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Video starts exactly on <Image 1>: extreme close-up of an old iron wall lantern through defocused cell bars, small oil flame inside soot-stained glass, warm orange on the red brick. One continuous 4s shot, no cuts, real-time, camera locked off. 0-2s: the flame burns and moves naturally, leaning and recovering, a faint smoke wisp rising, warm light breathing on the brick. At 1.8s one tiny spark lifts off the tip of the flame. 2-4s: at exactly 2s the flame FREEZES mid-flicker — leaning sideways, the spark suspended in the air above it, the smoke wisp stopped, the light on the brick perfectly still. Nothing moves. The frame is a held photograph. Hold the frozen flame and suspended spark to the last frame. Audio diegetic only: 0-2s the lantern hissing faintly, distant crickets through stone, low vintage tape hiss. At 2s all sound cuts to silence except the tape hiss. Authentic 1970s Hindi cinema restored film print: lantern orange warm and soft, night blues cool behind, red brick muted, lifted blacks, soft halation around the flame and spark, fine constant organic film grain, slightly soft spherical lens, no modern grade. Colour steady. 4K, 16:9, real-time. LOCKS: starts on <Image 1> exact. Flame moves naturally 0-2s, freezes completely at 2s with the spark suspended, holds frozen to the end. No cuts.