YouTube thumbnail, 16:9, creator-thumbnail style. The man from the first two reference photos (exact same face, short dark curly hair, stubble, olive-green overshirt over a black t-shirt) on the right third of the frame, chest up, close to camera, confident excited grin, pointing with his finger toward the left at an open laptop. On the laptop screen, the dark app interface from the third reference ("What are we shooting?" with a grid of round avatars). Out of the laptop screen bursts a huge phoenix of glowing fire and copper feathers, like the bird in the fourth reference, flying out toward the viewer, embers and snow in the air, cold blue and fiery orange contrast. Huge bold white headline with thick black outline across the top: "AN AI DIRECTOR SHOT THIS", the words "AI DIRECTOR" in coral orange. High contrast, crisp, readable at small size, no watermark.
