SCENE 1 (0:00-0:15) — FORGIVENESS → CONFUSION → INSISTENCE → DEADLOCK SHOT STRUCTURE: 6 shots, 15 seconds, 16:9 GLOBAL STYLE NOTES: • lighting_philosophy: flat morning daylight from one window, no fill, soft shadows • color_grade: muted neutral, low saturation — pale walls, worn wood, dull ceramic • setting: small shared apartment, kitchen opening onto a hallway, bare walls, morning • ambience: distant street, footsteps on wood, room tone only, no music • CAMERA STYLE — HANDHELD THROUGHOUT: every shot is filmed handheld with constant subtle drift and micro-shake. The operator walks with the characters and reframes as they move. Framing is slightly loose and imperfect, heads not centred. NO tripod, NO locked-off shots, NO dolly, NO crane, NO mechanical smoothness • the characters keep moving through the flat — nobody stands still, the scene travels from the kitchen down the hallway • no readable text anywhere in frame: the flower is wrapped in a plain clear plastic sleeve with no label, no price tag, no printing. Bare walls with no posters, no signage, no writing on anything • PROP OWNERSHIP: the single flower belongs to NORA and to NORA ONLY, carried in her RIGHT hand until she sets it down. PETE holds a mug and nothing else. • characters: - NORA: age early 30s. visual_anchors: olive green cardigan over a white tee, dark hair tied back, small silver studs, one cheap flower in a clear plastic sleeve in her RIGHT hand. voice: warm certain alto, generous and forgiving, American - PETE: age early 30s. visual_anchors: grey crewneck sweatshirt, short sandy hair, light stubble, plain unmarked mug in LEFT hand. voice: flat baffled tenor, American - both read as flatmates of the same generation, no age gap between them SEQUENCE LIST: SHOT 1 (0-3.5s) ESTABLISH — handheld MS, following • vfx: none. Speed 100% • camera_motion: handheld, drifting, the camera follows NORA as she walks into the kitchen holding the flower out in front of her. PETE is at the counter with his mug • action_visual: NORA crosses the room and presents the flower toward PETE, who does not take it. The camera reframes clumsily to keep them both in • dialog: ONLY NORA speaks — PETE keeps his mouth closed, no lip movement. NORA (warm certain alto, generous), then says: 'It's Kiss and Make-Up Day. I forgive you.' • exit: PETE lowers his mug (CUT TO) SHOT 2 (3.5-5.5s) — handheld MCU on PETE • vfx: none. Speed 100% • camera_motion: handheld micro-shake, loose framing, PETE slightly off-centre • action_visual: PETE stops mid-sip, genuinely lost • dialog: ONLY PETE speaks. PETE (flat baffled tenor), then says: 'For what?' • exit: PETE starts walking out of frame toward the hallway (CUT TO) SHOT 3 (5.5-8s) — handheld MS, walking, following both • vfx: none. Speed 100% • camera_motion: handheld, the camera walks behind them down the hallway, bobbing with the steps, reframing as they move • action_visual: PETE walks away, NORA follows him, still holding the flower out • dialog: ONLY NORA speaks. NORA (warm certain alto), then says: 'You know what.' • exit: PETE stops and turns (CUT TO) SHOT 4 (8-10s) — handheld MCU on PETE in the hallway • vfx: none. Speed 100% • camera_motion: handheld drift, one small clumsy reframe • action_visual: PETE turns fully to face her, still holding the mug • dialog: ONLY PETE speaks. PETE (flat baffled tenor), then says: 'I don't.' • exit: PETE waits (CUT TO) SHOT 5 (10-12.5s) PUNCHLINE — handheld MCU on NORA • vfx: none. Speed 100% • camera_motion: handheld micro-shake, loose framing • action_visual: NORA is completely deadpan, eyes level and calm, face still, no smile, no raised eyebrows, no anger — utterly certain she is being the bigger person • dialog: ONLY NORA speaks, immediately at the start of the shot. NORA (warm certain alto), then says: 'Then we're not done.' • exit: NORA lowers the flower and sets it down on the counter (CUT TO) SHOT 6 (12.5-15s) FINAL HOLD — handheld ECU on the flower, no face in frame • vfx: none. Speed 100% • camera_motion: handheld macro with tiny drift, framed tight on the single cheap flower in its plain plastic sleeve lying on the counter. NO FACE VISIBLE, no head in frame, no hands in frame, only the flower • action_visual: nobody speaks, nobody moves through frame. Total stillness for the full 2.5 seconds. SFX: distant street and room tone only • exit: the flower lies where she left it, untaken GENERATE FIRST: Shot 3 (walking handheld follow, the movement test), Shot 6 (faceless final hold on the flower)
