Butterfly — matching wing eyespots to human eyes

VIDEO — BUTTERFLY WING-EYES MATCH-CUT TO CÉLINE'S EYES IN THE HOTEL CORRIDOR

SCENE: One continuous 7-second vertical 9:16 cinematic shot in the established old-style hotel corridor. Camera completely static and locked off for the entire shot; no pan, tilt, dolly, zoom or shake. Only a slow focus pull is allowed.

A black butterfly appears deep in the hallway at about X=63%, Y=27% and flies continuously toward camera along an undulating path on the RIGHT side only, drifting toward X=72%, descending to about Y=39%, then rising to Y=32%. It never crosses into the left half, lands, freezes or rigidly hovers. Slow, large deliberate wingbeats, 2–3 per second, alternating folded silhouette and full spread; body rocks naturally with each beat.

From 0.5s to about 1.9s, rack focus slowly off the corridor until the background is a soft creamy blur; keep the butterfly crisply sharp.

FINAL POSITION — HARD RULE: at the cut, butterfly body at X=72%, Y=32%, fully spread wingspan about 25% of frame width. LEFT wing-eye at X=66%, Y=33.5%; RIGHT wing-eye at X=80%, Y=30%; same spacing and slight tilt, right marking higher.

At 2.85–3.05s, the final wingbeat is the slowest: wings open into a complete flat spread facing camera, both eye-markings fully visible. On that exact fullest-spread frame, corridor lights SNAP to black in one frame. Then ~0.15s irregular electrical stutter, 2–3 weak brief flashes, no rhythm. The butterfly is only a dark silhouette with glowing markings. Then TRUE BLACK.

During true black, NOTHING is visible except the two honey-amber glowing eye-shapes at exactly X=66%/Y=33.5% and X=80%/Y=30%. They do not move, resize or drift. The wings are simply gone. Around those same unmoved points, CÉLINE's face forms in darkness.

MATCH-CUT — SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT RULE: CÉLINE's LEFT eye must appear exactly at X=66%, Y=33.5% and RIGHT eye at X=80%, Y=30%, same spacing and same slight tilt as the butterfly markings.

Hold her face barely visible for a beat with glowing honey-amber eyes. Then the corridor light rises smoothly and fairly quickly back to full warm brightness, no stutter; the eye glow fades into her natural eye color.

FINAL REVEAL: CÉLINE in medium close-up from mid-chest up, right of center, face near X=72%, head tilted to match the eye-axis, one shoulder slightly raised, chin slightly lifted, faint knowing almost-villainous smirk, gaze locked on lens. She holds nearly still with only subtle breathing, tiny head settling and an occasional slow blink.

REFERENCES: Character sheet: CÉLINE identity and wardrobe only — preserve her exact established face, hair and outfit; ignore studio background, lighting and pose. Butterfly reference: design only — black wings, vein texture, tailed hindwings, antennae, concentric honey-cream eye-markings; ignore product background and static pose. Corridor reference: location only — dark wood, mirrored doors, warm brass sconces, patterned carpet, framed picture, centered one-point perspective.

LIGHTING: warm dim amber practical sconces; true absolute black during blackout; then smooth return to the same warm cinematic light. Real photographic depth of field, film-like contrast, moody warm/black tonal range.

BANS: no camera movement; no centered or oversized butterfly; no straight flight; no left-half crossing; no fast blurred flutter; no freeze/hover; no smooth dim-down; no rhythmic flicker; no visible butterfly morphing/flying away in black; no moving glowing eyes; no centered final portrait; no stiff symmetrical pose; no text, subtitles, logos, watermark or music.

VIDEO — STATIC SHOT: CÉLINE FROM BEHIND IN THE CORRIDOR, BUTTERFLY HOPPING BETWEEN HER FINGERS

SCENE CONTEXT: The same composition as the still frame, now alive. CÉLINE stands in the middle of the dim hotel corridor with her back to the camera, cropped at the knees, her hip cocked, her head turned into a clean side profile. One hand hugs her own hip; the other is raised near her face, fingers lightly spread, and the black butterfly steps and hops delicately from one of her fingertips to the next, wings opening and closing slowly.

STATIC CLOSE-UP — CÉLINE'S FACE, BUTTERFLY WALKING ACROSS HER RIGHT CHEEK

SCENE: One continuous 5-second vertical 9:16 photorealistic cinematic close-up in the dim hotel corridor. Warm amber light, deep shadow, shallow depth of field, film-like contrast. Camera completely static and locked off at eye level for the entire shot: no pan, tilt, dolly, zoom, drift, shake or focus shift.

FRAMING — HARD RULE: tight close-up from top of head to just below chin, face filling most of frame, head nearly frontal with only a slight turn/tilt. CÉLINE'S RIGHT CHEEK — on the LEFT side of frame for the viewer — must be fully visible, unobstructed by hair and clearly lit.

GAZE — HARD RULE: CÉLINE looks off-camera to the LEFT, calm, distant and unfocused. She never looks at the butterfly or camera and never reacts: no smile, frown, flinch or tension. Only a slow blink, breathing and tiny natural movements.

BUTTERFLY — HARD RULE: the established black butterfly stands directly on the flat of her right cheek, between cheekbone and jawline, its legs visibly gripping the skin. It WALKS slowly across the cheek in small deliberate steps, never hopping or hovering. Its wings open and close in slow, graceful, wide beats, repeatedly revealing both honey-cream eye-markings. It stays on her cheek for the entire shot and never touches or covers her eye, eyelid, lips, nose or nostrils.

SKIN — HARD RULE: real unretouched skin at close range: visible pores, fine peach fuzz, natural texture and tone variation, real lashes and brows, no smoothing, airbrushing, waxy or CGI skin.

TIMING: 0.0–1.0s: CÉLINE holds the close-up, looking left; butterfly high on her right cheek near the cheekbone, slowly opening and closing its wings. 1.0–2.2s: butterfly walks 3–4 small careful steps down/across her cheek, legs pressing into skin; one slow wingbeat. CÉLINE remains still and blinks once slowly. 2.2–3.2s: butterfly pauses, antennae stirring, opens wings into a wide full spread showing both eye-markings, then folds them part-way. 3.2–4.2s: it walks a little farther toward the jawline, small deliberate steps, wings beating slowly twice. CÉLINE breathes faintly; a loose hair moves slightly. 4.2–5.0s: final hold; butterfly settles, slowly opens wings once more and ends half-open. CÉLINE keeps the same detached leftward gaze.

REFERENCES: Character sheet: CÉLINE identity only — preserve her exact established face, hair, eyes, natural skin, makeup and visible wardrobe details; ignore studio background, lighting and pose. Butterfly reference: design only — deep black wings, fine veins, tailed hindwings, slender antennae, concentric honey-cream eye-markings; here alive and walking on skin. Corridor reference: background only — dark wood and warm brass sconces, rendered almost entirely out of focus as warm amber bokeh and deep shadow.

LIGHTING/FOCUS: warm amber side-light models her cheekbone and catches the butterfly's wing scales. Her cheek, butterfly and near eye remain sharp; corridor stays soft bokeh. Exposure and white balance constant.

BANS: no camera movement; no wider framing/profile; no hair covering right cheek; no gaze to camera/right/butterfly; no reaction; no hovering, fast flutter, flying away or leaving cheek; no butterfly on eye/lips/nose; no beauty-filtered skin; no sharp corridor; no lighting flicker; no extra people; no text, logos, watermark or music.