Side tracking

The prompt

Scene paragraph A crowded open-air market street on a bright afternoon, photoreal urban action. Colorful stalls of fruit and fabric with strings of lanterns line both sides, shoppers everywhere. A young Black woman bike courier with short braids, wearing a canary-yellow rain jacket, black cargo pants and a small black backpack, carries a small brown package through the market, her canary-yellow jacket bright against the stalls. Live-action footage shot on 35mm film, real people, natural skin and textures.

Side profile shot of her riding a black bicycle along the edge of the market street, the camera on a tracking vehicle travelling parallel beside her at her speed from the first second. 0–2s: she is in full profile in the center of the frame, her canary-yellow jacket bright against the stalls. 2–4s: the camera keeps pace beside her. 4–6s: stall awnings streak past in the foreground while the buildings behind drift slowly. 6–8s: she glances at the lens and pedals harder. Throughout: parallel travel at her speed, one continuous take.