Persian Miniature: The Simurgh Over the Palace

STYLE: Animated classical Persian miniature painting, flat layered perspective, intricate floral and geometric patterns, gold leaf sky with swirling stylized clouds, ornate border, delicate graceful motion. Color grade: lapis blue, turquoise, rose, saffron, gold. A colossal Simurgh with a peacock-like body, jeweled wings and a long sweeping tail of patterned feathers. A palace garden with turquoise domes, cypress trees and reflecting pools, courtiers, musicians and a prince on a white horse. SHOT 1 (0 to 3s): Wide shot matching the reference image, the Simurgh spreads its wings across the gold sky, its tail feathers unfurling one by one in shimmering patterns. SHOT 2 (3 to 6s): Medium shot, 35mm lens, musicians in the courtyard stop playing, a courtier drops a pomegranate that rolls across the tiles, the prince's horse rears. SHOT 3 (6 to 9s): Close-up, 85mm lens, the Simurgh's crowned head bows low, its eye glinting like a sapphire, gold patterns rippling across its feathers. SHOT 4 (9 to 12s): Low angle wide shot, 20mm lens, the Simurgh lands in the garden, its wings sweeping over the reflecting pools, petals and leaves of the cypress trees lifting in a spiral. SHOT 5 (12 to 15s): Extreme wide shot, 16mm lens, the prince rides forward and bows, the Simurgh lowers one wing like a staircase, and the swirling gold clouds open into a path across the sky. Fountain water, birdsong, an oud and tar melody that stops suddenly, a vast silken wingbeat, a deep melodic bird call, daf drums and santur building into a triumphant theme.