03Horror title card
a horror or thriller title that unsettles from the first frame
Typewriter / redacted document
A typed dossier name blacked out with a marker
26The prompt
Top-down close-up of a manila thriller dossier on a dark wooden desk under a desk lamp. Photoreal live-action film footage. In the very first frame the page already shows the large typed name 【AGENT FALCON】 in black typewriter capital letters, with a red rubber stamp reading 【CLASSIFIED】 above it, the rest of the page soft and out of focus. 0–1s: both are readable. 1–5s: a black-gloved hand draws a thick black marker bar across the second word only, FALCON, blacking it out while AGENT stays clear. 5–8s: the hand lifts away, leaving AGENT readable beside the black bar. Throughout: locked-off overhead shot, warm lamp light, one continuous take, no subtitles.
Tip
Keep to two large text items, let the rest of the page fall out of focus, and use a real word for the name: the invented VESPER came out as VESPOR, while FALCON was exact. Say which word the bar covers.
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