[
    {
        "subGenre": "Witches",
        "scene": "Moonlit clearing where three witches circle a weathered stone altar",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Moonlit clearing where three witches circle a weathered stone altar",
            "Ring of mushrooms and scorched earth",
            "Ribbons tied to nearby saplings",
            "A crescent moon high and cold",
            "Whispers of old language carried on wind"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Witches chant in alternating cadence that ages the air",
            "White smoke coils from the altar and forms a transient glyph",
            "A single crow lands then takes off, scattering sparks",
            "A braided cord tightens and loosens as if breathing"
        ],
        "camera": "Low wide with rotating dolly to follow the circle, intermittent close on hands",
        "accents": [
            "cool moon rim on faces to heighten ritual silhouettes",
            "spark micro-highlights on smoke glyph edges"
        ],
        "mood": "ancient, solemn power",
        "lighting": "cold moon with small warm fire pockets",
        "style": "ritual nocturne"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Witches",
        "scene": "Cottage kitchen where dried herbs hang and a cauldron murmurs blue steam",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Cottage kitchen where dried herbs hang and a cauldron murmurs blue steam",
            "Shelves of jars labeled in hand-script",
            "A black cat weaving around ankles",
            "A battered grimoire open on the table",
            "A window fogged with condensation"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Stirring produces tiny motes that assemble into a rune",
            "Herbs tremble and release luminescent dust",
            "A spoon stirs by itself then points toward a page",
            "Cat's eyes catch and reflect a hidden glyph"
        ],
        "camera": "Intimate handheld with tight macro inserts on jars and grimoire script",
        "accents": [
            "warm herb rim on bunches to increase aroma sense",
            "blue steam micro-highlights on cauldron surface"
        ],
        "mood": "homebound magic",
        "lighting": "warm hearth with cool window fill",
        "style": "cozy uncanny"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Witches",
        "scene": "Hilltop hedge where witch marks are carved into yew bark and moonflowers bloom",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Hilltop hedge where witch marks are carved into yew bark and moonflowers bloom",
            "Low hedgerow corridor leading to a small gate",
            "A scattering of silvered petals",
            "A faint trail of chalk sigils",
            "A distant village light below"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Petals lift and trace a pathway when touched",
            "Carved marks glow faintly and pulse",
            "A wind carries a single whispered name",
            "Gate clicks though no hand moves it"
        ],
        "camera": "Push through hedgerow with telephoto compression for depth",
        "accents": [
            "petal micro-highlights for delicate reflection",
            "bark micro-highlights emphasizing carved depth"
        ],
        "mood": "threshold mystery",
        "lighting": "soft moon with cool ambient",
        "style": "folkloric liminal"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Witches",
        "scene": "Market at dusk where clandestine witches trade charms in shadowed stalls",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Market at dusk where clandestine witches trade charms in shadowed stalls",
            "Lanterns wrapped in veils",
            "Tables of bones, herbs and stitched talismans",
            "Hooded figures bargaining in hush",
            "A bell rung to mark the closing"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Hands exchange pouches that hum faintly",
            "An old woman reads a palm and the lines rearrange",
            "A charm warms in a buyer's hand and then cools",
            "Lantern smoke forms a small image of the future"
        ],
        "camera": "Market-level handheld weaving through stalls with close money-to-hand inserts",
        "accents": [
            "lantern micro-highlights to make smoke visible",
            "metal micro-highlights on talisman clasps"
        ],
        "mood": "secretive commerce",
        "lighting": "warm dusk with shaded pockets",
        "style": "noir folklore"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Witches",
        "scene": "Riverstone circle where water witches whisper to the current at twilight",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Riverstone circle where water witches whisper to the current at twilight",
            "Flat stones slick with algae",
            "Floating runes traced in wet pebbles",
            "A willow trailing in the current",
            "Fish breaking the surface in small, precise rings"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Hands skim the surface and send glyph ripples",
            "Reflections answer with images from other banks",
            "A ring of bubbles ascends forming a sigil",
            "The current briefly reverses locally then straightens"
        ],
        "camera": "Low waterline glide and close reflection inserts",
        "accents": [
            "water micro-highlights on ripple crests",
            "algae micro-highlights on slick stone"
        ],
        "mood": "fluid communion",
        "lighting": "twilight cool with reflective accents",
        "style": "aquatic ritual"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Witches",
        "scene": "Library of incantations where pages flutter though no breeze blows",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Library of incantations where pages flutter though no breeze blows",
            "Stacks of leather tomes with sigil bookmarks",
            "A ladder leaning against a vast shelf",
            "A single quill dripping black ink",
            "A map of celestial alignments pinned carefully"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Pages open to the exact passage needed by an unseen reader",
            "Ink pools into tiny star patterns then evaporates",
            "A globe rotates slowly on its own axial tilt",
            "Marginalia letters rearrange to form a caution"
        ],
        "camera": "Slow tracking up tall shelves with micro inserts on script",
        "accents": [
            "paper micro-highlights on page fibers",
            "ink micro-highlights capturing reflective spots"
        ],
        "mood": "erudite menace",
        "lighting": "soft warm reading lamps in tall cool stacks",
        "style": "occult archive"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Witches",
        "scene": "Hill-witch's cart at dawn: herbs, bones, jars and a sleeping apprentice",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Hill-witch's cart at dawn: herbs, bones, jars and a sleeping apprentice",
            "A woven cloak thrown over a crate",
            "A bundle of carved wands",
            "A steaming pot with a cloth lid",
            "A sketched map pinned to the cart side"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Apprentice stirs in sleep and whispers an old spell",
            "Cart wheels creak though unmoved",
            "Steam lifts to reveal a small animal shape and then disperses",
            "A sketched map updates a new route in ink"
        ],
        "camera": "Medium tracking with low cart-angle inserts",
        "accents": [
            "herb micro-highlights on dried leaves",
            "steam micro-highlights to show shape"
        ],
        "mood": "nomadic craft",
        "lighting": "cold dawn with warm pot pocket",
        "style": "itinerant witch vignette"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Witches",
        "scene": "Windy cliff-top ritual where spoken names call distant gulls into formation",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Windy cliff-top ritual where spoken names call distant gulls into formation",
            "Ragged sea grass and spray",
            "A circle of braided rope laid on bare rock",
            "A carved bone whistle hung from a staff",
            "Distant thunder rolling under the waves"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Names whispered cause gulls to wheel in precise shapes",
            "Wind tugs cords that respond in harmonic vibration",
            "A bone whistle sounds though no mouth touches it",
            "Spray freezes briefly into bright salt rings"
        ],
        "camera": "Wide wind-swept panoramic with whip cuts to staff and gull formations",
        "accents": [
            "spray micro-highlights on cresting waves",
            "bone micro-highlights on carved edges"
        ],
        "mood": "exalted gust",
        "lighting": "salt-light with dramatic sky contrast",
        "style": "elemental rite"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Witches",
        "scene": "Back-alley apothecary where a neon pentacle advertises unusual remedies",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Back-alley apothecary where a neon pentacle advertises unusual remedies",
            "Steam vents and brick soot",
            "A cat curled in a window box",
            "Shelves of bottled moonwater and salt jars",
            "A ledger with client names and odd symbols"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Neon sign pulses to name the visitor in the ledger",
            "A bottle seals and opens to release a scent memory",
            "A client exchange where coins shift weight unexpectedly",
            "A ledger ink traces a new appointment in a child's script"
        ],
        "camera": "Grimy street-level handheld with interior voyeur inserts",
        "accents": [
            "neon micro-highlights on glass bottles",
            "brick micro-highlights catching damp light"
        ],
        "mood": "urban alchemy",
        "lighting": "neon and alley shadow mix",
        "style": "modern witch market"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Witches",
        "scene": "Ancient stone hearth where seasonal witches exchange tasks at equinox",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Ancient stone hearth where seasonal witches exchange tasks at equinox",
            "Piles of salted grain and carved totems",
            "A wheel of the year painted on the floor",
            "A bowl of seasonal fruit burning slowly",
            "A ring of small bells hung from the rafters"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Offerings rotate without visible hands to align with the wheel",
            "Bells chime in seasonally coded sequences",
            "A fruit bursts to reveal a tiny glowing seed",
            "Hands place a token into a shared tally and it warms"
        ],
        "camera": "Overhead ritual crane with close tally and token micro-inserts",
        "accents": [
            "fruit micro-highlights on juices",
            "stone micro-highlights on hearth ring"
        ],
        "mood": "seasonal responsibility",
        "lighting": "soft warm hearth against cool rafters",
        "style": "ceremonial cycle"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Witches",
        "scene": "Elm hedgerow where witches leave protective knots and caution tapes",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Elm hedgerow where witches leave protective knots and caution tapes",
            "Colored string tied in complex patterns",
            "Small bone and bead talismans hanging",
            "A carved walking staff leaning nearby",
            "A note pinned weatherproofed in resin"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Knots tighten when someone approaches and loosen when they leave",
            "A talisman glows faintly to show a safe path",
            "A note rewrites itself to warn of a coming tide",
            "A staff vibrates slightly when danger nears"
        ],
        "camera": "Handheld close to hedge level with knot macros",
        "accents": [
            "string micro-highlights on fiber texture",
            "bead micro-highlights catching small light"
        ],
        "mood": "protective superstition",
        "lighting": "soft daylight with hedge shadow",
        "style": "grassroots folkcraft"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Witches",
        "scene": "Moonlit crossroads where solitary witches bargain with passing shapes",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Moonlit crossroads where solitary witches bargain with passing shapes",
            "A stone milestone with weathered markings",
            "Tracks converging from four directions",
            "A ragged cloak pinned to a stake",
            "Lanterns set into small hollows at each corner"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Witches trade whispered promises that change the road behind them",
            "Shadows pass but leave a token in exchange",
            "Lanterns flare briefly to show a chosen path",
            "A cloak lifts then collapses as if worn for an instant"
        ],
        "camera": "Corner-to-corner cross dolly with slow reaction closeups",
        "accents": [
            "stone micro-highlights on milestone face",
            "lantern micro-highlights for directional warmth"
        ],
        "mood": "pact-like tension",
        "lighting": "cold moon with local lantern accents",
        "style": "crossroads parable"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Witches",
        "scene": "Hollow oak where a single witch keeps a ledger of names and weather patterns",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Hollow oak where a single witch keeps a ledger of names and weather patterns",
            "A stitched leather book bound by root fiber",
            "Feathers and teeth strung as bookmarks",
            "A small window cut into the trunk",
            "A low stool covered in moss"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Ledger pages turn to the current date and annotate the sky",
            "Feathers tick the pages to denote favor or warning",
            "The window fogs with names of those passing nearby",
            "A stool vibrates as if someone invisible sits"
        ],
        "camera": "Intimate tree-level insert with ledger macro and page flips",
        "accents": [
            "leather micro-highlights on binding",
            "moss micro-highlights to show touch"
        ],
        "mood": "quiet stewardship",
        "lighting": "soft filtered canopy light",
        "style": "guardian witch vignette"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Witches",
        "scene": "Tidal witch's net cast at estuary where the catch is echoes and memories",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Tidal witch's net cast at estuary where the catch is echoes and memories",
            "Wet kelp and shell tangles",
            "A net strung with tiny shells and glass beads",
            "Moon-path glittering on the estuary",
            "A driftwood altar with tied ribbons"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Net lifts an image of a past day from the water then dissolves",
            "Beads ring faintly with remembered voices",
            "Kelp arranges into word-like shapes then unwinds",
            "The tide brings a single old letter to shore"
        ],
        "camera": "Aerial estuary sweep with close net-lift inserts",
        "accents": [
            "water micro-highlights on lifted image surface",
            "shell micro-highlights glinting in net"
        ],
        "mood": "melancholic salvage",
        "lighting": "pale moon estuary sheen",
        "style": "poetic retrieval"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Witches",
        "scene": "Final circle: a winter solstice conclave where candles burn under frost",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Final circle: a winter solstice conclave where candles burn under frost",
            "A ring of witches in heavy cloaks",
            "A shallow pool iced at the center",
            "Winter sprigs and preserved herbs attached to belts",
            "A carved bone chalice on a stump"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Candles burn in defiance of frost and drip upward",
            "A communal chant raises a warm breath that melts a path in ice",
            "A bone chalice fills with a glowing liquid then empties",
            "Hands join and release, and the air feels shifted"
        ],
        "camera": "Wide solemn circle shot with intimate hands-and-fire closeups",
        "accents": [
            "candle micro-highlights inverted against frost",
            "ice micro-highlights showing melt details"
        ],
        "mood": "communal resolution",
        "lighting": "warm candle pockets in cold winter darkness",
        "style": "ceremonial closing"
    }
]