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[SHOT 3.24 | START FRAME: NB Pro 3.24 | DURATION: 5s] Train POV at speed, emerging from the tunnel. First two seconds: the bright exit arch grows rapidly as the train approaches at 50 mph. The overexposed golden light expands in frame. Rails stream toward it. Tunnel walls sweep past on both sides, dark stone blurring. Third second: the train EXITS the tunnel. The golden-white overexposure swallows the entire frame for approximately 0.5 seconds — a natural whiteout as the camera's exposure hasn't adjusted yet. Then the image begins resolving: autumn Missouri landscape flooding in, ochre treeline, warm golden afternoon light, open sky. The overexposure pulls back naturally over this second as if the camera iris is adjusting. Fourth to fifth second: the exterior resolves fully — autumn woodland, golden late-afternoon side-light, rails stretching ahead through a gentle curve in open Missouri countryside. The warm golden quality of the light is richer and deeper than the pre-tunnel exterior (3.17) — the audience has been in darkness and the light feels like a gift. Camera: locked forward-facing POV. No movement relative to train. Focus at infinity. The light flooding back IS the transition to @Daniel's face. The warmth of this frame carries directly into 3.25. Real time, emergence into light.