YouTube thumbnail, 16:9, one single photorealistic high-key photograph, BRIGHT daylight: a wide snowy mountain valley under a pale white overcast sky, everything bright white and icy light blue. The man from reference image 1 (same face, curly dark hair, short beard, dark olive-green overshirt over black t-shirt, plus an open dark parka) sits in a canvas director's chair in the snow on the right, holding a clapperboard, looking into the camera with a confident smirk. Behind him towers the giant firebird from reference image 2 with enormous wings spread, feather tips burning with bright orange fire — the only warm colour in a bright white scene. Top-left, huge bold 3D text: "AI" in bright yellow and "DIRECTOR" in solid black with a white edge. Only these words. Very bright exposure, crisp, vivid, professional YouTube thumbnail.
