Explosion Walk prompt for Veo, paste-ready

Labelled block for Veo

Subject: the person or pet in the reference image, with face, hair or fur, skin tone and clothes unchanged and nothing over the face, no sunglasses.
Setting: a deserted two-lane country road after dark, wet black tarmac, a bright white line down the middle running away from the lens, a few street lamps, red-and-white reflector posts on the right, black trees.
Camera: vertical 9:16, 8 seconds. One locked-off low-angle frame from the middle of the road, a hand above the ground, aimed down the white line. No movement, no cuts.
Action: from 0 to 1 s, far down the road and tiny in frame, the subject squats on the line and lights a long fuse with a lighter. From 1 to 3 s they stand and stroll toward the lens, relaxed, never looking back. At 3 s a huge fireball erupts far behind them and grows into a wall of orange flame and black smoke; they keep the same pace, unharmed. From 5.3 to 7 s the fire settles into embers and smoke as they arrive close to the lens, face sharp and warmly lit. From 7 to 8 s they stop, smile coolly and raise both hands in peace signs. No debris, nothing touches them.
Audio: deep cinematic drums, a short fuse hiss, one huge boom at 3 s. No dialogue, no singing, no lyrics.
Look: realistic footage, no on-screen text, logos or watermark.

What is different in Veo

• Keep the Audio label. Veo adds its own sound, and without a ban it can bring in speech or music.
• Eight seconds is the usual ceiling, so the beats keep their order and the times are squeezed.
• The subject starts tiny, so check the face once they reach the lens. If it has changed, run again with the photo as a reference image.