Animate an AI Character

"references": {
 "Image 1": "only the look of {character}: their face, hair and clothes. It is a reference, it never appears on screen as a shot.",
 "Image 2, Image 3, Image 4": "shot 1, in this order: its beginning, middle and end",
 "Image 5": "shot 2",
 "Image 6": "shot 3",
 "Image 7, Image 8": "shot 4, its beginning and end",
 "Image 9": "shot 5",
 "Audio 1": "the soundtrack of the whole video from the first frame to the last: {what is heard, e.g. the music {character} plays}. Every {on-screen sound action} lands on a beat of Audio 1."
}

{
 "output": "Full-screen live-action scene from the film Whiplash (2014): the final drum solo on a concert stage. Mara plays the drum kit alone, faster and faster. Five shots with hard cuts at the given times, 15 seconds.",
 "references": {
  "Image 1": "only the look of Mara: her face, hair and clothes. It is a reference, it never appears on screen as a shot.",
  "Image 2, Image 3, Image 4": "shot 1, in this order: its beginning, middle and end",
  "Image 5": "shot 2",
  "Image 6": "shot 3",
  "Image 7, Image 8": "shot 4, its beginning and end",
  "Image 9": "shot 5",
  "Audio 1": "the soundtrack of the whole video from the first frame to the last: the drum solo Mara plays. Every stick hit and cymbal crash on screen lands on a beat of Audio 1."
 },
 "rules": [
  "Each shot looks exactly like its images: the same framing, camera angle, set, colour and warm amber light; add nothing and remove nothing.",
  "It is always one single full-screen shot at a time; the screen is never split."
 ],
 "characters": {
  "mara": {
   "name": "Mara Vale",
   "look": "a 29-year-old woman, dark brown almost black hair pulled back in a low ponytail, pale freckled skin, a narrow oval face, straight dark brows, grey-green eyes, a lean wiry build",
   "wardrobe": "an olive-green nylon bomber jacket with orange at the shoulders and cuffs, a black fitted turtleneck",
   "face": "exactly the person in Image 1 and in Images 2 to 8, the same face, hair and clothes in every shot"
  }
 },
 "shots": [
  {
   "shot": 1,
   "images": "Image 2, Image 3, Image 4",
   "camera": "a close shot from high above and in front of Mara, looking down on her over the drums; warm amber light; blurred drum heads glowing behind her; the camera sways a little with her",
   "action": [
    "Exactly one person is in the frame in this shot: Mara.",
    "BEGINNING: Mara is bent over the drums, head down, playing a fast roll, alive from the first frame, exactly like Image 2.",
    "THEN: Mara lifts her face toward the camera with a fierce, tight grin, still playing, like Image 3.",
    "END: Mara drops her head low over the drums so the top of her head and her ponytail fill the middle of the frame, like Image 4, drumming harder right up to the cut."
   ]
  },
  {
   "shot": 2,
   "images": "Image 5",
   "camera": "a wide frontal shot of the whole drum kit on a dark stage with a curtain behind; cymbals on the LEFT and RIGHT sides of the frame, a music stand on the RIGHT edge; the camera holds still",
   "action": [
    "Exactly one person is in the frame in this shot: Mara, sitting behind the kit in the middle of the frame.",
    "BEGINNING: Mara plays fast with both arms, her sticks flying between the snare, the toms and the cymbals, like Image 5.",
    "END: Mara keeps playing at full speed, her head bobbing with the beat, right up to the cut."
   ],
   "cut_at": "00:05.290"
  },
  {
   "shot": 3,
   "images": "Image 6",
   "camera": "an extreme close-up of Mara's hands and sticks over the drums, motion-blurred; bright paper of a music stand in the upper RIGHT; the camera holds still",
   "action": [
    "Exactly one person is in the frame in this shot: Mara, seen only as her hands and her olive-green sleeves.",
    "BEGINNING: Mara's two sticks hammer the drum heads so fast they blur, like Image 6.",
    "END: the sticks keep blurring over the drums until the cut."
   ],
   "cut_at": "00:07.380"
  },
  {
   "shot": 4,
   "images": "Image 7, Image 8",
   "camera": "a close-up of Mara's face at eye level, seen between a blurred brass cymbal on the LEFT side of the frame and a dark drum on the RIGHT side; greenish-amber light; the camera holds still",
   "action": [
    "Exactly one person is in the frame in this shot: Mara, her face in the middle of the frame.",
    "BEGINNING: Mara plays, her face damp with sweat, eyes glancing toward the LEFT side of the frame, lips pressed together, like Image 7.",
    "THEN: Mara's head bobs hard with each beat.",
    "END: Mara keeps her eyes toward the LEFT side of the frame, jaw set, like Image 8, right up to the cut."
   ],
   "cut_at": "00:08.630"
  },
  {
   "shot": 5,
   "images": "Image 9",
   "camera": "an extreme close-up of a brass ride cymbal filling the frame, its felt and wing nut in the upper LEFT, dark behind it; the cymbal shivers; the camera holds still",
   "action": [
    "Exactly one person is in the frame in this shot: Mara, seen only as the tip of her drumstick.",
    "BEGINNING: the brass cymbal shivers alone in the frame, like Image 9.",
    "THEN: the tip of Mara's wooden drumstick enters from the lower RIGHT and strikes the cymbal again and again, on the beat.",
    "END: the cymbal trembles and flashes under the hits until the last frame."
   ],
   "cut_at": "00:11.300"
  }
 ],
 "sound": "exactly Audio 1 from the first frame to the last: the fast jazz drum solo, snare rolls and cymbal crashes, running straight across every cut"
}

{
 "duration": 15,
 "resolution": "768P",
 "prompt_expansion_mode": "disabled",
 "aspect_ratio": "21:9",
 "reference_image_urls": [
  "Image 1",
  "Image 2",
  "Image 3",
  "Image 4",
  "Image 5",
  "Image 6",
  "Image 7",
  "Image 8",
  "Image 9"
 ],
 "reference_audio_urls": [
  "Audio 1"
 ],
 "prompt": "\u2026 the JSON prompt below \u2026"
}

{
 "first_frame": "the given first image stands far away on the timeline, at -00:10 — ten seconds before the video starts, off screen. It is a storyboard on black: nine frames of this scene in three rows of three, numbered 1 to 9 in reading order; frames 1, 2, 3 are shot 1 (its beginning, middle and end), frame 4 is shot 2, frame 5 is shot 3, frames 6 and 7 are shot 4 (beginning and end), frames 8 and 9 are shot 5. It is only a reference and never appears on screen; the video starts directly inside shot 1.",
 "last_frame": "the given last image stands far away on the timeline, at +01:40 — a hundred seconds after the video ends, off screen. It is Mara’s character sheet on black, her face in close-up on the left and her full body on the right: only the reference for her face, hair and clothes. It never appears on screen; the video ends inside shot 5.",
 "rules": [
  "Each shot looks exactly like its storystoryboard frames, enlarged to the full screen: the same framing, camera angle, set, colour and warm amber light; add nothing and remove nothing.",
  "It is always one single full-screen live-action shot at a time; the screen is never split into a grid and no still picture is ever shown."
 ]
}

Image 1 is Mara Vale, a 29-year-old woman with dark hair in a low ponytail, pale freckled skin, grey-green eyes, in an olive-green bomber jacket with orange at the shoulders and cuffs, a black turtleneck, charcoal cargo trousers and black lace-up boots. Image 1 is only her look; it never appears on screen.
Video 1 is the motion and camera reference only: copy its dance - every step down, every swing of the arms, the kick of the legs, the timing - and its camera, a low wide shot looking up the steps that holds still.
Live-action film scene, one continuous shot: Mara, exactly as in Image 1, dances down a long flight of concrete steps between tall brick walls in an empty city at dusk, arms swinging wide, exactly like the dancer in Video 1. Exactly one person is in the frame: Mara. Sound: a slow, heavy glam-rock drum beat and her boots on the concrete steps.

Image 1 is Mara Vale, a 29-year-old woman with dark hair in a low ponytail, pale freckled skin, grey-green eyes, in an olive-green bomber jacket with orange at the shoulders and cuffs, a black turtleneck, charcoal cargo trousers and black lace-up boots. Image 1 is only her look; it never appears on screen.
Audio 1 is Mara's voice and the whole soundtrack: she says exactly the words of Audio 1, in its rhythm, her lips in sync with every word: "Cool girl is hot. Cool girl is game. Cool girl is fun. Cool girl never gets angry at her man."
Live-action film scene, one continuous shot: a medium close-up through the windshield of an old car at golden hour; Mara drives, both hands on the wheel, and speaks the lines of Audio 1 to herself, flat and calm, eyes on the road, a faint bitter smile at the end. Exactly one person is in the frame: Mara. The camera holds still.

Image 1 is Mara. Image 2 is the location. Image 3 is her glasses.
Mara walks toward the camera down the flooded tiled corridor of Image 2, wearing the round glasses from Image 3 and her clothes from Image 1. She stops, takes the glasses off and looks into the lens. Slow push-in, water splashing around her boots.

Live-action film shot, one continuous shot: Mara stands in a flooded tiled corridor, medium shot from the waist up, facing the camera. The video begins exactly on the given first frame and is alive from it. The camera slowly pushes in. Water ripples on the floor behind her; warm light from the side.
Her glasses stay exactly as in the first frame while she wears them: the same frame with three round lenses in one row, the same thin gunmetal wire and pale mint-green glass.
BEGINNING: Mara stands still wearing the glasses, looking into the lens.
THEN: she lifts both hands, takes the glasses off her face by the temples and lowers them to her chest.
END: the glasses stay in her right hand at her chest until the last frame; her face is bare, no glasses on it, and she looks straight into the lens.
Exactly one person is in the frame: Mara. Sound: dripping water and a low hum in the corridor.

subject_definitions:
<Subject 1> is Mara, a woman from <Image 1> with dark hair tied back, a small scar on her left cheek, wearing an olive green bomber jacket with orange shoulder patches over a black turtleneck and dark cargo pants with boots.
<Subject 2> is the flooded tiled corridor from <Image 2>, a long narrow hallway with teal-tiled walls and a reflective water-covered floor.
<Subject 3> is the pair of round thin-rimmed glasses with tinted lenses from <Image 3>.

summary:
[reference generation + video continuation] The target video shows <Subject 1> walking through <Subject 2> while wearing <Subject 3>, eventually stopping to look at the camera.

retention_analysis:
<Subject 1> (appears in [Shot 1], [Shot 2]): fully_preserved - her facial features, scar, and specific outfit are maintained.
<Subject 2> (appears in [Shot 1], [Shot 2]): fully_preserved - the architecture and lighting of the flooded tiled corridor remain consistent.
<Subject 3> (appears in [Shot 1]): attribute_transfer - the design and shape of the glasses are applied to the subject.

detailed_description:
The style is cinematic and atmospheric with a high-contrast lighting scheme and a moody teal-toned color palette. 
[Shot 1] <Subject 1> walks directly toward the camera in the center of <Subject 2>. Her heavy boots step into the shallow water, creating realistic ripples and splashes that catch the light from the walls. She is wearing <Subject 3> on her face. The corridor is dimly lit with glowing rectangular alcoves in the tiled walls. The camera performs a tracking shot, moving backward at the same speed as she walks forward.
[Shot 2] At 00:03.000, the camera transitions to a slow push-in on <Subject 1> as she comes to a halt. She reaches up with her right hand and removes the <Subject 3> from her face, holding them down by her side. She gazes directly into the lens with an intense expression, revealing the small scar on her cheek. The water around her boots settles slightly after her movement. 

overall_soundscape:
The rhythmic sound of heavy boots splashing in water echoing through the tiled corridor. A low, ambient hum of an empty space.

non_diegetic_music:
N/A

subject_definitions:
<Subject 1> is Mara from <Picture 1>, a woman with pale freckled skin, light blue-grey eyes, a distinctive vertical scar bisecting her left eyebrow, and dark hair pulled back, wearing an olive-green bomber jacket with rust-orange trim, a black turtleneck, dark cargo trousers, and black leather combat boots.
<Subject 2> is the liminal flooded architectural corridor from <Picture 2>, featuring teal-green tiled walls and floor covered in shallow, reflective water, bordered by recessed rectangular apertures emitting warm amber light.
<Subject 3> is the dark wireframe spectacles from <Picture 3>, distinguished by three round circular glass lenses aligned horizontally.

summary:
[reference generation] The target video depicts <Subject 1> wading forward down the flooded tiled hallway of <Subject 2> while wearing <Subject 3>, stopping before the camera to remove the three-lens glasses and stare directly forward.

retention_analysis:
<Picture 1> / <Subject 1> (appears in [Shot 1]): fully_preserved - Facial anatomy, eyebrow scar, freckles, hairstyle, and utilitarian wardrobe are retained exactly.
<Picture 2> / <Subject 2> (appears in [Shot 1]): fully_preserved - Tile geometry, submerged floor, green-cyan wall color, and warm rectangular light cutouts are faithfully reproduced.
<Picture 3> / <Subject 3> (appears in [Shot 1]): fully_preserved - The three-lens circular frame structure and dark wireframe finish are preserved as worn eyewear.

detailed_description:
The aesthetic is atmospheric sci-fi cinema with high-contrast, moody lighting, featuring deep teal tones in the shadows balanced by soft amber glows radiating from recessed wall alcoves.

[Shot 1] The scene opens in a straight-on medium-full shot inside the flooded tiled corridor of <Subject 2>. <Subject 1> wades steadily forward through the clear, knee-deep water toward the camera, her heavy black combat boots churning the calm surface into swirling ripples and light splashes. She is clad in her olive-green flight jacket, dark cargo trousers, and black turtleneck from <Picture 1>, and wears the three-lens wireframe glasses of <Subject 3> balanced across the bridge of her nose. The smooth water surface mirrors the grid of submerged floor tiles and the glowing golden light spilling from the open wall niches. The camera executes a Push In with small amplitude at slow speed, gliding smoothly forward just above water level. At 00:02.500, <Subject 1> halts her forward stride at a medium close-up distance, allowing the displaced water to settle into gentle waves that lap softly against her legs. At 00:03.200, she raises one hand, fingers pinching the frame of <Subject 3>, and smoothly lifts the three-lens glasses off her face, lowering them out of frame. The motion reveals her freckled complexion, light eyes, and the vertical scar splitting her left eyebrow as seen in <Picture 1>. With a calm, piercing expression, she holds an intense, unblinking stare directly into the camera lens as the slow camera push-in gently closes the distance until the clip ends.

overall_soundscape:
Hollow, cavernous room acoustics carry the resonant slosh and churning splash of heavy boots wading through standing water, underscored by faint distant echoing water drips and the subtle rustle of nylon jacket fabric.

non_diegetic_music:
A low-frequency, sustained analog synth drone that swells with subtle metallic harmonics, establishing an eerie, suspenseful, and liminal atmosphere.