[
    {
        "subGenre": "Sadness",
        "scene": "Rain-slicked train platform where a quiet farewell unfolds",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Rain-slicked train platform where a quiet farewell unfolds",
            "Umbrellas turned inward as crowds move past",
            "A lone ticket kiosk casting a small pool of light",
            "A suitcase left momentarily at the feet of the departing",
            "Wet footprints trailing toward the carriage"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "A lingering hand that won't let go",
            "Words swallowed, eyes downcast as the train hisses",
            "A dropped glove recovered after the train departs",
            "A small wave without a smile"
        ],
        "camera": "Static medium on the pair with a slow, heartbreaking push-out as the train departs",
        "accents": [
            "cold specular glints on wet surfaces",
            "subtle micro-detail in raindrop trails on faces"
        ],
        "mood": "muted resignation",
        "lighting": "cool overcast daylight with reflective puddle highlights",
        "style": "quiet, observational short"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Sadness",
        "scene": "Empty apartment at dawn with one cup of coffee gone cold",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Empty apartment at dawn with one cup of coffee gone cold",
            "Sunrise pushing weak light through blinds",
            "An unmade bed and a pulled-out jacket",
            "A calendar with a circled date slowly fading",
            "Photographs facedown on a bookshelf"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Tracing a name on a photograph with a fingertip",
            "Sitting motionless at the table while the room breathes",
            "Reaching for a phone that doesn't ring",
            "A cigarette exhaled slowly then crushed"
        ],
        "camera": "Tight intimate close-ups on hands and lingering stillness, slow zoom out to show emptiness",
        "accents": [
            "soft directional morning rim-light catching dust motes",
            "high micro-detail on ceramic ring stains and fabric fibers"
        ],
        "mood": "quiet ache",
        "lighting": "soft warm dawn with long, melancholic shadows",
        "style": "intimate domestic realism"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Sadness",
        "scene": "Hospital waiting room where hope thins into worry",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Hospital waiting room where hope thins into worry",
            "Papers held tightly with trembling fingers",
            "A vending machine lighting an empty corner",
            "Intercom announcements echoing softly",
            "A coffee cup stained with dried rings"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Holding a hand through a thin blanket of silence",
            "A sudden intake of breath at a distant footstep",
            "A journal opened and closed repeatedly",
            "A small, private prayer mouthed under breath"
        ],
        "camera": "Unobtrusive medium shots that focus on micro-expressions and small repetitive gestures",
        "accents": [
            "cool fluorescent rim-light and sterile reflections",
            "minute detail on shallow breaths and clasped knuckles"
        ],
        "mood": "anxious sorrow",
        "lighting": "flat clinical light with isolated bright spots",
        "style": "restrained, humanist vignette"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Sadness",
        "scene": "Wilted bouquet left on a park bench at midday",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Wilted bouquet left on a park bench at midday",
            "Litter swirling around its petals",
            "A note half-visible under a rain-darkened leaf",
            "A bench backrest scratched with initials",
            "A pigeon pecking at scattered petals"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "A hand hesitates before picking up the bouquet then lets it lie",
            "A passerby gently brushes petals aside",
            "A gust of wind overturns the note",
            "A slow headshake at the sight"
        ],
        "camera": "Wide still revealing the quiet park, then a slow, sorrowful push-in toward the bouquet",
        "accents": [
            "soft midday rim-light on fragile petals",
            "textural micro-detail on wilting edges and paper fibers"
        ],
        "mood": "subdued melancholy",
        "lighting": "neutral daylight with soft directional fill",
        "style": "poetic quiet"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Sadness",
        "scene": "Late-night street outside a closed cafe with a single chair empty",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Late-night street outside a closed cafe with a single chair empty",
            "Neon sign flickering and buzzing",
            "A puddle reflecting a lonely streetlamp",
            "A coat draped over one chair as if still warm",
            "A tipped-over cup rolling slowly away"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "A lone figure staring at the empty chair from across the road",
            "A slow walk away with shoulders hunched",
            "An attempt to call, then the phone slipped into a pocket",
            "A cigarette extinguished on the curb"
        ],
        "camera": "Long lens from across the street compressing distance, slow tracking as figure leaves",
        "accents": [
            "neon rim-light casting colored halos",
            "wet-surface micro-reflections on asphalt"
        ],
        "mood": "solitary sorrow",
        "lighting": "low-key night lighting with neon accents",
        "style": "noir-tinged urban vignette"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Sadness",
        "scene": "Abandoned fairground at dusk with one silent carousel (night)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Abandoned fairground at dusk with one silent carousel",
            "Faded paint and creaking mechanisms",
            "A tangled string of broken lights",
            "Rust eating at metal railings",
            "Overgrown grass between cracked pavement"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "A slow run of fingers along a chipped horse's mane",
            "A seated figure watching an empty ride slowly rotate in the wind",
            "A small laugh that fades into a sigh",
            "Dropping a coin and watching it fall through a grate"
        ],
        "camera": "Low, melancholic dolly with gentle rotations to emphasize decay and loss",
        "accents": [
            "cold moon rim-light catching rust and flaking paint",
            "dusty texture micro-detail on carved wood"
        ],
        "mood": "haunted nostalgia",
        "lighting": "cool dusk-to-night with cold highlights",
        "style": "poetic melancholic tableau"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Sadness",
        "scene": "Airport arrival hall where an expected face never appears",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Airport arrival hall where an expected face never appears",
            "Monitors scrolling with arriving flights",
            "A crowd of reunited pairs passing each other",
            "A tired bench under large glass windows",
            "A travel pillow left behind on a seat"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Scanning faces until exhaustion sets in",
            "A slow slump as hope dwindles",
            "A voicemail replayed again with closed eyes",
            "An unopened bouquet slowly drooping on a trolley"
        ],
        "camera": "Tracking medium to long shots capturing the movement of others contrasted with the stillness of the waiting person",
        "accents": [
            "harsh terminal rim-light and glossy floor reflections",
            "micro-detail on trembling paper ticket edges"
        ],
        "mood": "quiet despair",
        "lighting": "bright terminal lighting with stark contrast",
        "style": "realist, emotionally restrained"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Sadness",
        "scene": "Sunlit backyard where a shared houseplant has died",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Sunlit backyard where a shared houseplant has died",
            "Brown leaves scattered around a cracked pot",
            "Garden tools left unused",
            "A faded picnic blanket folded carelessly",
            "A watering can tipped on its side"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Carefully scooping compost from the soil with shaking hands",
            "A small, wordless ceremony and burying of the plant",
            "Touching the dried leaf as if checking for life",
            "A soft laugh turning into a sob"
        ],
        "camera": "Close tactile shots on soil, hands, and dead leaves, then a wide to show the empty space",
        "accents": [
            "warm sunlight rim-light on dust and dry petals",
            "earth texture micro-detail"
        ],
        "mood": "gentle mourning",
        "lighting": "bright daylight softened by late-afternoon tone",
        "style": "quiet domestic elegy"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Sadness",
        "scene": "A small coastal cliff where letters are scattered to the wind (day)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "A small coastal cliff where letters are scattered to the wind",
            "Seagulls riding gusts over white surf",
            "A shoebox of unsent notes left open",
            "Salt-streaked handwriting on buffed paper",
            "Tide pulling at abandoned footprints"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Tossing letters into the sea and watching them drift",
            "A long, slow exhale of acceptance",
            "Picking up the last page and folding it into a keepsake",
            "Kneeling to steady oneself against the wind"
        ],
        "camera": "High-angle wide to show smallness against horizon followed by intimate close on the last letter",
        "accents": [
            "hard coastal rim-light and spray micro-detail",
            "textural detail on salt-stained paper"
        ],
        "mood": "cathartic sorrow",
        "lighting": "clear daylight with a crisp cool key",
        "style": "lyrical, wind-swept short"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Sadness",
        "scene": "Churchyard service at twilight after a quiet funeral (night)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Churchyard service at twilight after a quiet funeral",
            "Black attire and muted flowers",
            "A lone candle guttering on a small memorial",
            "Frosted breath in the cool air",
            "A folded program left on a pew"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "A final placing of flowers on a stone",
            "Heads bowed and shoulders steadying each other",
            "A lingering hand on cool stone",
            "A hollow, collective intake of breath"
        ],
        "camera": "Respectful distant shots with considered close focus on ritual gestures, slow fades",
        "accents": [
            "soft candle rim-light and cold twilight highlights",
            "stone micro-detail and fabric textures"
        ],
        "mood": "solemn grief",
        "lighting": "low twilight with candle accents",
        "style": "respectful, restrained cinematography"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Sadness",
        "scene": "Overcast pier midday where a promise was once made",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Overcast pier midday where a promise was once made",
            "Seaglass glints dull against grey water",
            "A carved heart now weathered and faint",
            "A pair of matching bracelets, one missing",
            "A bench with initials worn smooth"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Running fingers over the carved initials",
            "A reflective stare across the water",
            "A small stone tossed with unnecessary force",
            "Hands folded to hide trembling"
        ],
        "camera": "Medium wide with occasional tight cuts to personal tokens and faces",
        "accents": [
            "muted specular highlights on damp wood",
            "micro-detail on salt-weathered carving"
        ],
        "mood": "wistful sadness",
        "lighting": "flat grey midday with soft, even fill",
        "style": "muted, contemplative short"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Sadness",
        "scene": "Dimly lit rehearsal hall where a song ends and applause fails to come (night)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Dimly lit rehearsal hall where a song ends and applause fails to come",
            "Scattered sheet music on the floor",
            "A single stray spotlight slowly dimming",
            "A chair left empty onstage",
            "A tuning fork left still on a stand"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Lowering the instrument slowly and walking offstage",
            "A small hand wipe at eyes behind a door",
            "Sitting alone under a warm light while the hall sleeps",
            "A phone screen illuminating a quiet message"
        ],
        "camera": "Intimate medium with shallow depth to isolate the performer, slow pan to empty seats",
        "accents": [
            "warm stage rim-light against dark auditorium",
            "micro-detail on lacquered instrument finish"
        ],
        "mood": "deflated sorrow",
        "lighting": "spotlit interior with deep surrounding shadows",
        "style": "moody, character-driven vignette"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Sadness",
        "scene": "Fading mural on a city wall where lovers once left graffiti",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Fading mural on a city wall where lovers once left graffiti",
            "Paint flaking under sun and rain",
            "Stencilled initials barely legible",
            "A layered collage of other artists' marks",
            "A passerby pausing to trace a letter"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Tracing an old initial and closing eyes",
            "Leaving a small new mark then walking away",
            "A slow, rueful smile at a memory",
            "A hand rubbing at paint as if to restore it"
        ],
        "camera": "Close texture shots with occasional medium to show scale and neglect",
        "accents": [
            "sun-bleached rim-light and surface micro-detail",
            "peeling paint texture emphasized"
        ],
        "mood": "nostalgic sorrow",
        "lighting": "soft afternoon sun with mild desaturation",
        "style": "urban poetic realism"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Sadness",
        "scene": "A small kitchen table where an empty chair marks absence (day)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "A small kitchen table where an empty chair marks absence",
            "A half-set breakfast with one plate untouched",
            "A radio playing low, distant news",
            "A note folded under a salt shaker",
            "A coat slung over the back of the empty chair"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Setting an extra cup and then pushing it away",
            "Reading a note again for reassurance",
            "Stirring coffee without drinking",
            "A slow, automatic habit performed without thought"
        ],
        "camera": "Steady medium framing the table with small, concentrated insert close-ups",
        "accents": [
            "warm kitchen rim-light and visible steam micro-detail",
            "shallow depth on handwritten note textures"
        ],
        "mood": "domestic sorrow",
        "lighting": "morning daylight softened through a curtain",
        "style": "quiet, personal vignette"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Sadness",
        "scene": "Night drive down an empty highway with radio static and city lights receding (night)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Night drive down an empty highway with radio static and city lights receding",
            "Dashboard reflections on the windscreen",
            "A map folded at the passenger seat",
            "Distant neon swallowed by speed",
            "The glow of taillights stretching into the distance"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Tight grip on the steering wheel while jaw clenched",
            "A slow exhale as the speedometer climbs and nothing changes",
            "A missed call ignored for the third time",
            "Switching radio stations until static becomes a lullaby"
        ],
        "camera": "Interior car medium with periodic external tracking to underscore distance and motion",
        "accents": [
            "specular highlights on glass and chrome",
            "micro-detail on breath fog and dashboard dust"
        ],
        "mood": "lonely reflection",
        "lighting": "low interior with cool exterior night glow",
        "style": "nocturnal introspective short"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Sadness",
        "scene": "Sunlit bus stop where memories keep the seat warm (day)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Sunlit bus stop where memories keep the seat warm",
            "A folded newspaper with the corner turned down",
            "An old ticket pinned under a bench",
            "Graffiti of a dated heart nearby",
            "A bus schedule frayed at the edges"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Sitting where someone used to sit and listening to the wind",
            "Tucking hair behind the ear and looking down the road",
            "A small attempt to call, then pocketing the phone",
            "Fiddling with a ring or bracelet left on the lap"
        ],
        "camera": "Observational medium with occasional close-in on personal tokens and glances",
        "accents": [
            "warm midday rim-light with subtle lens bloom",
            "micro-detail on creased paper and copper coin edges"
        ],
        "mood": "soft longing",
        "lighting": "clear daylight with warm key",
        "style": "quiet, bittersweet vignette"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Sadness",
        "scene": "Cold attic filled with boxed memories and a solitary lamp (night)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Cold attic filled with boxed memories and a solitary lamp",
            "Dust motes swirling in a narrow shaft of light",
            "Old letters tied with frayed ribbon",
            "A cracked mirror reflecting a small, tired face",
            "A faded concert ticket pinned inside a box"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Opening a box and letting memories fall out slowly",
            "Sitting on a trunk while clutching a photograph",
            "Blowing dust from a token and pressing it to the chest",
            "A single quiet laugh that turns into a sob"
        ],
        "camera": "Tight, tactile close-ups on ephemera with shallow focus, slow reveal of the person",
        "accents": [
            "warm lamp rim-light contrasted with surrounding gloom",
            "paper fiber micro-detail and dust texture"
        ],
        "mood": "intimate grief",
        "lighting": "low warm single-source lamp light",
        "style": "claustrophobic, tender realism"
    },
    {
        "subGenre": "Sadness",
        "scene": "Park gazebo at dusk where a song used to be sung (night)",
        "sceneVariants": [
            "Park gazebo at dusk where a song used to be sung",
            "Wind through the railings whispering empty notes",
            "An old setlist stuck under a bench",
            "A pair of shoes left neatly side by side",
            "A lantern long since extinguished"
        ],
        "actions": [
            "Sitting on the edge running fingers along wood grain",
            "Humming a fragment of an old tune then stopping",
            "Leaving a small memento in the setlist's place",
            "A soft, private conversation with memory"
        ],
        "camera": "Medium-long with warm close-ins on hands and small tokens as dusk deepens",
        "accents": [
            "soft twilight rim-light and subtle wood grain micro-detail",
            "cold breath vapor picks up in close-ups"
        ],
        "mood": "wistful solitude",
        "lighting": "dusk low-key with faint warm rim accents",
        "style": "melancholic pastoral"
    }
]