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Dialogue scene. The friendly snack-stand cook leans on the open car window and talks warmly to the tired driver like a kind neighborhood uncle sharing a good tip, his lips moving clearly with each word. First, with a playful teasing grin, he says in Korean in a warm, cheerful voice: "그냥 쉬는 줄 알았지?" He pauses for a second with a knowing smile. Then he leans in, gives a big friendly thumbs-up with a wink, and says brightly in Korean as good news: "십오 분 쉬면 최대 오백 원 받아 가!" He is generous and encouraging, not asking for anything. Static camera, medium close-up. Only the cook speaks; quiet night ambience, no music. No subtitles, no text, no logos, no money in his hands.

Dialogue scene at dawn inside the car, a cheerful family call-and-response, Korean voices, clear and in order. Right at the start the father, eyes on the road, calls out brightly: "졸리면?" The two children in the back shout together: "세이브!" The father calls: "쉬면?" The children shout together: "오백 원!" Then the father smiles proudly, nods once and says warmly: "그렇지~!" while giving a thumbs-up toward the back seat. The children grin and give thumbs-up back. They do not burst into laughter; the scene ends calmly on warm smiles. Gentle natural motion, soft morning light. No background music. No subtitles, no text, no signs, no logos.

A single photorealistic vertical 9:16 film still, not a reference sheet. Medium close-up, three-quarter front view, of the man from the reference image at a clean, bright restroom sink in a Korean highway rest area at night: he has just splashed cold water on his face and is lifting his head, eyes wide open and wide awake, water droplets running down his face and short beard, wet wavy permed black hair, both hands cupped with water just below his chin, mustard-yellow hoodie sleeves pushed up. His face is clearly the same man as in the reference. Cinematic, natural color grading, crisp clean light. No mirror reflection, no text, no logos, no labels.

The man splashes the cupped cold water onto his face, then immediately lifts his head with eyes wide open, pats his wet cheeks twice with both hands, blinks hard and gives a small determined nod, now fully awake. Keep his face clearly visible and exactly the same man throughout; do not turn away from the camera. Static camera, clean bright restroom. Nobody speaks, no dialogue. No mirror, no text, no logos, no labels.

Photorealistic character reference sheet of a Korean man around forty: slightly round friendly face, wavy permed black hair parted in the middle that falls over his ears, a neatly trimmed short beard along the jaw and chin, wearing a mustard-yellow zip hoodie over a white t-shirt. Three chest-up views side by side: front, three-quarter, profile. Neutral soft light, plain light gray background. No glasses, no text, no logos.