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Art style: Cinematic / Realistic / Vintage / Documentary / Warm lighting. A vertical 9:16 transitional historical-modern scene set inside a modest late nineteenth- or early twentieth-century room where a candle remains on a table as electric light begins to enter domestic life. The composition should centre on a table in the lower-middle part of the portrait frame with a single candle burning warmly beside simple household objects, while in the upper or background area a newly introduced electric bulb or lamp glows softly, not harshly, changing the emotional balance of the room. The setting is a believable home interior with wallpaper or plaster walls, timber furniture, a chair, perhaps a shelf or framed object kept subtle, and signs of lived-in quiet domesticity. The camera angle is a medium-wide shot at eye level, with enough depth to clearly contrast the intimate warm pool of candlelight with the broader, steadier illumination of electricity. Lighting is central to the story: the candle casts warm amber and soft golden shadows, while the electric source introduces a paler, gentler cream-white light that reaches more evenly into the room. The mood is transitional, slightly wistful and reflective rather than dramatic or sad. The scene must communicate change in function, not the end of beauty. Dominant colours are warm amber, muted beige, pale cream, weathered wood brown, soft grey and subdued neutral tones. Textures and materials are important: smooth glass bulb or lamp shade, matte plaster, worn wood grain, ceramic cup or bowl, linen cloth, slight wax drips, and polished yet aged furniture surfaces. Depth and layers should be separated carefully: in the foreground, blurred edge of table or chair; in the midground, the candle and household items in focus; in the background, the electric fixture and broader room softly visible. Weather and particles include faint indoor dust, a slight haze that catches both warm and cool light, and a barely visible smoke thread above the candle. Micro-details should include the contrast between dancing flame shadow and stable electric illumination, reflection in the lamp glass, tiny imperfections in the candle wax, a softened edge of melted wax near the holder, subtle wear on wallpaper or painted walls, and the way the electric light reaches corners the candle does not. The frame should feel elegant, truthful, and emotionally clear: candles are no longer the only answer to darkness. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ FINAL STYLE ENFORCEMENT (this is the authoritative rendering directive — it overrides any style wording elsewhere in the prompt): Render this image entirely in "Cinematic / Realistic / Vintage / Documentary / Warm lighting" style. Match the lighting grammar, material response, colour science, level of realism / stylisation, line weight, and shading model typical of "Cinematic / Realistic / Vintage / Documentary / Warm lighting". Keep the subject, composition, camera angle, lighting direction, and colour palette from the description above — but EVERY surface, skin, fabric, material, and environmental element must be rendered in the "Cinematic / Realistic / Vintage / Documentary / Warm lighting" idiom, not in any other medium.