Hulao Pass Historical Battle

Duration: 20s | 16:9 | 24fps Duel from Romance of the Three Kingdoms, battle at Hulao Pass, late Han dynasty. REFERENCES 
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 — LU BU 
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 — GUAN YU 
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 — ZHANG FEI Use them for IDENTITY ONLY: face, beard, hair, headwear, armour, cloak colour, build, proportions. IGNORE their white studio background, flat studio lighting and standing pose — none of it appears here. Every shot is outdoors, and all three men are mounted and fighting. STYLE (all beats) A dusty plain before a huge stone mountain pass at dusk. Two vast armies on either side, banners rippling, dust in the air. Overcast sky, low copper sun breaking through. Palette: iron grey, ochre dust, blood red, bronze. Desaturated and earthy. 50mm, shallow focus, heavy haze, film grain, high contrast, hard rim light through the dust. Photorealistic historical epic, sweat and grime, worn scratched armour. No fantasy glow, no magic. WEAPONS — no reference exists. Build from this, keep identical throughout. Each is 1.5x its owner's height. Never swap them. LU BU: ji halberd — straight spear point, one crescent side blade below it on one side, long dark shaft, bronze fittings. GUAN YU: guandao — one heavy broad curved blade with a hook on its back edge, joined to a long dark shaft by a bronze dragon head. ZHANG FEI: serpent spear — slender steel blade forged in an S-shaped wave, on a plain dark shaft bound with cord. HORSES — no reference exists. Anatomically correct, four legs, correct joints. LU BU: large red-chestnut stallion, black mane, bronze fittings, red tassels. GUAN YU: tall dark bay, black mane and lower legs, plain leather tack. ZHANG FEI: heavy solid black, thick neck, shaggy fetlocks, battered iron tack. BEAT 1 (0-4s) LU BU — clean-shaven, gold headdress with two pheasant feathers, red cloak, halberd, red-chestnut horse — sits alone between the two armies, halberd across his saddle. The horse stamps and turns a half step. He raises the halberd and levels it at the enemy line. Camera: WS from low, slow push-in. BEAT 2 (4-8s) ZHANG FEI — bristling beard, black iron armour, dark cloak, serpent spear, black horse — bursts from the line at a gallop, roaring, and drives the spear at LU BU. LU BU turns the halberd across his body and knocks it aside. Sparks and dust. The horses wheel past each other. Camera: tracking alongside at horse height, moving with the charge. BEAT 3 (8-12s) GUAN YU — long smooth black beard, ruddy face, dark green robe over armour, green headwrap, guandao, dark bay horse — rides in from the far side, rises in the stirrups and cuts down overhead. LU BU catches it on the haft. Both strain, blades locked, horses shoulder to shoulder. Camera: MCU, orbiting once around the locked weapons. BEAT 4 (12-16s) All three circle in churning dust, weapons striking and turning each other aside, horses rearing. LU BU in red and gold, GUAN YU in green, ZHANG FEI in black iron. Cut tight to