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[SHOT 3.22 | REFS: none — exterior POV plate] Train POV shot — the camera is mounted at the front of the locomotive looking straight down the tracks, the vanishing point centered in frame. The Super Chief is approaching a stone-and- concrete railway tunnel cut into a Missouri hillside. The tunnel mouth — a dark semi-circular arch approximately thirty feet high, set into weathered grey-brown stone and aged concrete with visible moisture staining and faint moss at the edges — dominates the center of the frame, approximately two hundred feet ahead on the track. The twin rails converge toward the tunnel mouth in a clean single- point perspective, gleaming silver-steel in the late-afternoon light, ballast and wooden sleepers visible between and beside the rails in the foreground. Motion blur on the ballast and near-track edges indicating forward speed of approximately 50 mph. Flanking the tunnel entrance: autumn Missouri hillside — ochre and rust-red oak canopy, bare sycamore branches, exposed rock face partially covered in brown-green moss. A small weathered concrete marker post with a faded number visible at the right side of the tunnel entrance. The tunnel interior is PURE BLACK — no visible detail inside, an absolute void that the train is about to enter. Sky above the hillside: hazy warm October late-afternoon, pale warm gold with thin cloud. Composition: symmetrical single-point vanishing into the tunnel mouth. Rails converge from foreground bottom-left and bottom-right toward the dark circle center-frame. The tunnel arch fills approximately 40% of the frame. Autumn hillside flanks left and right. Sky occupies the upper quarter. Camera: ARRI Alexa 35, Cooke S7/i 25mm at T4 — wide, deep, capturing the full approach geometry with honest perspective. Lighting: natural late-afternoon October sun, warm 5200K from frame-right, side-raking the right hillside and the right edge of the tunnel arch with golden warmth. The left side of the tunnel is in shadow. Rails catch directional specular highlights from the sun. Grade: Kodak 2383, warm autumn palette — ochre hillside, grey-brown stone, silver rails, the tunnel void as absolute black center, warm golden sky. Style: photorealistic 2.39:1 cinematic still, prestige TV quality, train-mounted POV, tack-sharp rails in foreground with motion blur on the ballast edges, natural 1968 period tunnel architecture, the black void of the tunnel must feel absolute and swallowing.

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.