THE SET: the inside of a black luxury sedan driving slowly through a city on an overcast day, filmed from a camera fixed to the front of the car looking in through the windshield: black leather seats, the rear-view mirror at the top centre, the dashboard across the bottom of the frame, a white car seen through the rear window. Photorealistic, soft grey daylight, vertical 9:16. All three faces large and sharp.
WHO IS WHO (fixed seats for the whole take):
THE SINGER = the person in [Image 1]: in the MIDDLE OF THE BACK SEAT, between and behind the two front seats, the head and shoulders large in the gap between the headrests.
THE DRIVER: an invented adult man, short black hair, dark suit and tie, at the wheel on the RIGHT of the frame.
THE FRONT PASSENGER: an invented adult man, short brown hair, dark suit, open collar, in the passenger seat on the LEFT of the frame.
THE SINGER, in every frame: the exact face from [Image 1] (the face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses or freckles), with the hair and clothes from [Image 1], at full adult size, never child-sized, so their friends recognize them at once. The two men never get that face. If [Image 1] shows an animal, THE SINGER is that animal sitting upright on the back seat, with its own face, fur and markings, never a person.
THE TAKE: one unbroken shot, swaying gently with the car, with NO CUTS; all three stay in their seats.
[0-3.5 s] THE SINGER belts the first line along with the radio, beaming, the head bobbing from side to side. THE DRIVER, hands on the wheel, gives a deadpan side-eye towards the back seat. THE FRONT PASSENGER smirks, the eyes sliding sideways.
[3.5-6 s] THE SINGER sways the shoulders and tilts the head. THE DRIVER rolls the eyes up towards the roof, then lowers them.
[6-8.6 s] THE SINGER sings the long high note, lifting the chin and closing the eyes. THE DRIVER shuts the eyes and turns the head down, long-suffering.
[8.6-11.4 s] THE SINGER sings on with a huge smile. From 9 s THE FRONT PASSENGER turns round and watches with an amused grin; from 10 s THE DRIVER glances back too, with a dry smirk.
[11.4-12 s] THE SINGER finishes with a big open smile.
Both front men keep their lips closed and never sing or speak.
Sound: none of its own; an upbeat 1990s pop song from the car radio is put on afterwards, so the singing must be easy to see. THE SINGER sings along, the mouth matching every word, with one long high note. No talking: the only voice is the singing. No background music.
Exactly three in the car, nobody else, no famous person. Five fingers on each hand. Avoid: cuts, an empty seat, a car badge, text, subtitles, lyrics on screen, logos, watermarks, extra limbs, morphing.
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