Reference Video Colorization

Generate an 8-10 second video restoration brief that uses an old monochrome, faded, or low-saturation reference clip as the visual anchor. Do not rewrite the scene or invent a new story. Beat 1, seconds 0-2: show the original reference moment with archival grain, scratches, soft contrast, and the exact subject placement, camera angle, and motion direction. Beat 2, seconds 2-6: let color arrive gradually through a soft wipe, light pass, or split-screen reveal; keep faces, clothing cuts, props, background layout, and camera movement aligned to the reference. Use a restrained, plausible palette for skin, fabric, sky, walls, plants, vehicles, and practical lights instead of oversaturated color. Beat 3, seconds 6-10: settle into the colorized version or a clean before/after hold that makes the restoration easy to compare. Preserve film grain and age texture unless the user asks for a cleaner restoration. Avoid changing identities, modernizing wardrobe, adding new logos or signage, inventing impossible details, plastic skin, color bleeding, warped faces, flickering hands, abrupt teleport cuts, new objects, and extra scenes outside the reference.