enters — low and ceremonial, hum builds in chest register, crackle sharpens. [6-9s]: Golden light reaches peak intensity — full warm flood spilling across lower face, throat, beard. Smoke pours steadily upward in thick column. Head begins slow descent — tilting forward, returning from full back to neutral over 3 seconds. Camera holds locked as head comes level. Eyes still closed through entire movement. Face now fully illuminated by mouth glow — every texture, every bump, every braid caught in gold. Audio: hum peaks — resonant and vast, pulse slows back to one beat, heavier now, a single low tone joins beneath everything. [9-10s]: Head reaches neutral position — level, still. One full second holds. Eyes open — slowly, completely. Golden. No white. No iris. Pure molten gold. Eyes find camera directly. Hold. Hard cut to black at 10s. Audio: all sound drops on eye open — one beat of pure silence, hard cut on black.