Photoreal cinematic film still, vertical 9:16, ARRI Alexa, 35mm, natural grain. Behind the counter of a small London café at dawn, an espresso machine steaming, warm tungsten light against blue dawn in the window. Two baristas were side by side at the machine. Frozen instant: on the right, the spot is EMPTY: a plain dark canvas apron is crumpling in mid-air as it falls, a white coffee cup falling and spilling, a milk jug tipping. On the left, the other barista, a young woman with her hair tied back, seen from behind in three-quarter, frozen, staring at the empty space beside her. Gritty realism. No text, no logos, no menus, no branding on the machine.
