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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 at seated eye level on the middle of the bar and the bartender, the camera on a dolly track travelling sideways toward screen left from the first second, the lens always facing the bar. 0–2s: the bartender polishes a glass as the travel begins. 2–4s: the red stools in the foreground glide rightward past the lens faster than the bar, while the bottles behind drift slowly. 4–6s: the wooden column slides across the frame as the tables come into view. 6–8s: the travel stops facing the woman in the red dress, who lifts her glass toward the lens. Throughout: sideways travel with the lens pointing the same way, horizon level, one continuous take.