Vignette no. 1

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Image prompt made with Qwen:

An abandoned underground maintenance corridor beneath a Bangkok temple complex, pitch black except for a single failing emergency light flickering near the ceiling. The air is thick with humidity and faint steam. Moss-covered concrete walls show cracks seeping moisture; corroded copper pipes run overhead, one bent and leaking just outside frame. A single fresh water droplet has just fallen — unseen — onto the damp stone floor, creating a small ripple in a shallow pool surrounded by cracked tiles. Reflections in the water subtly distort the dim red glow above, and concentric ripples are the only sign of motion in an otherwise frozen, silent space. No figures, no text, no visible source — only evidence: rust trails, pooled condensation, and the echo of absence. Cinematic lighting, ultra-high contrast, deep shadows, volumetric haze, 35mm film grain, atmospheric perspective — as if something is listening from the dark beyond the light.

Image generated with Gemini Pro


Video generated with Runway Gen 4 using Qwen prompt specifically made for Runway:


A static, subterranean maintenance tunnel beneath an old temple. No camera movement. No figures. Only minimal, almost imperceptible animation: slow drift of humidity vapor across the frame; a faint shimmer in the water’s surface from unseen air current. After 8 seconds, a single water droplet falls just outside frame — only the ripple in the shallow pool reveals it. The plink echoes slightly. Then silence. Every 5–7 seconds, another drop — each sound growing subtly louder, more resonant, with longer decay, as if the space is becoming more aware. The red emergency light pulses faintly in time with the drops by the final 10 seconds. No music. No score. Only diegetic sound shaping tension. Hold the composition exactly as in the original image — this is not about change, but about listening. 


Sound was with Krotos Studio using water dripping folly. It was adjusted to create more echo and intensity for the clip.


DaVinci Resolve was used to edit:




Top clip on time line was faded in and out with 80% opacity.
Bottom clip had watercolor filter applied at .009 smoothness.
Each cut was applied to add the Edgy video transition and Brightness was lowered to taste on each.



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