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[SHOT 3.04 | REFS: @Daniel → daniel_ref_v1.png | @Marcus → marcus_ref_v1.png | @PullmanCoach → pullman_coach_plate_v1.png] MCU of @Daniel, standing in the aisle of @PullmanCoach beside row 14. He faces camera-left toward @Marcus, whose right shoulder and the right edge of his cap (with the gold cord catching a fine specular highlight) occupy the bottom-right corner of the frame in soft focus as a dirty frame element. @Daniel's expression: an open, small polite smile with chin dipped a fraction; eyes hold @Marcus's off-camera. Weight is on his front foot with a small forward lean into the exchange. Wardrobe: @Daniel wears @Daniel/Sept-Train — zipped bomber quarter-way, navy micro-check collar visible, camel-tobacco suede reads warm. Composition: @Daniel occupies center-right of the frame with tight headroom (approximately two inches above his hair line to frame edge). His body is angled about fifteen degrees off camera axis toward frame- left. @Marcus's soft shoulder and cap-edge occupy bottom-right as a dirty foreground. Background: olive-green tufted seat backs of rows 15 and 16 recede softly, brass row plaques out of focus, walnut paneling frames camera-right behind him, one out-of-focus coach window at deep frame-right lets in warm afternoon light. Camera: ARRI Alexa 35, Cooke S7/i 50mm at T2.8 — honest portrait truth, shallow-adjacent depth, @Marcus's shoulder softens naturally, background seats readable but not sharp. Lighting: motivated by the sun-side coach window at deep frame-right, warm 5200K key raking across @Daniel's right cheek and jaw (the small dark mole at his outer left jaw catches a soft fill from the mahogany paneling bounce on frame-left). Key-to-fill ratio 2:1. No hard shadow; natural falloff on the fill side of the face. Grade: Kodak 2383, warm mahogany dominant, camel jacket as the frame's protagonist accent, olive upholstery grounding, honest warm-olive skin tone with visible pore texture. Style: photorealistic 2.39:1 cinematic still, prestige TV production quality, natural skin without retouch, real fabric weave on suede jacket and micro-check shirt, tack-sharp on @Daniel's eyes and mouth, @Marcus's shoulder gently soft.

Generate a single, hyper-realistic character reference image (strictly no collages, text, watermarks, or borders). The image must feature a cinematic, three-quarter portrait of the described character, maintaining a sharp, tack-focused emphasis on the face with natural skin textures, pore details, and realistic micro-expressions. The lighting should be cinematic and directional (e.g., subtle split or Rembrandt lighting) to give depth, blending seamlessly with the environment specified in the character description. The character must have a natural, living presence, looking slightly off-camera or directly at the lens with a subtle, context-aware expression. Ensure the full head, neck, and upper shoulders are completely unobstructed. This image serves as a high-fidelity identity blueprint for temporal-consistent video generation.