Strong rule: style --- 3D Pixar ---. Cozy modern Dubai bedroom at night, heavy blackout curtains drawn, soft warm bedside lamp glow contrasted with cool blue tablet light. Rumpled bed with striped sheets pulled up like a tent — a young man (Leo, 13) huddled under a blanket fortress, tablet propped at his chest with pulsing podcast visuals. Tablet light illuminates his face from below, casting dramatic dancing shadows; trembling exhausted hands lift into frame and stare transfixed. Intimate cinematic composition, shallow depth of field, warm tungsten vs cold LED contrast, volumetric soft edge lighting, ultra-detailed skin texture, visible breath vapor, film grain, 35mm cinematic look, photorealistic, 8k.
Character appearance reference (MUST match exactly):
- Leo: Strong rule: style --- 3D Pixar ---. Portrait of 13-year-old Leo, skinny short build with narrow shoulders, intense wide eyes showing anxiety and resolve, sharp cheekbones, short tousled brown hair damp from water, subtle freckles across nose, wearing sleek blue competition swimsuit clinging to wet skin. Expression mixes vulnerability and fierce determination. Soft poolside lighting with blue highlights on skin, blurred Dubai aquatic center background, photorealistic cinematic style, high detail on face and eyes, 9:16 vertical composition.
