Post-Apocalyptic Highway Walk-On

A lone survivor wrapped in dust-colored cloth and worn respirator walks down the center of a cracked, abandoned six-lane highway overgrown with dry grass, past rusted cars stacked by old sand drifts, under a heavy orange dust-haze sky. Wind pushes papers and plastic across the road; a derelict billboard creaks. The camera tracks backward in front of them at walking pace, slow and deliberate, watching their goggles scan left and right, hand near a holstered tool; midway, they stop, hearing something, pull down the respirator slightly, and look toward the hazy city skyline half-buried in sand. Bleached dusty palette with orange teal shadows, particulate haze diffusing a pale sun disk, anamorphic flares, 35mm grain, heat shimmer over asphalt. Sound: persistent wind, creaking metal, scattered debris, distant unidentifiable rumble, sparse ominous strings. 2.39:1, 24fps, photorealistic, wardrobe aged consistently, no supernatural elements. ================================================================================