20s, 16:9, 6 cuts, photoreal live-action, native audio with synced dialogue, British English accents
20s, 16:9, 6 cuts, photoreal live-action, native audio with synced dialogue, British English accents. No on-screen text, subtitles, captions, watermarks or logos. STYLE: intimate chamber drama, 35mm grain, shallow focus, understated performances. CAST: NORA - woman, 45, auburn hair in a loose knot, black reading glasses pushed up on top of her head, grey cardigan over a faded T-shirt, tired eyes. ELLIE - her younger sister, 32, black curly shoulder-length hair soaked from rain, oversized denim jacket, jeans, silver hoop earrings. PROPS: two identical mustard mugs. Nora holds one. A second, empty mug stands clearly visible at the empty chair opposite her. PALETTE: amber pendant lamp vs cold teal under-cabinet light, deep shadows, natural skin. STORY: At 3 a.m. Ellie comes home to admit she sold their late mother's house. Nora already knows. BEATS: 0.0-3.5s | CUT 1, wide, static, eye level: heavy rain on the kitchen window. Ellie stands frozen in the doorway on the left, dripping. Nora sits at the table on the right, hands round her mug; the empty mug waits opposite. Stillness. 3.5-7.5s | CUT 2, clean medium close-up on Nora, nothing in the foreground, 50mm, slow push-in. Eyes down. NORA (flat, quiet, exhausted): "You sold it. Mum's house. Without asking me." 7.5-12.0s | CUT 3, close-up on Ellie in the doorway, 85mm, subtle handheld. Her eyes fill with tears; she swallows before speaking. ELLIE (defensive, voice cracking on the last word): "I was drowning, Nora. You weren't answering." 12.0-15.5s | CUT 4, same clean medium close-up on Nora, eyes dry at first. She looks up, pulls the glasses down off her head and sets them on the table. Only then does one tear run down her cheek. She says nothing. Only rain. 15.5-18.0s | CUT 5, low profile shot along the tabletop: Nora's hand slides the empty second mug across the wood to the empty chair. NORA (whisper, barely voiced): "Sit down." 18.0-20.0s | CUT 6, medium close-up on Ellie, already seated at the table, both hands round the second mug. One shaky breath, half laugh, half sob, then stillness. Hold. AUDIO: dialogue close and dry. Steady rain on glass audible from the first frame, fridge hum, room tone. Mug scrape on wood at 16s. Ellie's half-laugh sob at 18.5s. No music. NEGATIVE: no text, no extra people, no foreground shoulders in Nora's shots, no repeat of the CUT 1 wide, no props appearing or vanishing, no melodramatic sobbing, no face morphing, no lip-sync drift.