| On a rain-soaked city sidewalk at night, a short-haired woman in a belted tan coat, dark trousers and boots opens a dark umbrella above her head. Warm shop windows reflect across the wet paving. As the canopy spreads wide, droplets lift from its rim and time stops: her stance, the umbrella ribs and the surrounding rain remain fixed. A human-height camera sweep moves from one three-quarter view through the front to the other side, shifting the storefronts behind the suspended drops. Rain falls again in the closing beat as the open canopy settles overhead. | |