Cafe Emotional Dialogue Scene

Use [Character Reference_01] as a character reference for SHELBY Use [Character Reference_02] as a character reference for CALEB Use [Location Reference] as a location reference Thirty-second continuous scene, one location, multiple angles, with synchronized dialogue. Late afternoon in a small corner cafe, almost empty, big windows, overcast light, rain starting outside. CALEB and SHELBY sit at a hit-top table by the window. Two plates of food between them, both untouched. SHELBY has not taken her coat off. 00:00–00:04 — Wide two-shot from across the room. Neither speaks. CALEB rearranges his cutlery. SHELBY watches him do it. Rain and room tone only. 00:04–00:10 — Slow push to a medium on him. CALEB looks up. Nervous, rehearsed, trying to sound casual and failing. CALEB SAYS: "I've been trying to figure out how to say this since Thursday." 00:10–00:13 — Cut to CALEB'S hands on the table, one thumb working at a knuckle. SHELBY'S voice begins over this shot, before we see her. SHELBY SAYS SOFTLY (off-screen): "I know." 00:13–00:17 — Cut to a close-up on SHELBY. Completely level. No anger in it, which is worse. SHELBY says: "I've known since March." 00:17–00:21 — Cut to close on CALEB. This is the turn: the relief CALEB was already starting to feel drains out of his face in real time and something much worse replaces it. CALEB tries to speak and doesn't manage it on the first attempt. CALEB says in a cracked voice: "…March?" (pause) "Why didn't you—" 00:21–00:25 — Cut to close on SHELBY. She cuts him off. Her voice stays steady but her eyes do not. SHELBY says annoyed: "Because I kept thinking you'd tell me." 00:25–00:29 — Cut to close on CALEB, looking out the window instead of at SHELBY. Quiet, and he knows it isn't true as he says it. CALEB says quietly but defensively: "I was going to." 00:29–00:30 — Cut to close on SHELBY. She nods once. She does not believe him. Hold on her face as the frame ends. Photoreal, 35mm, handheld, natural window light only, muted palette, rain and room tone under the entire scene, no music.