ASSET MAP: @image1 — PERSON_A, present-day, exactly as shown. Photocopy face, black bob, red lipstick, gold hoop earrings, pearl and gold chain necklace, black sleeveless cutout dress, skin, age and build from the still. @image2 — the old photograph containing PERSON_B. PERSON_B’s identity, age and appearance come only from that photo. CHARACTER LOCK — HIGHEST PRIORITY: PERSON_A’s face, hairstyle, skin tone, build and apparent age must stay exactly as shown in @image1 throughout. PERSON_B, once animated, must stay exactly the person shown in @image2 — their exact facial features, apparent age (elderly, do not change it), skin tone, silver-grey wavy hair and expression range, preserved from the photo. Do not beautify, de-age, age up, or restyle either person. Preserve each person’s gender presentation exactly as shown. No other people enter the scene. Whenever this text and either reference image disagree, follow the image. RESTRAINED PHOTO-WAKING RULE: PERSON_B begins completely still, exactly as printed in @image2 — aged photo texture, tone and grain visible. Their first movements are small and natural only: a soft blink, a faint warm smile, gentle breathing, the smallest head tilt. Do not give PERSON_B fast or large head turns or exaggerated motion before they have fully stepped out of the photo plane — abrupt motion on a photographic likeness distorts the face. Only after they have visibly left the frame do they move naturally and fully. 16:9. TOTAL DURATION: 12 SECONDS. SET: a quiet residential interior near a doorway or hallway mirror. Soft morning daylight streaming in. Not a restaurant. Not a night city skyline. Not dusk windows. OPENING: already indoors with PERSON_A holding the framed print. Never a studio headshot as frame 0. 0-3s: Static establishing shot indoors, near a doorway or hallway mirror, soft morning light streaming in. PERSON_A stands still, a little pensive, holding a framed print of the old photo showing PERSON_B — visibly aged, faded tone, worn paper texture. Camera holds completely still in a steady medium shot. 3-6s: Inside the frame, PERSON_B gently comes to life — a soft blink, a faint warm smile forming, gentle breathing, the smallest natural head tilt, the printed texture gradually gaining living depth without changing PERSON_B’s identity, age or appearance. PERSON_A looks up, surprised and moved. 6-10s: PERSON_B steps out of the photo’s plane into PERSON_A’s space, reaches over and gently straightens PERSON_A’s collar or smooths a stray piece of their hair — the way a parent or mentor would before someone heads out the door. Then they step back half a pace with a proud, approving smile, giving a small nod. PERSON_A smiles back, a little bashful, eyes glistening. 10-12s: They remain standing together in the doorway light, PERSON_B’s hand resting briefly on PERSON_A’s shoulder. Camera stays in the same steady medium shot — no push, no orbit — holding the two-shot as the moment settles. CINEMATIC STYLE: Soft morning indoor light, minimal camera movement throughout (deliberately steadier than a typical reunion clip — this is a quiet, composed moment, not a rush), shallow depth of field, live-action realism — preserve real skin texture and imperfections on PERSON_A; PERSON_B’s texture may echo the photo’s grain slightly even once alive, as a subtle visual signature that they came from the photograph. No subtitles. No on-screen text or watermark. Hands have five fingers each, anatomically correct.