[
    {
        "subGenre": "Silent Villages",
        "scene": "A fog-bound hamlet where no church bell ever rings",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Row of thatched cottages with shuttered windows",
            "Central green blanketed in mist with an empty well",
            "Lane lined by gnarled hedgerows leading to a silent chapel",
            "Stone bridge with mossed carvings and no footsteps",
            "Old postbox with a single unmoved letter"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "House doors remain closed though chairs are set at tables",
            "A child runs but their laughter is swallowed by fog",
            "Clothes on lines ripple with no breeze",
            "A stray dog pads along and then stops, listening"
        ],
        "camera": "Slow push-in from a distant high-angle toward a single lit window",
        "accents": [
            "cool mist rim-light that softens edges",
            "faint warm glow from a single hearth reflection"
        ],
        "mood": "oppressive hush",
        "lighting": "diffused dawn or perpetual twilight with low contrast",
        "style": "pastoral uncanny"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Silent Villages",
        "scene": "An orchard where fruit hangs heavy but trees make no sound",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Rows of gnarled apple trees with bent limbs",
            "A wooden cart overturned with untouched produce",
            "Rustic picket fences swallowed by vines",
            "A winding path between low hedges to an abandoned farmhouse",
            "A small chapel bell tower half-sunken in ivy"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Fruit falls silently and remains pristine on the ground",
            "A basket is filled by unseen hands overnight",
            "Footprints appear leading to the orchard and stop abruptly",
            "Bees hover but do not land"
        ],
        "camera": "Low dolly weaving through trees with occasional slow crane reveals",
        "accents": [
            "golden orchard rim to highlight hanging fruit",
            "micro-specular on dew that resists motion"
        ],
        "mood": "quiet unease",
        "lighting": "muted mid-morning with gentle shafts through leaves",
        "style": "folk melancholy"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Silent Villages",
        "scene": "A coastal hamlet where foghorns sound but return no echo",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Rowboats tied in neat order to a still quay",
            "Salt-stiff laundry hung to dry on silent poles",
            "Houses painted in faded pastels along a narrow lane",
            "Rocky outcrop with discarded fishing nets",
            "A lighthouse whose lamp sweeps without a keeper"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Seagulls sit and watch the sea without calling",
            "A boat bell rings yet no hands unfurl the line",
            "Tides leave curious patterns in the sand that do not wash away",
            "A fisherman peers out and turns away with a hollow expression"
        ],
        "camera": "Wide coastal panorama with tracked inserts of quayside detail",
        "accents": [
            "silvery wet-rock rim-light",
            "soft salt air haze catching highlights"
        ],
        "mood": "oceanic stillness",
        "lighting": "pale overcast with a cold silver cast",
        "style": "maritime uncanny"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Silent Villages",
        "scene": "A market square with stalls full but no merchants",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Empty stalls under bunting flapping faintly",
            "A baker's table with loaves that do not age",
            "A butcher's block with knives laid in place",
            "A fountain at the center with clear, motionless water",
            "Lanterns strung across alleys but unlit"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Produce shows no signs of decay despite the day passing",
            "A cartwheel turns slowly at first light as if someone pushed it",
            "Pigeons stand in neat rows and do not scatter",
            "A child's toy sits abandoned and uncollected"
        ],
        "camera": "Handheld through alleyways with occasional wide establishing shots",
        "accents": [
            "warm wood speculars and textured cloth highlights",
            "selective bloom on stagnant water"
        ],
        "mood": "abandoned commerce",
        "lighting": "soft morning light with long muted shadows",
        "style": "everyday uncanny"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Silent Villages",
        "scene": "A graveyard where memorials bear fresh bouquets but no mourners",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Crooked stone headstones in small rows",
            "A mausoleum door slightly ajar with no sound inside",
            "Freshly turned soil with no footprints leading away",
            "A weeping willow shading a single bench",
            "An iron gate with a worn latch and no handle marks"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Flowers are replaced each dawn though no one is seen",
            "A bouquet wilts into dust within a single hour",
            "An inscription changes subtly when glanced away from",
            "A bell in the chapel tolls alone at noon"
        ],
        "camera": "Slow dolly among headstones with selective close-ups on inscriptions",
        "accents": [
            "soft gold rim on fresh flowers",
            "chalky stone micro-texture catching low light"
        ],
        "mood": "solemn solitude",
        "lighting": "late-afternoon warmth deepening into cool dusk",
        "style": "quiet gothic"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Silent Villages",
        "scene": "A schoolhouse where desks remain orderly but no lessons are taught",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Single-room school with blackboard still bearing yesterday's lesson",
            "Coat pegs with small jackets untouched",
            "A bell rope frayed and still",
            "Playground with swings paused mid-arc",
            "A teacher's desk with an open register"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Chalk marks slowly fade though no one erases them",
            "A paper airplane sits unfolded in the corner",
            "A ruler shifts a millimeter each hour",
            "The lunch pail on a bench condenses small beads of moisture"
        ],
        "camera": "Over-the-shoulder classroom pans with child-level low shots",
        "accents": [
            "soft tungsten rim on paper edges",
            "subtle dust motes catching lamplight"
        ],
        "mood": "child-shaped absence",
        "lighting": "even daylight through tall windows softened by curtains",
        "style": "nostalgic uncanny"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Silent Villages",
        "scene": "A weaving shed where looms click but no hands guide them",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Long benches with shuttles docked mid-weave",
            "Bobbins lined like sleeping insects",
            "A tumble of fabric draped over a workbench",
            "Windows fogged with warp-thread breath",
            "Skein racks hanging patiently"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Looms continue a gentle rhythm though empty",
            "Threads knot themselves into complicated patterns",
            "A shuttle drops and yet the cloth shows no tear",
            "A spool unwinds slowly to form letters on the floor"
        ],
        "camera": "Close mechanical inserts with lateral dolly to reveal the empty worker bays",
        "accents": [
            "textile sheen and fine fiber micro-detail",
            "warm workshop rim-light on wooden looms"
        ],
        "mood": "mechanical quiet",
        "lighting": "warm tungsten punctuated by deep shed shadow",
        "style": "craftwork uncanny"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Silent Villages",
        "scene": "A ruined manor where portraits still watch the empty halls",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Long corridor of ancestral portraits under dust sheets",
            "A grand staircase with a runner that leads nowhere",
            "A ballroom with chandeliers still sparkling in dust",
            "A conservatory choked with dead plants",
            "A study with maps spread across a silent desk"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Portrait eyes seem to follow intruders subtly",
            "A piano plays a single hesitant chord then stops",
            "Curtains twitch though no draft passes",
            "A fireplace contains fresh ash without recent flame"
        ],
        "camera": "Slow tracking up the grand staircase with careful insert shots on portraits",
        "accents": [
            "polished wood speculars and gilded frame highlights",
            "soft antique bloom on faded oil paint"
        ],
        "mood": "stately neglect",
        "lighting": "dim afternoon with shafts through high windows",
        "style": "decayed aristocratic uncanny"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Silent Villages",
        "scene": "An inn with rooms kept tidy but no guests to open doors",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Common room with a single dim hearth embers",
            "A row of keys hung in numeric order",
            "A stable with bridles hung but no horses",
            "A stair landing with footprints that stop at the wall",
            "A ledger on the counter half-open"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Cups on tables cool but remain full",
            "A clock on the wall ticks irregularly as if uncertain",
            "A chamber pot set outside a door condenses dew",
            "A chair pulls back a little as if someone stood"
        ],
        "camera": "Warm interior glide with careful close-ups on everyday objects",
        "accents": [
            "cozy fire rim-light and steamed glass highlights",
            "wood grain micro-detail emphasized in close frames"
        ],
        "mood": "lonely hospitality",
        "lighting": "warm hearth light fighting the surrounding gloom",
        "style": "hospitality uncanny"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Silent Villages",
        "scene": "A crossroad with signposts pointing to places that don't exist",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Three-way fork with hand-carved signs",
            "A milepost with numbers worn smooth",
            "A tumble of seasonal flowers growing at the intersection",
            "A bench with a knitted cushion left in place",
            "A lamppost with a lantern unlit though dusk falls"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Signs change subtly when unobserved",
            "A traveler consults the map and cannot place the village",
            "A road leads outward but returns to the same gate",
            "The scent of distant smoke lingers though no chimney smokes"
        ],
        "camera": "Static wide with slow dolly-ins to each sign face",
        "accents": [
            "patina on wood and iron micro-detail",
            "soft twilight caustics on flower petals"
        ],
        "mood": "directionless hush",
        "lighting": "blue twilight with single warm island lights",
        "style": "liminal uncanny"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Silent Villages",
        "scene": "A small smithy where tools rest warm as if recently used",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Forge glowing with ember-bright coals but no blacksmith",
            "Aprons hung with hammered patterning",
            "Anvil with a single unfinished blade",
            "Charred footprints leading in and out of the door",
            "A bellows puffing faintly without a hand"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "A hammer lies mid-swing among cooling sparks",
            "A blade cools to the touch though hot an hour ago",
            "Metal sings faintly with the echo of a strike",
            "A horseshoe set aside shows fresh hoof scuff"
        ],
        "camera": "Intimate macro on forged textures with lateral swoops to the open doorway",
        "accents": [
            "metallic specular highlights and ember glow",
            "soot micro-detail on leather and wood"
        ],
        "mood": "warm silent labor",
        "lighting": "ember-warm forge light contrasted by cool doorway shadow",
        "style": "artisan uncanny"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Silent Villages",
        "scene": "A hidden garden behind high walls where statues kneel eternally",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Walled sunken garden with sculpted figures",
            "Hedges clipped into watchful shapes",
            "A shallow pond where lilies do not open",
            "A gate with rusted lock that turns without sound",
            "A sundial that reads a frozen hour"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Statues turn their heads imperceptibly when alone",
            "Lily pads cluster into a concentric pattern",
            "A visitor finds the gate closed though they didn't move it",
            "Moss creeps in slow geometric patterns across stone"
        ],
        "camera": "Top-down crane over walls with tight inserts on statue faces",
        "accents": [
            "soft moss micro-texture and carved stone rim-light",
            "gentle reflective highlights on still water"
        ],
        "mood": "suspended reverence",
        "lighting": "soft golden dappling through high walls",
        "style": "secret garden uncanny"
    }
]