Foreground wipe

The prompt

Scene paragraph A 1950s jazz lounge at night, photoreal period drama, Kodak film grain. A long polished wooden bar with red leather stools runs into the room, bottles glowing on mirrored shelves behind it, a bartender in a white jacket polishing a glass. To the left of the bar are small round tables, a dark wooden column and a small stage with a red curtain under warm spotlights, where a woman in a red dress sits alone at a table. At the far right end of the bar a saxophonist in a grey suit waits on a stool. Warm amber light and haze.

The shot opens on the empty end of the bar near the stage, with the dark wooden column standing just in front of the camera, the camera on a dolly track travelling sideways toward screen left from the first second. 0–2s: the travel begins along the bar. 2–4s: the column passes close to the lens and fills the whole frame dark. 4–6s: the column clears the frame. 6–8s: it reveals the woman in the red dress at her table, who turns toward the lens with a slow smile. Throughout: sideways travel with the lens pointing the same way, one continuous take.