Intended use: slide image "The Night Before Christmas" for a…

Intended use: slide image "The Night Before Christmas" for a mysterious New Year's evening "Bal Moderne" — a private theatrical play inspired by Gogol's magical Christmas Eve night, styled in the Modern (Art Nouveau-inspired) manner. Still life of details, no people. Scene: a tall old factory window with a black iron frame, its glass edged with delicate frost patterns; outside, heavy snow falls in a deep blue winter night, and a huge bright crescent moon hangs low over dark snowy rooftops, a few stars. On the wide stone windowsill inside, dusted with fresh snow that has blown in: a black velvet half-mask with antique-silver Art Nouveau filigree, a long crimson red silk ribbon trailing off the sill, a small antique silver star-shaped ornament, and an old silver pocket watch with its lid open, hands near midnight. Camera: eye level with the sill, ARRI Alexa 35, Cooke 50mm, mask and watch sharp, snowfall outside softly blurred, the moon crisp. Light: cold blue moonlight through the window is the main light, a warm red glow from the room behind on the ribbon and the mask edges, sparkling snow crystals, deep black shadows inside. Colour/finish: deep black #0B0B0C, crimson red #D3122A, moonlit ice blue, antique silver, pearl white snow. Fine film grain, crushed blacks, slight vignette. Darker empty space in the lower 45% for text. Constraints: no people, no hands, no text, no logos, no Santa, no Christmas tree, no garlands, no candles, no CGI plastic look, no HDR halos.