[
    {
        "subGenre": "Westerns",
        "scene": "Dusty main street at dusk where a lone rider ties their horse outside the saloon (light/tense)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Wind-blown tumbleweed grazing wooden boardwalks",
            "Sunset rim-light on saloon windows",
            "A swinging sign creaking softly",
            "Boot prints trailing from the corral",
            "A distant windmill turning against the sky"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "The rider pauses, hand hovering near holster as conversation drifts outside",
            "A barkeep eyes the rider and subtly wipes a glass",
            "Cut to a close of a wanted poster with a name that matches the rider",
            "A dog barks, cutting the silence and causing heads to tilt"
        ],
        "camera": "Wide establishing shot with slow push-in to medium two-shot, occasional low-angle on boots",
        "accents": [
            "dust micro-grit in air catching golden rim-light",
            "wood micro-grain and brass micro-finish on spurs"
        ],
        "mood": "brooding anticipation",
        "lighting": "warm golden dusk with long shadows",
        "style": "classic stoic western tableau"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Westerns",
        "scene": "Midnight canyon pass where a small posse halts to trade whispers beside a fire (dark/secretive)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Ridge silhouettes cut against starlit void",
            "Sparks drifting upward as tobacco embers flare",
            "A crumpled map spread over a saddle",
            "A single horseshoe hung on a stake",
            "A far-off coyote's cry"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Leaders exchange quiet instructions with clipped nods",
            "One re-loads a revolver with a practiced flick",
            "Cut to a watchman scanning the ridge line and signaling hand signs",
            "A sudden echo makes the group freeze in synchronized tension"
        ],
        "camera": "Tight group coverage around fire with slow cross-dissolve cutaways to riders' faces",
        "accents": [
            "fire micro-spark drift and leather micro-stitch detail",
            "metal micro-rim on bullets and map micro-crease"
        ],
        "mood": "covert resolve",
        "lighting": "warm campfire pools against deep canyon black",
        "style": "tense nocturnal western"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Westerns",
        "scene": "Sunlit ridge where cattle drive pauses and drovers trade stories (light/nostalgic)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "A long line of cattle stretching into heat shimmer",
            "Cowboy hats hung on fence posts",
            "A water trough reflecting the noon sun",
            "A tow rope coiled neatly on the saddle horn",
            "A patchwork of bandanas flapping in breeze"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Drovers exchange tall tales and friendly competitions about past runs",
            "A veteran points out distant features and shares survival tips",
            "Cut to a montage of hat-tipping and communal preparation for the afternoon's push",
            "A young drover earns a knowing nod after a small trick"
        ],
        "camera": "Generous panoramic coverage with intimate medium shots capturing camaraderie",
        "accents": [
            "fur micro-dust on cattle and canvas micro-weave on saddlebags",
            "sun micro-glare on metal branding irons"
        ],
        "mood": "warm camaraderie",
        "lighting": "bright midday with high-key natural fill",
        "style": "pastoral driving-hero western"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Westerns",
        "scene": "Dawn rail siding where a whistle blows and outlaws swap a sealed crate (light/foreboding)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Steam curling from an early freight engine",
            "Crates stamped with foreign insignia",
            "A low fog clinging to the rails",
            "A lantern hung on a telegraph pole",
            "Tracks leading into a curved trestle"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Hands exchange a heavy crate beneath the engine's shadow",
            "A telegraph operator pauses mid-key at an incoming message",
            "Cut to a close-up of a rope knot being re-tied with urgent hands",
            "A train whistle cuts, forcing a hurried dispersal"
        ],
        "camera": "Low-angle track-side framing with quick inserts on hands and the crate label",
        "accents": [
            "metal micro-rust on rails and rope micro-fiber detail",
            "steam micro-vapor and wood micro-texture on crates"
        ],
        "mood": "covert danger",
        "lighting": "pale dawn with soft fog diffusion",
        "style": "frontier smuggling western"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Westerns",
        "scene": "Night saloon poker table where a high-stakes hand reveals more than money (dark/claustrophobic)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Faint cigar smoke drifting in lamp pools",
            "Stacks of chips clicking in tense rhythm",
            "A piano in the corner playing a slow, ragged tune",
            "A spilt whiskey glass reflecting lamp glow",
            "A felt table worn and patched"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "A player reveals a tell and the table tightens; bets go in",
            "A clandestine signal between partners triggers a concealed plan",
            "Cut to a tense close on eyes and flicked cards",
            "A final card slams down, flipping fortunes and loyalties"
        ],
        "camera": "Intimate close-ups around the table with shallow depth and quick reaction cuts",
        "accents": [
            "felt micro-pile and glass micro-bead on whiskey surface",
            "cigar micro-ash and brass micro-luster on lamp"
        ],
        "mood": "pressure-cooker suspense",
        "lighting": "warm interior with chiaroscuro pockets",
        "style": "noirish frontier drama"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Westerns",
        "scene": "Sunlit homestead kitchen where a family prepares a feast while gossip about the incoming marshal spreads (light/domestic)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Flour-dusted table with a well-worn rolling pin",
            "Curtains tied back to let morning in",
            "A wood-fired stove with steady simmering pots",
            "A list pinned to a cupboard with chores and names",
            "Children's drawings on the wall beside a calendar"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Matriarch tasks the children while quietly asking about town news",
            "A neighbor arrives with a message about the marshal's approach",
            "Cut to a montage of communal kitchen work and exchanged smiles",
            "A lull in chatter as the family listens for distant hoofbeats"
        ],
        "camera": "Warm medium coverage with loving macro inserts on hands preparing food",
        "accents": [
            "wood micro-grain on table and fabric micro-stitch on aprons",
            "pot micro-steam and pastry micro-flake detail"
        ],
        "mood": "homefront warmth",
        "lighting": "gentle morning sunlight with warm interior fills",
        "style": "domestic pastoral western"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Westerns",
        "scene": "Midnight ghost town where wind whistles through empty storefronts and a harmonica plays itself (dark/haunting)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Boarded windows with faded posters",
            "A vacant hitching post with frayed rope",
            "Wind-chimes formed from tin cans rattling in rhythm",
            "Shadows stretching long across dust-swept sidewalks",
            "A lonesome lantern swinging in a stoic wind"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "A spectral harmonica line drifts down the main street, causing a shiver",
            "Old signage creaks open to reveal an untouched room",
            "Cut to footprints forming and then fading as if erased",
            "A lantern gutters and relights in perfect time with the melody"
        ],
        "camera": "Wide empty-street coverage with slow dolly-ins and eerie sound-synced cuts",
        "accents": [
            "wood micro-weather and tin micro-rattle detail",
            "lantern micro-flicker and dust micro-motes in beam"
        ],
        "mood": "lonely melancholy",
        "lighting": "cool moonlight with minimal warm lantern accent",
        "style": "ghost-town western"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Westerns",
        "scene": "Dawn mountain pass where trackers follow faint blood trails toward a hidden encampment (light/tense)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Pine needle carpets crunching underfoot",
            "A torn saddle blanket snagged on a branch",
            "A line of arrows stuck into the earth",
            "A smoke plume curling above treeline",
            "A small cairn with a token left atop"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Trackers interpret spoor and mark bearings with charcoal on palms",
            "A scout spots a camouflaged figure and signals silently",
            "Cut to a quiet flank movement as the group encircles the camp",
            "A whispered negotiation erupts into a sudden, precise exchange"
        ],
        "camera": "Tactical medium shots with compressed telephoto to flatten distance and heighten tension",
        "accents": [
            "pine micro-needle detail and leather micro-fray on tack",
            "smoke micro-vapor and arrow micro-feather detail"
        ],
        "mood": "calculated danger",
        "lighting": "clear dawn light with cool mountain clarity",
        "style": "tracking-and-stalk frontier scene"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Westerns",
        "scene": "Sunlit town square festival where a masked rider's arrival shifts a merry mood to watchful (light/ambivalent)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Bunting and hand-painted signs strung across the square",
            "Stalls selling jerky, lemonade, and trinkets",
            "A fiddler playing upbeat reels near a dance circle",
            "A painted wooden horse used as a child's ride",
            "A sheriff's badge gleaming on a low-slung belt"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Kids run toward a rider's swagger while elders murmur about the rider's past",
            "A curt nod from the sheriff calms a brewing spat",
            "Cut to the masked rider pausing to lift a hat and scan the crowd",
            "Musical rhythm continues, but with eyes narrowed and hands inching to holsters"
        ],
        "camera": "Festive wide with branching closeups on faces that shift the scene's tone",
        "accents": [
            "fabric micro-stitch on bunting and wood micro-lacquer on stalls",
            "metal micro-gloss on badge and string micro-bounce"
        ],
        "mood": "celebratory vigilance",
        "lighting": "bright festival daylight",
        "style": "populist western social scene"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Westerns",
        "scene": "Night border crossing where smugglers hide imports under gray moonlight for a secret buyer (dark/illegal)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "A dry riverbed with wheel ruts crossing it",
            "A makeshift tarp under a sagebrush",
            "Lanterns muffled with cloth to dim glow",
            "A rugged mule with packs slung low",
            "A whispered tally held in a hand"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Goods are unloaded silently and inventoried by flashlight",
            "A buyer inspects a crate with a skeptical frown and then nods",
            "Cut to a concealed observer whose breath fogs in cold air",
            "A sudden hoofbeat spooks the mule and forces a scramble"
        ],
        "camera": "Low, furtive handheld with tight inserts on hands and packing details",
        "accents": [
            "canvas micro-weave and rope micro-knot detail",
            "lantern micro-diffusion and boot micro-scuff"
        ],
        "mood": "covert tension",
        "lighting": "narrow moonlit pools with muted practicals",
        "style": "contraband western vignette"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Westerns",
        "scene": "Dawn courtroom where evidence is presented and grudges are aired in a civil voice (light/formal)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "A wooden judge's bench polished with years of use",
            "A docket listing names in cramped hand",
            "A gallery of townsfolk murmuring under breath",
            "A sheriff standing rigid beside the jail door",
            "A case file with a pressed flower tucked inside as a note"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "A witness rises to testify, voice steady but hands shaking",
            "A lawyer reveals a small, decisive piece of evidence that reframes the case",
            "Cut to the judge's reflective pause before rendering a measured sentence",
            "Outside, two parties exchange guarded nods that belie resolution"
        ],
        "camera": "Measured medium coverage with respectful close-ins on testimony and exhibits",
        "accents": [
            "paper micro-fiber on docket and wood micro-polish on bench",
            "ink micro-stroke clarity and fabric micro-suit weave"
        ],
        "mood": "orderly tension",
        "lighting": "soft morning light through high windows, formal interior fill",
        "style": "judicial frontier drama"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Westerns",
        "scene": "Night stagecoach ambush where masked bandits halt progress with a single, efficient volley (dark/action)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Roadside rocks snagging the coaches' wheels",
            "A lantern swinging from the coach's step",
            "A splintered wheel lying nearby",
            "Horse tack abandoned mid-fall",
            "A trail of boot marks leading away"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Shots ring out and horses rear, passengers scream then duck",
            "Bandits move like a rehearsed unit, sweeping the coach quickly",
            "Cut to the driver struggling to regain control as the horses bolt",
            "A survivor slips a hidden blade into a concealed hand for a desperate strike"
        ],
        "camera": "Dynamic low-angle action with whip-pans, rapid cutting and slow-motion emphasis on decisive beats",
        "accents": [
            "leather micro-rivet details and wood micro-splinter fragments",
            "powder micro-soot and horse micro-hair fly detail"
        ],
        "mood": "high-stakes violence",
        "lighting": "stark lantern contrast against night",
        "style": "classic frontier action set-piece"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Westerns",
        "scene": "Sunlit river ford where rival factions negotiate passage and tempers flare into a standoff (light/political)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Shallows churning with hooves",
            "A rough rope ferry being winched across",
            "Mounted riders arrayed in two facing lines",
            "A banner marking territorial claim",
            "A handful of civilians caught between the lines"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Negotiators trade terse terms while eyes roam to holstered weapons",
            "A young rider attempts to cross and is stopped by a hand on a rein",
            "Cut to a tense minute where everyone anticipates the first move",
            "A timely intervention by an elder diffuses immediate violence"
        ],
        "camera": "Balanced wide with medium two-shots and reaction close-ups to map political texture",
        "accents": [
            "water micro-shimmer and banner micro-fade detail",
            "saddle micro-stitch and rein micro-wear"
        ],
        "mood": "political unease",
        "lighting": "clear daylight with reflective river highlights",
        "style": "frontier negotiation drama"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Westerns",
        "scene": "Dusk livery where a thief hides a small ledger inside a feed sack and a stable boy notices (dark/intrigue)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Stacks of hay bales with loose straw",
            "A creaking loft ladder above the stall",
            "A string of horseshoes with decorative tassels",
            "A faded brand mark on a saddle blanket",
            "A half-used oil lantern on a post"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "The stable boy pockets the ledger and reads a single line that changes his expression",
            "The thief returns, nervous, and the boy pretends ignorance while sliding a hint to a friend",
            "Cut to a slow reveal of names in the ledger and a sketched map to a cash stash",
            "A quiet plan forms to expose the thief without immediate violence"
        ],
        "camera": "Low intimate coverage with straw macro inserts and careful reaction cuts",
        "accents": [
            "hay micro-strand and leather micro-patina on saddles",
            "oil micro-glow on lantern and paper micro-fiber on ledger"
        ],
        "mood": "canny curiosity",
        "lighting": "warm dusk with enclosed stable shadows",
        "style": "small-scale mystery western"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Westerns",
        "scene": "Midnight hilltop vigil where a widow lights a candle for the lost and a hidden witness watches (dark/elegiac)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "A line of candles creating a soft glowing path",
            "A portrait propped on a rock beside flowers",
            "A wool shawl draped over a post to dry",
            "A small notebook of names hand-lettered carefully",
            "A low wind that makes the candle flames tremble"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "The widow reads names aloud, voice breaking, while the witness keeps distance",
            "A gentle tremor of the fingers causes one candle to gutter; the witness steadies it unseen",
            "Cut to the witness slipping away, leaving a small token on the rock",
            "A close on the token reveals a connection to the widow's past"
        ],
        "camera": "Respectful long takes with soft focus and gentle rack-focus to emphasize memory",
        "accents": [
            "wax micro-drip and fabric micro-pile on shawl",
            "paper micro-fiber on notebook edges"
        ],
        "mood": "quiet mourning",
        "lighting": "soft candle pools against cool night",
        "style": "elegiac character western"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Westerns",
        "scene": "Sunlit canyon ambush where scouts hide within red rock and watch a wagon train approach (light/strategic)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Red striated canyon walls with tight switchbacks",
            "A sun-bleached wagon wheel half-buried",
            "A line of leather chaps hung to dry",
            "A familiar brand burned into a stake",
            "A column of dust signaling an approaching caravan"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Scouts count wagons and map their spacing with charcoal on palm",
            "A silent signal begins the coordinated movement to intercept",
            "Cut to a wide as hidden figures melt into the canyon lip and then spring",
            "Chaos erupts as horses and wagons collide in orchestrated confusion"
        ],
        "camera": "Strategic wide with telephoto inserts to compress and intensify the ambush",
        "accents": [
            "rock micro-grit and wheel micro-splinter detail",
            "charcoal micro-mark and leather micro-texture"
        ],
        "mood": "precise violence",
        "lighting": "high-noon with harsh canyon contrasts",
        "style": "tactical western action"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Westerns",
        "scene": "Dawn sheriff's office where a reluctant deputy prepares to leave town under a cover of delegated duty (light/doubtful)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Badge in a velvet-lined drawer",
            "A small pack with a threadbare blanket rolled inside",
            "Sunlight through barred window casting lattice shadows",
            "A ledger with fine pencil entries of patrols",
            "A kettle warming on a small iron stove"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "The deputy polishes a badge but pauses, fingers trembling at the weight of decision",
            "A confidant offers a terse, supportive phrase and slides a map across the desk",
            "Cut to a last look at a family photograph before the deputy tucks it inside a coat",
            "A final door creak closes him out into the morning"
        ],
        "camera": "Quiet medium close-ups and a final wide as he steps out into the street",
        "accents": [
            "metal micro-sheen on badge and paper micro-fiber on photo",
            "stove micro-soot and wood micro-polish"
        ],
        "mood": "resigned determination",
        "lighting": "soft morning light with warm interior tone",
        "style": "intimate moral-western moment"
    }
]