You are a professional cinematic director generating a Cinematic Beat Sheet — a 3×3 grid of 9 visua

You are a professional cinematic director generating a Cinematic Beat Sheet — a 3×3 grid of 9 visual beats for video pre-production. Use all uploaded reference images as ABSOLUTE visual sources — replicate, do not reinterpret. ═══════════════════════════════════════════ [INPUT] ═══════════════════════════════════════════ PROJECT TITLE: The Melancholic Embrace TOTAL DURATION: 15 seconds REFERENCE IMAGES UPLOADED (in order): 1. Aira: A pale woman with long platinum-blonde hair wearing a clean white hooded tunic, light armor accents on shoulders and forearms, brown leather belt, and a white cape. 2. Seris: A pale woman with long platinum-blonde hair, wearing a white ceremonial robe heavily stained with blood on the sleeves and hem, brown leather belt, and bracers. CHARACTER LOCK RULES: - Aira: Long platinum-blonde hair, pale skin, white hooded tunic, light armor, brown belt, clean appearance, archetype is Cautious Priestess. - Seris: Long platinum-blonde hair, pale skin, white ceremonial robes, heavy bloodstains on sleeves and hem, brown bracers, archetype is Fallen Sister. - WEAPON LOCK: No weapons drawn or wielded. Focus is purely on the contrasting clean and bloodstained robes. - PALETTE SIGNATURE: Soft desaturated blues for environment, stark pristine white for Aira, stark white with deep crimson bloodstain accents for Seris. DIALOGUE BUBBLE RULES: Some panels include speech bubbles. Each bubble is a SMALL graphic-novel-style RECTANGLE with rounded corners — pure white fill, thin black border 1px, white background, BLACK sans-serif text inside. NOT a manga cloud bubble. NOT a fantasy decorative banner. Style reference: From Hell, Sin City, Watchmen graphic novel speech. - Bubble has a SHORT thin pointer line (3-5px) toward the speaking character's mouth. - Bubble is positioned NEAR the speaker, in upper-left or upper-right corner of the panel, NOT covering character faces. - Text inside bubble is small, plain English sans-serif, ALL CAPS for emphasis where indicated, otherwise sentence case. - Bubbles must look like graphic novel speech, NOT modern comic book style, NOT manga. ═══════════════════════════════════════════ 9 STORY BEATS: ═══════════════════════════════════════════ BEAT 01 [00:00-00:02] [SETUP — extended 2s] Caption line 1: Aira stands silent at the entrance of a ruined church. Caption line 2: Cold morning haze drifts through broken stained glass. DIALOGUE: none. BEAT 02 [00:02-00:03] [SETUP] Caption line 1: Seris emerges slowly from the deep blue shadows. Caption line 2: Her bloodstained robes drag softly across the broken stones. DIALOGUE: none. BEAT 03 [00:03-00:05] [SETUP → ESCALATION — extended 2s] Caption line 1: Aira turns and recognizes the figure approaching her. Caption line 2: Her breath catches in the silent winter air. DIALOGUE BUBBLE (positioned near Aira, upper-left of panel): AIRA: "Seris…?" BEAT 04 [00:05-00:06] [ESCALATION] Caption line 1: Seris stops a few steps away from Aira. Caption line 2: Her hands tremble slightly at her bloodstained sides. DIALOGUE BUBBLE (positioned near Seris, upper-right of panel): SERIS: "I came back." BEAT 05 [00:06-00:08] [ESCALATION — extended 2s] Caption line 1: Aira slowly lowers her white hood from her platinum hair. Caption line 2: The wariness fades from her piercing eyes. DIALOGUE: none. BEAT 06 [00:08-00:09] [ESCALATION] Caption line 1: Aira closes the distance and reaches one hand toward Seris. Caption line 2: Her fingertips graze Seris's bloodied sleeve. DIALOGUE BUBBLE (positioned near Aira, upper-left of panel): AIRA: "You're hurt." BEAT 07 [00:09-00:11] [PEAK — extended 2s] Caption line 1: They pull each other into a desperate silent embrace. Caption line 2: Crimson blood presses against Aira's pristine white cape. DIALOGUE: none. BEAT 08 [00:11-00:13] [RESOLUTION — extended 2s] Caption line 1: Seris rests her chin heavily on Aira's shoulder. Caption line 2: Their platinum hair tangles gently in the cold breeze. DIALOGUE BUBBLE (positioned near Seris, upper-right of panel): SERIS: "I know." BEAT 09 [00:13-00:15] [FINAL — extended 2s] Caption line 1: Soft desaturated blue light bathes the two clinging figures. Caption line 2: They stand perfectly still in the empty ruined church. DIALOGUE: none. STYLE TAGS: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind aesthetic. Soft desaturated blues. Hazy morning light. Fine film grain. Low contrast. Raw texture. No cinematic polish. No glossy CGI. No fantasy poster. Melancholic winter romance. ═══════════════════════════════════════════ [SYSTEM — DO NOT MODIFY BELOW] ═══════════════════════════════════════════ OUTPUT FORMAT — ABSOLUTELY MANDATORY This is a CINEMATIC BEAT SHEET, not a storyboard table. REQUIRED LAYOUT: - Pure black canvas (#000000), VERTICAL poster-style aspect (2:3 ratio, approximately 1024×1536 or larger) - 3 rows × 3 columns = 9 panels arranged in a clean grid - Panels separated by thin black gutters only, NO colored grid-lines, NO borders, NO table structure - Each panel is a FULL cinematic composition — every panel should work as a standalone movie still - Each panel roughly 16:9 or 3:2 cinematic crop - Below each panel: a narrow black caption band containing: · Panel number (01, 02, 03 ... 09) in white · Time code in parentheses, e.g. (00:00-00:02) in white · 2 short caption sentences in white, each 5-15 words - Caption text is clean sans-serif, small but legible - DIALOGUE BUBBLES rendered INSIDE panels (not in caption band) for beats 03, 04, 06, 08 only ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN: - NO overall title banner at the top - NO footer line at the bottom - NO colored gridlines between panels - NO 6-column table structure - NO DIRECTOR'S NOTE / SFX / BGM columns or text per panel - NO BGM progression track - NO crimson red color elements in the layout (bloodstains on Seris's robe are story elements, not layout color) - NO Japanese 絵コンテ structure - NO Chinese/Japanese text - NO manga-style cloud speech bubbles (graphic novel rectangle bubbles only) - NO weapons in any panel REFERENCE PRIORITY RULE When character description text and reference image conflict, the REFERENCE IMAGE is absolute truth. PANEL COMPOSITION RULES 1. Every panel is a COMPLETE cinematic shot 2. Each panel roughly 16:9 or 3:2 cinematic crop within its cell 3. Characters rendered at signature DNA in every panel 4. Environment and lighting consistent across panels 5. Peak moment panel (Beat 07) has highest visual density 6. Dialogue bubbles small and unobtrusive, never covering faces CAPTION STYLE RULES 1. Exactly 2 sentences per panel 2. Each sentence 5-15 words, plain English 3. Describe WHAT THE VIEWER SEES, not camera direction 4. No terms like "wide shot", "CU", "tracking", "push-in" 5. No SFX, BGM, or director's notes TIME CODE RULES - Total sum of all 9 beats MUST equal 15 seconds exactly - Distribution: 4 beats × 1s + 5 beats × 2s = 14s — wait, recount. - Final distribution: Beats 01, 03, 05, 07, 08, 09 are 2s each (6 × 2s = 12s) + Beats 02, 04, 06 are 1s each (3 × 1s = 3s) = 15s total. Confirm timing aligns. VISUAL STYLE - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind aesthetic - Soft desaturated blues, hazy morning light - Fine film grain, low contrast - Raw texture, no cinematic polish, no glossy CGI - Match palette rules per CHARACTER LOCK across all panels - Environment consistent unless story demands change - Character identity LOCKED to uploaded references OUTPUT A single VERTICAL poster-style image containing the 3×3 grid of 9 cinematic beat panels with captions below each. Dialogue bubbles render inside specified panels (03, 04, 06, 08). No title, no footer, no table structure, no colored borders.