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Art style: 2D Hand-drawn. MASTER PROMPT — FIRST SHIFT / SCENE 8 STRICT CHARACTER CONTINUITY EXACTLY 3 LARGE SHOTS This is SCENE 8 of the SAME continuous 2D animated episode. It begins at the END OF THE SAME WORK SHIFT shown in Scene 7. ================================================== ABSOLUTE CHARACTER LOCK — ARTEM BELOV ================================================== Use Artem Belov's ORIGINAL APPROVED CHARACTER REFERENCE. Also preserve the exact Artem established in the APPROVED Scene 7. Artem must be the SAME person. Same head shape. Same facial width. Same forehead. Same brown hairstyle and hairline. Same eyes and eye spacing. Same thick eyebrows. Same nose. Same jaw and chin. Same ears. Same age. Same slim young adult body proportions. DO NOT redesign Artem. DO NOT elongate his head. DO NOT narrow his face. DO NOT change his hairstyle. DO NOT add facial hair. DO NOT make him older. IMPORTANT CONTINUITY FROM SCENE 7: Artem has just completed a full day of physical construction work. Therefore he must preserve his END-OF-SHIFT condition: same dark blue work jacket with reflective details, same gray hoodie, same dark cargo work trousers, same dark work boots. His clothes now have believable construction dust. His hair is slightly less neat than in the morning. His face shows light sweat and physical fatigue. His shoulders are slightly tired. BUT: Do NOT make Artem filthy. Do NOT injure him. Do NOT tear his clothes. Do NOT make him look sick or defeated. He is simply tired after a hard day's work. ================================================== ABSOLUTE CHARACTER LOCK — VIKTOR ================================================== VIKTOR APPEARS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS SCENE. Use VIKTOR'S ORIGINAL APPROVED CHARACTER REFERENCE as the ABSOLUTE source for his appearance. Viktor must look EXACTLY like the approved reference: same young adult masculine face, same facial proportions, same eyes, same eyebrows, same nose, same jaw, same light stubble, same brown hair visible beneath the cap, same age, same body proportions. CLOTHING LOCK: black baseball cap worn BACKWARDS, dark jacket, dark olive-green hoodie underneath, dark cargo trousers, gray/black sneakers, dark backpack straps if present in the approved design. DO NOT redesign Viktor. DO NOT remove his backwards cap. DO NOT turn the cap forward. DO NOT give him work overalls. DO NOT give him an orange safety vest. DO NOT give him a hard hat. DO NOT make him dirty like Artem. DO NOT make him older. DO NOT make him muscular or intimidating. Viktor must look CLEANER and LESS PHYSICALLY TIRED than Artem. This contrast is CRITICAL. ================================================== VISUAL STYLE LOCK ================================================== Exactly match approved Scenes 1–7. Professional mature hand-drawn 2D animated drama. Clean dark outlines. Natural simplified human anatomy. Soft detailed cel shading. Subtle realistic facial acting. Grounded cinematic composition. Natural lighting. NOT anime. NOT Disney. NOT Pixar. NOT DreamWorks. NOT 3D. NOT photorealistic. CHARACTER CONSISTENCY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN BACKGROUND DETAIL. ================================================== LOCATION & TIME CONTINUITY ================================================== EXACT SAME construction site from Scenes 6 and 7. Same unfinished concrete building. Same blue temporary site cabins. Same construction materials. Same crane. Same general layout. It is now THE END OF THE WORKDAY. Warm late-afternoon / early-evening sunlight. This must continue naturally from the FINAL SHOT OF SCENE 7. Workers are finishing the shift. Some workers may be putting away tools or preparing to leave. Do NOT suddenly make it nighttime. ================================================== SCENE 8 — VIKTOR ================================================== The physical workday is ending. Artem has finished his work. For the first time, he notices Viktor. Viktor is NOT working physically. Viktor is calmly checking that several workers have completed their shift. The audience should immediately sense a visual contrast: ARTEM: worked physically all day, dusty, tired, work gloves, used work clothes. VIKTOR: cleaner, calm, not exhausted, ordinary street/work clothing, managing people rather than carrying materials. IMPORTANT: Do NOT make Viktor look rich. No luxury clothes. No expensive car. No gold. No businessman stereotype. He is simply a normal young man who organizes several workers. ================================================== SHOT 1 — END OF SHIFT ================================================== Large medium-wide cinematic shot. Artem stands near the construction site cabin after finishing work. He removes or loosens his work gloves. He looks visibly tired from the full shift. His clothes show realistic dust from Scene 7. In the middle/background, several general laborers are finishing their work. Viktor has just arrived or is standing near them. Viktor is visually noticeable because he is cleaner and calmer than the workers. He is NOT carrying construction material. He is NOT wearing construction safety clothing. Artem notices him naturally. No dramatic stare. No suspicion. Just a brief observation. ================================================== SHOT 2 — ARTEM OBSERVES VIKTOR ================================================== Medium composition with Artem in foreground or side foreground. Artem's tired face must be clearly visible. Viktor is visible several meters away. Viktor calmly speaks with 2–3 ordinary workers who apparently came through him. Viktor checks something briefly on his smartphone. The workers listen naturally. Viktor behaves casually and confidently. He is NOT portrayed as a powerful boss. He is simply coordinating his people. IMPORTANT VISUAL CONTRAST: Artem's hands and clothing show the physical workday. Viktor's clothing and hands remain comparatively clean. Artem quietly observes this difference. His expression: curiosity, small moment of attention, nothing more. NO revelation yet. NO smile of realization. NO exaggerated thinking expression. ================================================== SHOT 3 — FIRST SHORT CONTACT ================================================== Large medium two-shot. Artem and Viktor are now close enough for a short natural interaction. This is their FIRST contact. Viktor remains relaxed and casual. Artem remains tired but attentive. The conversation should feel ordinary and brief. The visual meaning: Artem understands that Viktor brought several workers to this site. Viktor himself did not spend the entire day carrying construction materials. Do NOT portray Artem as already understanding the business model completely. Do NOT show a dramatic realization. Do NOT show imaginary money. Do NOT show calculations. Do NOT show graphics. Do NOT show business plans. The seed is only being planted. The deeper realization comes later. ================================================== IMPORTANT STORY RULES ================================================== SERGEY may appear only as a distant background figure if necessary. He is NOT the focus. Viktor must NOT look like Sergey's employee or supervisor. Viktor is connected to several workers. DO NOT show Viktor paying Artem. DO NOT show Viktor handing cash to anyone. DO NOT show Artem receiving his 4500 ₽ yet. DO NOT show Artem leaving the site yet. DO NOT show home. DO NOT show metro or bus. DO NOT show nighttime. NO BUSINESS IDEA YET. The scene must ONLY establish: Artem worked physically all day. Viktor brought several workers. Viktor did not work physically like Artem. Artem notices this. ================================================== ANATOMY & PHYSICS ================================================== Correct human anatomy. Exactly five fingers when hands are clearly visible. Correct arms and shoulders. Correct smartphone proportions. One smartphone only. No duplicated people. No duplicated limbs. No floating objects. No malformed hands. ARTEM AND VIKTOR MUST NOT MERGE OR EXCHANGE FEATURES. Artem: NO cap, brown hair, blue work jacket, gray hoodie, dusty and tired. Viktor: BACKWARDS black cap, black jacket, olive-green hoodie, cleaner and calm. ================================================== OUTPUT ================================================== EXACTLY 3 LARGE SHOTS. NO fourth shot. NO fifth shot. NO six-panel collage. Each shot must be large and suitable for later Image-to-Video animation. Vertical 9:16. No subtitles. No speech bubbles. No captions. No logos. No watermark. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ FINAL STYLE ENFORCEMENT (this is the authoritative rendering directive — it overrides any style wording elsewhere in the prompt): Render this image in the following art style: Classic 2D hand-drawn animation, clean expressive outlines, simplified shapes, soft cel shading, illustrated backgrounds, traditional animated-film aesthetic. Every surface, skin, fabric, material, and environmental element must be rendered in this idiom. Reference images context (match the visual style and elements from these): - Артем референс (general): brand asset — use as visual context