BEFORE IT STOPS — CHARACTER AND LOCATION BIBLE TEACHING DRAFTS
Version 0.2 | 2026-09-13 | Authored teaching material

STATUS: Story/action and visual reference fields are recorded below.
Character and kitchen references derive from Week 1 Take B; the wider kitchen
geography is an illustrated extension. Voice references remain pending.
These teaching entries are not owner evidence or reports of peer testing.
Scope: the closing sequence used in Week 4; recheck for other scenes.

CHARACTER: NADIA
Representation: on-screen protagonist; Theo's estranged sister.
Story context: final night before her late mother's apartment is cleared.
Fixed facts: same person and agreed costume throughout the closing sequence.
Changing state: holds still; hand reaches toward the phone and stops; accepts
on the final ring; lifts phone to ear in the continuous final shot; says Hey.
Age: thirties, as specified in the screenplay.
Appearance: match the face and build in nadia-week1-reference-v1.png; short
brown bob tucked behind the ear.
Wardrobe: oatmeal chunky knit sweater with long sleeves and dark trousers.
Voice: the line Hey is established; vocal reference/qualities PENDING.
Reference: Week 4 closing shot list for action; character/costume image:
/resources/week-05/images/nadia-week1-reference-v1.webp.
Decision needed: select a voice reference for Hey.

CHARACTER: THEO
Representation: caller identified by THEO CALLING on Nadia's phone.
Relationship: Nadia's brother, with years of estrangement.
Fixed facts: same caller identity and display spelling in the incoming call.
Changing state: incoming call becomes accepted on the final ring.
On-screen age/build/hair/costume: not applicable to this closing shot list;
there is no cut to Theo. Reassess if he appears in another scene.
Voice: no Theo line specified by the current closing shot list. If a response
is included in the sound design, select a voice reference and record it.
Reference: closing shot list and caller display image:
/resources/week-04/images/bis-02-phone-week1-v1.webp.
No second on-screen location is established.
Decision needed: resolve audible representation before producing any reply.

LOCATION: MOTHER'S APARTMENT — KITCHEN
Story time: final night before the late mother's apartment is cleared.
Fixed spatial facts: kitchen table; phone starts on that table; Nadia can
reach it. Inserts retain the identity of this phone and surface.
Changing state: phone stays on the table through the reach-and-stop beat,
then leaves it when Nadia accepts and lifts it to her ear.
Layout/materials: honey-coloured wooden table; wooden chair on left; cream
cabinets and dark window behind; boxes by doorway and at far table end.
Lighting: warm overhead pendant light, dark nighttime window.
Props: same black smartphone throughout; incoming display THEO CALLING,
changing to an accepted call in the final shot.
Visual style: subdued amber light, cream cabinetry and natural wood texture.
Location reference: /resources/week-05/images/kitchen-week1-reference-v1.webp.
Phone reference: /resources/week-04/images/bis-02-phone-week1-v1.webp.
Preserve identity and geography while allowing the planned table-to-ear lift.

WORKED REVISION: IDENTITY VERSUS POSITION
Draft: Her phone is nearby. Keep it in the same place.
Problem: nearby leaves the surface unclear; same place contradicts the lift.
Revision: Use the same phone throughout. It rests on the kitchen table during
the incoming call and reach-and-stop beat. In the final shot, Nadia accepts,
lifts it from the table to her ear and says Hey. Preserve phone identity
while its position changes.
Expected read-back: one phone; table before acceptance; ear after the lift.
This is an authored worked answer, not an account of an actual peer test.

USING THESE DRAFTS
Do not copy pending fields into your own completed submission. Resolve the
facts needed to describe your protagonist correctly. The blind reader sees
only your entry and its attached references, not your unspoken intentions.
When a fact changes deliberately, date/version the entry and name affected
shots. Optional reference images do not add a workshop grading requirement.