Explosion Walk prompt for Veo

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Image-to-video, 9:16, about 12 seconds.
Reference image 1 is the CHARACTER. Keep their face, hair, skin tone and body shape exactly as in the image. Adult only. No sunglasses.
Clothes: exactly the clothes from the photo.
Setting: an empty two-lane highway at night, wet dark asphalt, a white centre line running straight away from the camera, a few street lamps, red-and-white reflector posts on the right.
Camera: one fixed low-angle shot from the middle of the road, close to the ground; no camera movement, no cuts.
Beat 1 (0 to 1.5 seconds): far down the road the CHARACTER crouches on the centre line and lights a long fuse with a lighter.
Beat 2 (1.5 to 4.5 seconds): the CHARACTER stands up and walks calmly toward the camera, never looking back.
Beat 3 (4.5 to 8 seconds): far behind them a huge movie-style fireball bursts across the road and turns into a wall of orange flames and smoke; the CHARACTER keeps walking without flinching.
Beat 4 (8 to 10.5 seconds): the fire dies into embers and smoke; the CHARACTER is now close, face sharp and lit by the glow.
Beat 5 (10.5 to 12 seconds): the CHARACTER stops, looks into the lens with a small smile and raises both hands in peace signs.
Nobody is hurt, the blast stays far behind. Audio: deep cinematic drums, a fuse hiss, one big boom at 4.5 seconds. No voices.
Photorealistic, no text, no logos, no watermark.

Tips

• Use a bright, sharp head-and-shoulders photo.
• Keep the clip at about 12 seconds.