Cinematic Storyboard

CRITICAL: Animate as ONE single continuous full-frame 16:9 cinematic film. This is a PLANNING BRIEF — translate every panel into an individual cinematic shot occupying the complete 16:9 screen. NEVER render the storyboard sheet, borders, or grid. 15-second autumn fox-spirit kirigami. Palette: #7A1F1F deep maple-red, #F2E4C9 rice-paper cream, #E08A2B amber-gold, #C2452D vermilion accent. Layered hand-cut washi paper, woodblock forest depth. BOLD CAMERA. Smooth leaf-drift transitions. Motion system: BOLD CAMERA — drop-dive, push-through, crash-out, orbital. Parallax 100/60/25. LEAF FLOW + LANTERN-GLOW SWEEP 0.7s. CHOREOGRAPHY (15s): 0–2.5s SHOT 1: ENTIRE 16:9 frame fills with wide — a white nine-tail fox spirit perched on a rice-paper ridge above a maple-red valley, amber horizon. CAMERA: DROP-DIVE PAST — camera dives 15cm vertically past the ridge plane, treetop layers blur past the Y-axis as the fox leaps. LIGHT: warm amber from above — low autumn sun. PARALLAX: fox 100%, treeline 60%, horizon 20%. NO TEXT. ANTI-GRID: ONE full-frame. No numbers. TRANSITION 2.5s: LEAF FLOW — maple leaves flood from corners over 0.7s, retreat from center revealing the fox close. 2.5–5s SHOT 2: ENTIRE 16:9 frame fills with the fox spirit close — paper-cut fur edges, glowing amber eyes, a single drifting leaf. 'A SPIRIT WANDERS.' left-third. CAMERA: VERTIGO PULL — camera tracks back while the fox stays the same size, the forest space stretches around it. LIGHT: flat frontal soft glow — from front. PARALLAX: fox 100%, foliage layers 80%, leaf 60%. TEXT IN FRAME: 'A SPIRIT WANDERS.' — Cormorant Italic, #F2E4C9, left-third. PERSISTENCE: full shot. ANTI-GRID: ONE full-frame. TRANSITION 5s: LANTERN-GLOW SWEEP — amber light sweeps left-to-right over 0.7s revealing the fox in full run. 5–7s SHOT 3: ENTIRE 16:9 frame fills with the fox sprinting through a leaf-storm — tails streaming, vermilion swirl spreading, washi forest whipping past. CAMERA: HYPERKINETIC ORBITAL SWEEP 45° — camera arcs fast around the running fox, leaf layers whip through parallax. LIGHT: dappled amber. PARALLAX: fox 100%, leaf-storm 70%, trunks 40%, bg 20%. NO TEXT. ANTI-GRID: ONE full-frame. TRANSITION 7s: LEAF FLOW — vermilion leaf-burst expands over 0.7s revealing a torii gate. 7–10s SHOT 4: ENTIRE 16:9 frame fills with the fox bounding through a layered paper torii gate — lanterns flickering, leaf scatter swirling. 'THE OLD GODS RUN.' centered. CAMERA: DRAMATIC PUSH-THROUGH — camera punches through a washi-paper membrane, cut-paper shreds fly past, arrives at the torii composition. LIGHT: dramatic side glow from left. PARALLAX: fox 100%, scatter 70%, torn paper 50%. TEXT IN FRAME: 'THE OLD GODS' line one + 'STILL RUN.' line two — Cormorant Bold, #F2E4C9, centered. PERSISTENCE: full shot. ANTI-GRID: ONE full-frame. TRANSITION 10s: LANTERN-GLOW SWEEP — cream light sweeps bottom-to-top over 0.7s revealing an overhead view. 10–12.5s SHOT 5: ENTIRE 16:9 frame fills with aerial-down overhead — the tiny fox at the center of a spiraling maple-leaf vortex, concentric amber rings. CAMERA: CRANE LIFT — rises 12cm over 2.5s, the leaf rings shrink as the camera ascends. LIGHT: pure overhead warm flat. PARALLAX: fox 100%, rings 80%, forest floor 15%. NO TEXT. ANTI-GRID: ONE full-frame. TRANSITION 12.5s: LEAF FLOW — amber bleeds from left over 0.6s revealing a fox-mask profile. 12.5–13.7s SHOT 6: ENTIRE 16:9 frame fills with the fox spirit's profile — maple-red half-background, cream paper left, a vermilion leaf at the eye. 'RETURN.' lower-right. CAMERA: CRASH-OUT REVEAL — snaps from an extreme close on the glowing eye to a wide profile in 0.4s, the fox fills the frame dramatically. LIGHT: raking amber from left. PARALLAX: fox 100%, wash 70%, leaf 60%. TEXT IN FRAME: 'RETURN.' — Cormorant Bold Italic, #F2E4C9, lower-right. PERSISTENCE: through tail. SINGLE FULL-FRAME COMPOSITION corner to corner. ANTI-GRID: no borders, no chrome. 13.7–15s MANDATORY SILENT TAIL PAUSE: pixel-identical. Full brightness. Camera motionless. Audio: lyrical folk SFX — leap whoosh, vertigo, orbital, push-through, crane, crash snap, single shakuhachi flute breath + soft bell. No speech. FINAL OUTPUT REMINDER: ONE single continuous full-frame cinematic film. BOLD CAMERA (drop-dive / vertigo / orbital / push-through / crane / crash-out). LEAF FLOW + LANTERN-GLOW transitions. All marks original.