The collapse. Caught mid fall, leaning back, one arm hanging, both legs sliding out from under him, head tipped up and mouth open. He is empty, and everybody watching knows what empty looks like. This is the frame the whole film has to earn, because what happens thirty seconds later contradicts it. FILED AS 1-11, 3.9.2026, in the reset that gave scene one its final names. Before the reset it was 1-6-COLLAPSE-v1, and every name mentioned in this note is a pre reset name. HOW IT MOVES. FROM 1-11 TO 1-17 EVERYTHING IS FROZEN, except two things: the LIVE ACTION of Manan, composited in, and the CLOSE-UP OF THE MAGNIFYING GLASS. The wobble on the glass must be VERY SUBTLE and must never draw attention to itself. It has to behave as if somebody is holding it in their hand, not as if a computer were pushing it around. If you notice the movement, it is too big.

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