Hanoi Old Quarter — 6AM Pho Steam

A 10-second street-food documentary, 9:16 vertical: 6 AM in Hanoi's Old Quarter — pho steam, cyclo bells, the city waking in grey-gold light. The hook: the vendor ladling broth with practiced speed, lime and chili within reach.
0-3s: The camera walks the waking street as pho stalls fire up — great vats of star-anise broth sending up columns of fragrant steam that catch the grey-gold dawn. A woman in a conical hat squats beside baskets of herbs; a cyclo driver's bell tinkles past; motorbikes begin their morning swarm, headlights still on.
3-7s: The camera stops at a plastic-stool stall: the vendor ladles broth over rice noodles with practiced speed — the ladle's arc, the steam's bloom, beef slices fanned on top. Lime and chili within reach; a customer squeezes lime, the juice beading. Old French shophouses with peeling yellow paint lean over the lane.
7-10s: The first sun hits the rooftops — gold on the yellow paint, steam glowing. The customer lifts the first spoonful, steam curling. Humid, fragrant, alive. Morning ritual, authentic, delicious. End.
Craft: the subjects are the vendor (speed, practice, the ladle's arc) and the pho stall — vats, herbs, plastic stools, lime and chili; the waking street — cyclos, motorbikes, conical hats — as the world; the shophouses as the frame. Camera: a walking move with a stop at the stall, steam close-ups. Lighting: grey-gold dawn, steam catching the light, first sun on rooftops. Atmosphere: morning ritual, authentic, delicious. Style: street-food documentary, warm dawn grade, tactile steam detail, 24fps, 10 seconds, 9:16 vertical.