Extreme close-up of a weathered Iranian man's open hand, fingers gently uncurling as if releasing something invisible into a shaft of cool silver morning light…Sweeping wide shot at sea-level of a shattered wooden hull resting on a luminous turquoise Persian Gulf shore at first light; three survivors in simple period robes stand at the water's edge…Medium shot — the lone dervish seeker (first motif appearance): a distant solitary figure in a worn wool khirqa and simple turban stands on the crest of a sweeping desert dune…Low-angle shot looking up at a grand Persian astrolabe-armillary sphere of hammered brass mounted atop a tiled pavilion roof, its rings spinning slowly against a blazing azure sky streaked with white clouds…Intimate medium close-up framed through a latticed Persian window of a nightingale perched on a branch of a rose bush in full crimson bloom at dawn…Wide cinematic shot — the dervish seeker (second motif appearance, closer and more human): a wandering dervish in a simple patched robe walks a dusty mountain road between two ancient caravanserai walls…Sweeping overhead god's-eye view of two figures on a vast Persian carpet spread in an open meadow flanked by ancient plane trees; they face each other in a gesture of reconciliation, hands extended…Extreme close-up of a single tall beeswax candle burning with a fierce, radiant, almost white flame against a velvety blue-dark Persian night interior…Low-angle medium shot of an ancient polished bronze goblet held aloft by steady hands against a vast panoramic sky over Persepolis at golden dusk…Wide radiant dawn shot — the dervish seeker (third and final motif appearance, transformed): the same dervish figure now stands at the open threshold of a monumental Persian portal whose tiled arch blazes…
