[
    {
        "subGenre": "Stop Motion",
        "scene": "Dimly lit workshop where clay figures rehearse a shadowy puppet play (dark/moody)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "A single tungsten lamp throws long dramatic silhouettes",
            "Tools and sculpting clay scattered like props",
            "A small hand-crank projector casting flickering images",
            "A workbench cluttered with paint jars and tiny costumes",
            "A pinned storyboard with penciled amendments"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Clay actors practice a tragic gesture in slow, deliberate frames",
            "A gloved hand adjusts a figure's expression mid-scene",
            "Cutaway to wire rigging and animated mouth cycles",
            "A final staged bow in exaggerated stop-motion cadence"
        ],
        "camera": "Close framing with intentional staggered frame timing to emphasize tactile motion",
        "accents": [
            "fingerprint micro-impression on clay surfaces",
            "warm lamp micro-glow highlighting tool edges"
        ],
        "mood": "intimate, melancholic",
        "lighting": "single practical tungsten with strong directional shadows",
        "style": "classic tactile clay stop-motion with expressive keyframe poses"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Stop Motion",
        "scene": "Late-night model railway junction where tiny towns come alive (dark/nostalgic)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Damp platform under a small station canopy",
            "Miniature steam plumes drifting in lamplight",
            "Tiny figures waving from platform benches",
            "Signal lights blinking along tracks",
            "A graffiti-sketched goods wagon parked in the siding"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "A goods train pulls slowly, coupling cars with a soft clack",
            "Stationmaster glances at a pocket watch then salutes",
            "Cut to time-lapse of clouded sky moving above the miniature town",
            "A child peeks behind the layout curtain revealing the control panel"
        ],
        "camera": "Low-angle tracking with deliberate frame-by-frame locomotive lurches",
        "accents": [
            "paint micro-chipping on rails and varnish micro-sheen on rooftops",
            "tiny fabric micro-weave on bench cushions"
        ],
        "mood": "warm nostalgia",
        "lighting": "muted platform lamps and cool street glows",
        "style": "meticulous model-train stop-motion with artisanal set dressing"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Stop Motion",
        "scene": "Moonlit toy theatre where marionettes perform a ghostly ballet (dark/poetic)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Curtains with hand-stitched patterns and frayed edges",
            "A small orchestra pit with miniature instruments",
            "Dust motes swirling in the beam of a single follow-spot",
            "An audience of mismatched dolls in painted rows",
            "A backstage mirror with taped rehearsal notes"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Marionettes execute pirouettes with visible string tension",
            "A stagehand winds a key and the orchestra begins a creaky melody",
            "Cut to close-ups of porcelain faces showing subtle frame-by-frame expression shifts",
            "Final tableau freezes then slowly dissolves into the credits"
        ],
        "camera": "Deliberate stage-style wide with periodic tight insert stops",
        "accents": [
            "cloth micro-thread and varnished wood micro-gloss on stage floor",
            "soft stage micro-rim from a single follow-spot"
        ],
        "mood": "tragic beauty",
        "lighting": "spotlit stage pool in deep surrounding gloom",
        "style": "hand-crafted puppet theatre stop-motion with old-world theatrics"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Stop Motion",
        "scene": "Dawn kitchen diorama where miniature chefs prepare improbable breakfasts (light/charming)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Copper pans steaming gently over tiny burners",
            "Fresh dough rising in a small proving basket",
            "Sunlight through a checked curtain on a tiny table",
            "A whisk frozen mid-stir as if paused by a gust",
            "Handwritten recipe cards with flour smudges"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Tiny chef flips a pancake using exaggerated arcs",
            "Teacups clink in stop-motion rhythm to an audible beat",
            "A roll-out of pastry animated with delightful frame stutters",
            "A final plate arrives with steam animated in layered translucent cutouts"
        ],
        "camera": "Warm low-angle close-ups with loving macro detail and rhythmic stepping",
        "accents": [
            "flour micro-powder texture and ceramic micro-glaze highlights",
            "wooden tabletop micro-grain visible in macro inserts"
        ],
        "mood": "cozy, playful",
        "lighting": "soft morning window light with warm interior fills",
        "style": "homey miniature culinary stop-motion with tactile food styling"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Stop Motion",
        "scene": "Midnight clockwork attic where mechanical toys wind themselves and converse (dark/strange)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Brass gears arranged like a city skyline",
            "A wind-up key turning slowly on a wooden toy",
            "Oily stains on a well-used workbench",
            "A dim clockface casting a pale glow across assembled toys",
            "A hand-drawn diagram tacked to a beam"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Wind-up toys march in mechanical unison then break into improvisation",
            "A toy clock ticks down to a meaningful moment and a small toy weeps oil tears",
            "Cut to a sequence of synchronized gear-driven choreography",
            "A final slow unwind returns toys to stillness as dawn approaches"
        ],
        "camera": "Mechanically precise lateral pans with pronounced frame stepping on gear motions",
        "accents": [
            "brass micro-patina and gear micro-tooth detail",
            "oiled wood micro-sheen and fabric micro-fray"
        ],
        "mood": "hauntingly meticulous",
        "lighting": "directional pale clock glow with shadowed periphery",
        "style": "Victorian mechanical stop-motion with fine gearwork detail"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Stop Motion",
        "scene": "Sunlit garden diorama where seed-puppets stretch and mirror seasons (light/renewing)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Tiny watering cans glinting in morning dew",
            "A slow frame-by-frame metamorphosis of bud to bloom",
            "A painted wooden fence with curling vines",
            "Bees represented by pin-pricked silhouettes darting in staccato frames",
            "A weather vane spinning gently above"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Seed puppets unfurl leaves in stop-motion growth cycles",
            "A gentle montage shows seasons changing via set swaps and lighting cues",
            "Cut to a macro of pollen dust animated with translucent paper layers",
            "A communal bloom culminates in a wide celebrating shot"
        ],
        "camera": "Tender macro push-ins with subtle frame-rate variation for growth",
        "accents": [
            "petal micro-vein translucency and soil micro-granularity",
            "water micro-surface bead detail in macro shots"
        ],
        "mood": "hopeful, serene",
        "lighting": "soft dawn/diffused daylight with warm highlights",
        "style": "naturalistic stop-motion with organic puppet motion"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Stop Motion",
        "scene": "Dusk model city under siege where toy soldiers enact a miniature war (dark/gritty)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Smoke plumes made of cotton batting drifting across streets",
            "Blasted facades with tiny scorch marks",
            "Toy tanks arrayed behind barricades of matchboxes",
            "A radio operator hunched by a cardboard transmitter",
            "A battered flag stitched from fabric scraps"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Soldiers execute choreographed advances with synchronized foot-taps",
            "Explosions simulated with layered paper bursts and ash dust animated in frames",
            "Cut to a slow, poignant close of a fallen miniature with a dropped helmet",
            "A field medic puppet attempts a futile patch-up in stilted movement"
        ],
        "camera": "Low oblique battle-frame with contrived shaking and stepped recoil frames",
        "accents": [
            "cardboard micro-fiber edge and ash micro-particulate detail",
            "matte paint micro-chipping and fabric micro-weave on flags"
        ],
        "mood": "sombre, heroic",
        "lighting": "smoky dusk with directional flares simulating flare-bangs",
        "style": "grim diorama stop-motion with model-effects and tactile debris"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Stop Motion",
        "scene": "Midnight engine shed where vintage toy planes practice aerial stunts (dark/adventurous)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Rafters with hanging propellers and oil-slicked planks",
            "A control stand with rotating levers and toggles",
            "Paint-splattered wings drying on racks",
            "A pinned route map with stitched flight-lines",
            "A small wind tunnel demonstration model"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Planes swerve through hoops suspended on fishing wire",
            "A daring loop animated with stepped rotation frames and tumble cloth smoke",
            "Cut to tight cockpit close-ups with tiny instrument decals shifting",
            "A triumphant touchdown sequence with cheering toy figures"
        ],
        "camera": "Dynamic gimbal-like sweeps with intentional jitter to sell scale",
        "accents": [
            "metal micro-rivet detail and canvas micro-weave on wings",
            "oil micro-sheen and propeller micro-blur suggested by layered frames"
        ],
        "mood": "buoyant daring",
        "lighting": "cool hangar shadows with warm workshop practicals",
        "style": "miniature aviation stop-motion with cinematic stunt language"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Stop Motion",
        "scene": "Sunlit street diorama where tiny commuters bustle in exaggerated loops (light/urban)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Tiny bicycles clinking along cobblestone streets",
            "A newspaper stand with fluttering headlines",
            "Shop windows with hand-painted product displays",
            "A lamplighter adjusting a miniature gas lamp",
            "A café terrace with animated steam rising from cups"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Commuters perform meticulous staggered walk cycles",
            "A vendor rings a bell and customers que in short frame bursts",
            "Cut to stop-motion montages of everyday city rituals repeated rhythmically",
            "A brief comedic collision resolved by a staged apology bow"
        ],
        "camera": "Steady street-level pans with periodic jerky step-frames for comedic timing",
        "accents": [
            "cobble micro-roughness and signage micro-brush strokes",
            "ceramic micro-glaze on tiny cups"
        ],
        "mood": "cheerful bustle",
        "lighting": "clear daylight with crisp shadows and warm window fills",
        "style": "kinetic urban stop-motion with rhythmic editing"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Stop Motion",
        "scene": "Dawn chemistry lab where beakers bubble into fantastical creatures (light/curious)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Glassware arranged like a miniature skyline",
            "Colored vapors curling into living forms",
            "A blackboard scrawled with whimsical equations",
            "Droplights catching iridescent surfaces",
            "A small centrifuge whirring to a steady rhythm"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Bubbles coalesce into expressive micro-creatures that scuttle across benches",
            "A careful pipette administers a drop and triggers metamorphosis",
            "Cut to a montage of experiments failing and resolving in charming ways",
            "A final creature politely bows and retires into a jar"
        ],
        "camera": "Curious micro-lens close-ups with playful rack-focus and staged step-timing",
        "accents": [
            "glass micro-refraction and iridescent micro-sheen on vapors",
            "chalk micro-dust on blackboard"
        ],
        "mood": "inquisitive delight",
        "lighting": "bright studio daylight with glass highlights",
        "style": "whimsical laboratory stop-motion mixing practical effects"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Stop Motion",
        "scene": "Midnight toy hospital where repair hands stitch knitted limbs back together (dark/tender)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Rows of beds with patched-up stuffed patients",
            "A sewing machine clacking in soft rhythm",
            "A medicine cabinet of buttons and tiny bandages",
            "A chart listing toy ailments in handwritten ink",
            "A soft lamp casting a caring pool of light"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Nurse puppets trim loose threads and sew seams with meticulous frames",
            "A rescued toy regains a missing button eye and blinks to life",
            "Cut to a montage of restorative actions with close needle-thread choreography",
            "A final goodbye as repaired toys march out into morning"
        ],
        "camera": "Gentle handheld macro with tender slow-frame detail",
        "accents": [
            "stitch micro-knot detail and fabric micro-pile on plush",
            "thread micro-sheen and lamp micro-halo"
        ],
        "mood": "compassionate, comforting",
        "lighting": "soft bedside practicals with warm fill",
        "style": "empathetic stop-motion with handcrafted textile focus"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Stop Motion",
        "scene": "Dusk bazaar of miniature curios where tiny merchants haggle in silent pantomime (dark/atmospheric)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Paper lanterns strung between stalls",
            "A spice-seller with velvet sachets in miniature",
            "A clockwork merchant tinkering with a tiny trinket",
            "An alleyway of crates with carved sigils",
            "A painted signboard with moving letters"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Haggling played out in exaggerated stop-motion gestures and intertitle cards",
            "A stealthy pickpocket puppet makes a clumsy theft then is caught in a comic beat",
            "Cut to close-ups of wares flickering with tiny mechanical life",
            "A merchant wraps a purchase in tissue and hands it off with ceremony"
        ],
        "camera": "Market-level pans with vignette and staggered frame emphasis on gestures",
        "accents": [
            "fabric micro-weave on sacks and wood micro-grain on crates",
            "lantern micro-halo and painted micro-detail on signs"
        ],
        "mood": "mysterious commerce",
        "lighting": "muted dusk with warm market pools",
        "style": "textured stop-motion market tableau with character-driven vignettes"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Stop Motion",
        "scene": "Sunlit schoolroom diorama where chalk avatars lead a class of toy pupils (light/whimsical)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Tiny desks with carved initials",
            "A globe spinning in exaggerated frame steps",
            "Crayon drawings creeping to life on the classroom wall",
            "A bell that peals in single-frame stutters",
            "A window with birds staging an animated chorus"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Chalk avatars demonstrate letters which animate into living words",
            "Pupils respond in synchronized frame leaps and polite applause",
            "Cut to a montage of lessons illustrated through playful visual metaphors",
            "A final school bell sends everyone into joyful, staggered exit frames"
        ],
        "camera": "Straightforward classroom coverage with occasional joyful macro inserts",
        "accents": [
            "chalk micro-dust and paper micro-fiber textures",
            "wood micro-patina on desk edges"
        ],
        "mood": "playful learning",
        "lighting": "bright classroom daylight with warm highlights",
        "style": "educational stop-motion with charming motion timing"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Stop Motion",
        "scene": "Midnight greenhouse where glass terrariums whisper and rearrange their plants (dark/enchanted)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Condensation patterns forming ephemeral maps on glass",
            "Rows of terrariums on wooden benches",
            "A hand-written plant index with tiny botanical sketches",
            "A damp floor reflecting lantern halos",
            "A creeping vine appearing to write with itself"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Plants subtly shift frames, rearranging their leaves like a choreography",
            "A terrarium lid opens to reveal a sleeping miniature creature",
            "Cut to close-up growth cycles animated through layered replacement frames",
            "A final tableau of synchronized leaf unfurls greets dawn"
        ],
        "camera": "Quiet macro pushes with shallow depth emphasizing glass reflections",
        "accents": [
            "glass micro-condensation and leaf micro-vein translucency",
            "soil micro-grit visible in macro"
        ],
        "mood": "quiet wonder",
        "lighting": "soft green-tinged greenhouse practicals with gentle pools",
        "style": "botanical stop-motion with delicate replacement animation"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Stop Motion",
        "scene": "Dawn coastal diorama where miniature fishermen launch handcrafted boats (light/earnest)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Foam sugared waves made from cotton layered in frames",
            "Rowboats with patched sails and tiny oars",
            "A weather-worn pier with peeled paint details",
            "Buckets of tiny bait and coiled rope",
            "Dawn sky painted in soft gradient washes"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Fisher puppets push a boat into staged waves with staggered stepping",
            "A net is hauled frame-by-frame to reveal a surprising small catch",
            "Cut to a montage of seaside rituals in rhythmic stop-motion beats",
            "A communal unload shows barter and shared morning bread"
        ],
        "camera": "Gentle low coastal pushes with staged wave-step timing",
        "accents": [
            "rope micro-fiber and painted wood micro-weathering",
            "cotton micro-fiber used for wave texture"
        ],
        "mood": "humble camaraderie",
        "lighting": "soft sunrise with warm rim highlights",
        "style": "nostalgic maritime stop-motion with handcrafted sea textures"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Stop Motion",
        "scene": "Midnight toy detective office where felt figures solve a tiny mystery (dark/noir)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "A dim desk lamp and a cluttered bulletin board",
            "A rain-streaked miniature window with neon beyond",
            "A typewriter clacking frozen in mid-press",
            "A fedora hung on a scaled coat rack",
            "A city skyline silhouette pinned to the wall"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Detective flips through tiny clues frame-by-frame, revealing a pattern",
            "A tense confrontation played out in terse stop-motion gestures",
            "Cut to flashback sequences illustrated via mixed-media cutouts",
            "A final reveal dissolves into a cigarette-smoke shaped title card"
        ],
        "camera": "Tight noir framing with low-key lighting and deliberate stepped beats",
        "accents": [
            "felt micro-fuzz texture and paper micro-collage edges",
            "lamp micro-halo and rain micro-streaks on window glass"
        ],
        "mood": "tense, nostalgic",
        "lighting": "high-contrast low-key with narrow practical pools",
        "style": "mini-noir stop-motion with expressive silhouette work"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Stop Motion",
        "scene": "Sunlit toy repair shop where tiny gears are swapped and polished (light/industrious)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Benches lined with small tools and labeled drawers",
            "A polishing wheel spinning with visible grit",
            "A pegboard with perfectly hung miniature instruments",
            "A small hand-scrawled invoice pinned to a shelf",
            "A window displaying a street bustle outside"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Repairer tightens a tiny screw in precise incremental frames",
            "A sequence of polishing transforms a dull surface into gleaming brass",
            "Cut to customer satisfaction expressed in small, comedic gestures",
            "A final satisfied nod as repaired toy springs back to life"
        ],
        "camera": "Methodical workbench inserts and patient macro rotations",
        "accents": [
            "brass micro-patina and tool micro-scratch detail",
            "wood micro-veneer on bench surfaces in macro"
        ],
        "mood": "satisfying craft",
        "lighting": "bright clean workshop light with crisp highlights",
        "style": "detail-focused stop-motion with meticulous prop-driven storytelling"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Stop Motion",
        "scene": "Dusk puppet city under a slow snowfall where each flake is hand-cut (dark/poetic)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Paper buildings dusted with miniature snow",
            "A slow wind pushing tiny banners along the street",
            "Warm windows glowing through overcast skies",
            "Footprints left as soft indentations across the square",
            "A solitary lamppost crowning a silent square"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Puppets traverse the square in slow measured frames leaving ephemeral traces",
            "Snowflakes tumble in layered replacement frames producing a tactile drift",
            "Cut to a reflective pause at a frozen fountain",
            "A quiet handshake under the lamplight ends the vignette"
        ],
        "camera": "Wide contemplative pans with soft stepped frame cadence on flakes",
        "accents": [
            "paper micro-fiber on snow flakes and warm glass micro-glow",
            "fabric micro-weave on puppet coats visible in macro"
        ],
        "mood": "quiet melancholy",
        "lighting": "soft dusk with warm interior contrast",
        "style": "poetic stop-motion with handcrafted winter effects"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Stop Motion",
        "scene": "Sunlit apothecary diorama where tiny bottles bubble with animated remedies (light/mystical)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Shelves filled with labeled apothecary jars",
            "A mortar and pestle mid-grind with fragrant smoke strips",
            "Hand-lettered labels and tiny measuring spoons",
            "A small brass scale balancing a single herb sprig",
            "A stained-glass window scattering colored patterns"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "A vial emits a tiny animated sprite that flutters between bottles",
            "Apothecary mixes a remedy with rhythmic, precise frame steps",
            "Cut to a grateful customer whose ailments visibly lighten in layered frames",
            "A gentle close on a label revealing an old family recipe"
        ],
        "camera": "Warm close-ups with textured push-ins and steady macro focus",
        "accents": [
            "glass micro-refraction and paper micro-label aging",
            "brass micro-patina on scales"
        ],
        "mood": "gentle wonder",
        "lighting": "sunlit interior with colorful stained-glass accents",
        "style": "charming apothecary stop-motion with small magical touches"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Stop Motion",
        "scene": "Midnight clock tower where tiny bell-ringers wind ancient mechanisms (dark/ritual)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Rustic gears exposed against night sky",
            "A ladder of rope and wooden rungs reaching upward",
            "A bell etched with tiny heraldic symbols",
            "Moonlight catching dust spirals in the tower",
            "A parchment ledger with ringing schedules"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Bell-ringers heave in sync with choreographed frame steps",
            "The bell toll causes a subtle shift across the miniature city below",
            "Cut to a slow reveal of the winding mechanism engaging",
            "A final whisper as the hands reset for another cycle"
        ],
        "camera": "Vertical crane-style moves with purposeful frame stepping on mechanisms",
        "accents": [
            "metal micro-etching on bell and rope micro-fiber texture",
            "dust micro-motes catching slivers of moonlight"
        ],
        "mood": "solemn, ritualized",
        "lighting": "narrow moonlit shafts with cool ambient fills",
        "style": "ceremonial stop-motion with mechanical reverence"
    }
]