# minigun.red-hot → "RED HOT" · STANDOFF · beat list + two hands (MINIGUN, 28 Oct; the entry was COORD OK'd in cine_minigun_replace_summaries.md #6)

**CORE:** the gun has to cool before it can fire. The film's clock is the colour of the barrels: white, then yellow, orange, red, then grey.
**Victim:** Amjad, the plain fighter with a revolver. No face, no hat.
**Needs:** FLOOR + space 240; room58 [-132, 60]; home is the cage. The gold slab is his own cast and un-draws at his death.
**Length:** 18.2 s of scene. Slow-mo only on the race (13.2-14.0, at 0.3×). About 19.4 s from trigger to final.

## BEATS (scene s; F = Faris, A = Amjad)
| t | AMJAD | FARIS | the gun / props / camera |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | Sprints in from the right, two wild shots over his shoulder: one past Faris's head, one pings off the barrels. | Hip stance, spin-up. | A low wide. |
| 0.3 | Skids into a crouch; his free fingertip drags a gold line on the floor. | — | The line glows. |
| 0.5 | The slab rises out of the line like a tide (its liquid top settles). He tucks in behind it. | — | Sparks off the rising gold. |
| 0.75-3.8 | Crouched, his free hand over his head. Blind fire over the top: 4 rounds at 1.4 / 2.1 / 2.8 / 3.3, gun hand up, head down. Revolver now dry. | THE LONG BURST: one held stream into the slab, the body shuddering. | The slab is eaten: bites and chips, its top lowered by 16. The barrels heat from cherry to orange to white. Brass carpet. A punch on the white barrels at 2.95. |
| 3.8 | — | LOCKOUT: the gun stops dead and he lurches into the space the recoil left. | A clunk, a hiss, the motor dies. Steam off the white barrels. The status light blinks red. |
| 4.15 / 4.5 | — | The trigger: click. Click. | — |
| 4.75 | — | His front hand slaps the motor housing. Nothing. Back to the grip. | — |
| 5.4 | The silence. His head comes up; his free hand on the eaten top. A peek. | Holds the dead gun on him. | The cooling metal starts to tick. |
| 5.9 | Stands, slowly; brushes the gold dust off his shoulder. | — | — |
| 6.3-7.5 | THE RELOAD, unhurried, at chest height: the cylinder out, six empties shaken out (they land and stay), six rounds from his pocket, the flick shut. | — | — |
| 7.7-11.0 | THE WALK: round the slab's end, six cocky steps. At 9.0 a thumb spins the cylinder. | Still. The barrels follow him all the way. | White → yellow → orange. A slow drift with him. |
| 11.15 | The revolver's muzzle on Faris's forehead, arm straight. His belly at the barrels. | Head pushed back a touch, and held. | — |
| 11.55 | Thumbs back the hammer. | — | — |
| 11.9-12.4 | TOO HOT: his free fingertip tests the shroud. Hiss. Jerks back, shakes it. | — | Orange → red → dull. |
| 12.8 | The free hand drops; he leans in. | — | Grey creeps from the base to the tips. |
| 13.2 | His head snaps down to the barrels. | — | The light turns GREEN. Slow-mo 0.3×. |
| 13.25 | His finger tightens. | — | The spin-up whine (0.35 s). |
| 13.6 | THE RACE. His shot goes a hair late, jolted off line, and grazes Faris's ear. | The stream at point blank. | **THE LADDER** (below). |
| 14.05 | — | Off the trigger; spin-down. | The barrels glow cherry again. Smoke. |
| 15.2-16.7 | — | The gun lowers, the head comes up. | His slab un-draws to gold dust. |
| 16.4-18.2 | — | — | FINAL, stepped back (w 330). |

## THE LADDER (USER_TASTE §9; every level lands on 13.6)
- **XT:** the revolver arm off at the shoulder and the head pop (brain bits). The headless body stands a beat, sways, then the knees go and it folds to the floor. Soul rise.
- **VH:** the head pop; the body stands, sways, folds.
- **H:** the head pop; blown back flat.
- **M:** the arm off and spurts; blown back flat, dead. No head pop.
- **L:** spurts across the chest; three steps back and down, dead. No head pop.
- **VL:** the first round shoots the revolver out of his hand. He sits down hard, backs off on his hands, hands up. Alive.

## TWO HANDS + PROPS
**Faris:**
- Both hands on the gun the whole film: the spade grip (trigger) and the front handle.
- The one exception: the front hand slaps the motor housing at 4.75, then returns.

**Amjad, gun hand:** the revolver.
- 2 wild shots, then 4 blind shots, then dry.
- The reload.
- At his forehead through the count.
- The last shot in the race.

**Amjad, free hand:**
- Drags the gold line.
- Over his head behind the slab.
- On the eaten top for the peek.
- Brushes the dust.
- Works the reload: the cylinder, his pocket, six rounds.
- Swings on the walk and spins the cylinder.
- Tests the shroud.

**Props stay:**
- the slab (eaten);
- Faris's brass carpet;
- Amjad's six empties;
- the revolver (flies with the arm at XT and M, shot out at VL).