{
    "sci-fi": [
        {
            "subGenre": "Post-Apocalypse",
            "scene": "Sunlit ruined highway overgrown with wildflowers where survivors trade goods",
            "sceneVariants": [
                "A farmer's stall set up on cracked asphalt under a road sign",
                "Children running between rusted cars blooming with vines",
                "A barter circle exchanging canned goods and seeds",
                "A bicycle rigged with a solar panel parked by a scavenged shop",
                "A distant wind-sculpted billboard half-buried in grass"
            ],
            "actions": [
                "Merchants weighing goods on improvised scales",
                "A storyteller recounting pre-fall memories",
                "A barter sealed with a handshake and a grin",
                "A mechanic trading labor for food"
            ],
            "camera": "Wide pastoral crane with intimate mid-shots of hands exchanging goods",
            "accents": [
                "warm golden sunlight catching pollen and dust",
                "soft lens flares through torn fabric banners"
            ],
            "mood": "quiet resilience",
            "lighting": "bright daytime with warm fills",
            "style": "hopeful pastoral post-apocalypse"
        },
        {
            "subGenre": "Post-Apocalypse",
            "scene": "Daytime ruined mall turned community hub with rooftop gardens",
            "sceneVariants": [
                "A greenhouse sprouting on the former food court",
                "Solar panels patched onto skylights",
                "A children's school in an old clothing store",
                "A makeshift clinic using scavenged equipment",
                "A noticeboard filled with hand-drawn announcements"
            ],
            "actions": [
                "Volunteers tending vertical gardens",
                "Teachers pointing at chalkboard lessons",
                "A nurse sterilizing instruments with a solar kettle",
                "A group repairing a water filtration rig"
            ],
            "camera": "Tracking steadicam through aisles turned into living spaces",
            "accents": [
                "greenery against cracked tile textures",
                "warm communal candle and solar lamp clusters"
            ],
            "mood": "rebuilding hope",
            "lighting": "soft daylight streaming through broken skylights",
            "style": "documentary community rebuild"
        },
        {
            "subGenre": "Post-Apocalypse",
            "scene": "A bright marketplace in a repurposed subway station, painted murals telling survival stories",
            "sceneVariants": [
                "Stalls hung from arches selling preserved goods",
                "Musicians playing on a reclaimed platform",
                "A public library corner with salvaged books",
                "Children trading handmade trinkets",
                "A mural of the sun rising over the broken city"
            ],
            "actions": [
                "Singers collecting coins and food donations",
                "An elder reading a story to children",
                "A volunteer teaching basic repairs",
                "A steward posting daily hours on a board"
            ],
            "camera": "Low-angle wide to show vaulted ceilings and close-ups on mural brushstrokes",
            "accents": [
                "vivid painted color on concrete",
                "soft echoes and reverberant soundscapes"
            ],
            "mood": "communal uplift",
            "lighting": "even daylight with warm reflections from murals",
            "style": "urban reappropriation realism"
        },
        {
            "subGenre": "Post-Apocalypse",
            "scene": "A daylight convoy of solar-tractor wagons traversing flat farmlands to trade harvests",
            "sceneVariants": [
                "A train of patched vehicles pulling trailers of produce",
                "Neighbors waving from distant fences",
                "A child carrying a basket of seedlings",
                "Wind turbines turned into simple pumps along the route",
                "A midday rest beneath an overturned highway overpass"
            ],
            "actions": [
                "Farmers exchanging seed varieties and farming knowledge",
                "A technician maintaining solar arrays between stops",
                "A communal meal shared at a road-side break",
                "Animals herded beside the convoy"
            ],
            "camera": "Slow panoramic pull showing scale of reconnection with close interior shots",
            "accents": [
                "sunbeam shafts across dust motes",
                "metallic glints from repaired solar panels"
            ],
            "mood": "steady purpose",
            "lighting": "bright midday sun with high-key exposure",
            "style": "agrarian-revival documentary"
        },
        {
            "subGenre": "Post-Apocalypse",
            "scene": "A bright day clinic by a river where water is purified and small surgeries occur",
            "sceneVariants": [
                "Clerks filtering river water with bag filters",
                "A simple operating tent with solar lanterns",
                "Parents watching children receive vaccinations",
                "A counselor talking quietly to a recovering patient",
                "A row of stitched banners marking service hours"
            ],
            "actions": [
                "Medics sterilizing instruments using improvised heat",
                "Volunteers distributing clean water",
                "Counselors logging recoveries and immunizations",
                "A choreographed sanitation routine after triage"
            ],
            "camera": "Documentary eye-level with focused close-ups on hands and faces",
            "accents": [
                "sparkling river highlights",
                "warm fabric textures in tents"
            ],
            "mood": "practical compassion",
            "lighting": "daylight with warm natural fill",
            "style": "humanitarian realism"
        },
        {
            "subGenre": "Post-Apocalypse",
            "scene": "A daytime salvage fair where scavengers trade parts scavenged from skyscrapers",
            "sceneVariants": [
                "Rows of organized metal and glass fragments",
                "A barter auction for a rare generator component",
                "Tinkers demonstrating how to repurpose old tech",
                "A child shown how to assemble a wind vane",
                "A makeshift museum of pre-fall relics"
            ],
            "actions": [
                "Trades negotiated over coffee and ration tokens",
                "Mechanics teaching repurposing skills",
                "A vendor demonstrating a refurbished pump",
                "A scavenger proudly showing a hard-to-find item"
            ],
            "camera": "Medium tracking with energetic quick cuts to demonstrations",
            "accents": [
                "bright midday glare on sorted metal stacks",
                "handwritten price tags and weathered patina"
            ],
            "mood": "resourceful optimism",
            "lighting": "full daylight with crisp shadows",
            "style": "community economy vignette"
        },
        {
            "subGenre": "Post-Apocalypse",
            "scene": "A sunlit rooftop orchard atop a bunker, families harvesting fruits and herbs",
            "sceneVariants": [
                "Children picking sun-warmed berries",
                "Seniors teaching grafting techniques",
                "A communal table for evening shared meals",
                "A rooftop beehive buzzing gently",
                "A water catchment system funneling into planters"
            ],
            "actions": [
                "Families tending trellises and pruning shoots",
                "A volunteer distributing harvested seeds",
                "A small celebration at basket overflow",
                "A gardener swapping tips with a neighbor"
            ],
            "camera": "Warm overhead glide with close-ups on hands and plants",
            "accents": [
                "golden hour warmth even in midday",
                "dew and soil texture in macro"
            ],
            "mood": "nurturing calm",
            "lighting": "bright sun with soft warm fill",
            "style": "intimate community documentary"
        },
        {
            "subGenre": "Post-Apocalypse",
            "scene": "A bright education courtyard where elders teach literacy and trades to the younger generation",
            "sceneVariants": [
                "Chalkboards propped on crates under sun umbrellas",
                "Children reading aloud from salvaged books",
                "An instructor demonstrating boot repair",
                "A communal craft circle making tools",
                "A wall painted with a timeline of the community's rebuilding milestones"
            ],
            "actions": [
                "Teaching sessions rotating through skill stations",
                "Students practicing and correcting each other",
                "An elder handing down a treasured manual",
                "A communal schedule announced by bell"
            ],
            "camera": "Steady mid-shot with candid close-ups capturing learning gestures",
            "accents": [
                "sunlit chalk dust motes",
                "warm wooden textures and hand tools"
            ],
            "mood": "hopeful continuity",
            "lighting": "even bright daylight with gentle fill",
            "style": "social-repair documentary"
        },
        {
            "subGenre": "Post-Apocalypse",
            "scene": "A bright river-ferry crossing where a small flotilla transports people and goods between districts",
            "sceneVariants": [
                "A makeshift ferry powered by a repurposed engine",
                "Passengers sharing stories on deck",
                "A barge of communal tools slowly pulled across",
                "A raft decorated with reclaimed fabrics",
                "A child dropping a paper boat into the current"
            ],
            "actions": [
                "Crew managing ropes and rudders",
                "Passengers loading and unloading cargo",
                "A musician strumming to ease the journey",
                "Maintenance checks on the ferry's patched hull"
            ],
            "camera": "Calm wide with intimate deck-level inserts",
            "accents": [
                "sparkling river reflections under clear sky",
                "fabric banners flapping in a gentle breeze"
            ],
            "mood": "tranquil connection",
            "lighting": "bright daylight with reflective highlights",
            "style": "poignant communal travel vignette"
        },
        {
            "subGenre": "Post-Apocalypse",
            "scene": "Night — Torchlit encampment around a reclaimed radio mast broadcasting a nightly community program",
            "sceneVariants": [
                "A circle of listeners huddled under blankets",
                "An operator spinning analog dials on a patched transmitter",
                "A local band playing quietly between announcements",
                "A line of volunteers serving hot broth",
                "A child shining a tin reflector to signal a distant friend"
            ],
            "actions": [
                "A broadcaster reading letters and news aloud",
                "Technician tuning frequency to reach outlying farms",
                "Listeners clapping at a familiar story",
                "A volunteer ensuring the generator's fuel feed"
            ],
            "camera": "Intimate low-angle with flickering torchlight close-ups",
            "accents": [
                "warm torch and lantern gleams",
                "soft smoke ribbons tracing through cool air"
            ],
            "mood": "comforting solidarity",
            "lighting": "warm nightlight and fire-lit pockets",
            "style": "nostalgic oral-history drama"
        },
        {
            "subGenre": "Post-Apocalypse",
            "scene": "Night — Ruined city skyline with scavenger teams using headlamps to collect solar cells from rooftops",
            "sceneVariants": [
                "Headlamp dots moving like constellations across jagged roofs",
                "A rooftop camp where harvested panels are sorted",
                "A scavenger rappelling down a façade with a crate",
                "A rain-slick rooftop mirror reflecting distant sirens",
                "A signal fire taking shape to guide another team"
            ],
            "actions": [
                "Teams coordinating haul and lift operations in whispered tones",
                "A lookout scanning for hazards and patrols",
                "Panels being stripped and tested with a portable meter",
                "A quick celebration at a successful salvage"
            ],
            "camera": "Long lens compression with tight lamp-lit macro inserts",
            "accents": [
                "cool headlamp beams cutting through blackness",
                "wet sheen on damaged tar and metal"
            ],
            "mood": "tense industriousness",
            "lighting": "night with sharp portable lamp highlights",
            "style": "stealth salvage realism"
        },
        {
            "subGenre": "Post-Apocalypse",
            "scene": "Night — Abandoned subway tunnel turned into a secret market under electric string-lights",
            "sceneVariants": [
                "Hubs of clandestine trade under warm bulbs",
                "A fortune-teller reading pre-fall maps by lamp",
                "An impromptu theater performance on a platform",
                "A hush as new arrivals are vetted at a checkpoint",
                "A makeshift blacksmith striking under a single overhead bulb"
            ],
            "actions": [
                "Vendors exchanging contraband and rare goods",
                "Performers entertaining as a cover for trade",
                "Guards scanning newcomers with handheld scanners",
                "A hush agreement settling disagreements quickly"
            ],
            "camera": "Moody handheld with warm practical-light close-ups",
            "accents": [
                "glowing filament bulbs casting intimate pools",
                "echoing footsteps on tiled platforms"
            ],
            "mood": "covert camaraderie",
            "lighting": "low warm string-lights with deep tunnel shadows",
            "style": "noir communal underworld"
        },
        {
            "subGenre": "Post-Apocalypse",
            "scene": "Night — A ruined observatory where survivors watch a rare meteor shower and make plans by starlight",
            "sceneVariants": [
                "People reclining on patched blankets on an observatory dome",
                "Telescopes cobbled from scavenged lenses",
                "A quiet exchange of maps and routes while meteors streak",
                "A child pointing at constellations with a scavenged laser pointer",
                "A communal quiet as wishes are made on falling stars"
            ],
            "actions": [
                "Observers logging a rare celestial event",
                "A map drawn and pinned to a rusted tripod",
                "Silent sharing of hope and plans for travel",
                "A volunteer tracking fuel reserves for a planned journey"
            ],
            "camera": "Soft wide with long exposures capturing star trails and faces",
            "accents": [
                "cold star pinpricks above warm human silhouettes",
                "soft reflective starlight on metal surfaces"
            ],
            "mood": "awe-tinged hope",
            "lighting": "cool starlight with warm human pockets",
            "style": "poetic night-time realism"
        },
        {
            "subGenre": "Post-Apocalypse",
            "scene": "Night — Patrols of watchful scouts moving silently along a perimeter of a reclaimed village",
            "sceneVariants": [
                "Scout pairs communicating in hand signals under moonlight",
                "A camouflaged sentinel peering through binoculars",
                "Temporary trip-lines and alarm bells set between posts",
                "A tense pause as a wild animal passes nearby",
                "A silent handoff of a message at a guard post"
            ],
            "actions": [
                "Scouts sweeping sectors and reporting status",
                "A leader adjusting sensor arrays and rusting motion sensors",
                "A brief scuffle with a curious stray animal",
                "Night-vision checks via simple optics"
            ],
            "camera": "Low-slung POV with stealthy dolly and tight close-ups",
            "accents": [
                "cold moon rim lighting layered with green night optics",
                "rusted metal textures catching faint moon glints"
            ],
            "mood": "vigilant caution",
            "lighting": "dark night with tactical low-light highlights",
            "style": "tense survival realism"
        },
        {
            "subGenre": "Post-Apocalypse",
            "scene": "Night — A ruined cathedral repurposed as council hall lit by lanterns and projection maps",
            "sceneVariants": [
                "Leaders debating allocation around a central map table",
                "A young delegate presenting a planned route with animated overlays",
                "A petition read aloud under vaulted shadows",
                "A quiet side meeting hashing reconciliation agreements",
                "A final communal toast under chandeliers of salvaged bulbs"
            ],
            "actions": [
                "Council members arguing resource prioritization",
                "A scribe recording minutes on a salvaged slate",
                "A volunteer serving food to keep discussion moving",
                "A vote decided by placing beads in a carved bowl"
            ],
            "camera": "Formal wide of nave with intimate close-ups on faces and hands",
            "accents": [
                "warm lantern glow on carved stone",
                "soft projected map highlights cutting through dark"
            ],
            "mood": "solemn governance",
            "lighting": "lantern-lit night with soft projection overlays",
            "style": "civic rebuilding drama"
        },
        {
            "subGenre": "Post-Apocalypse",
            "scene": "Night — A scavenger’s covert descent into a waterlogged data-center to retrieve an old archive server",
            "sceneVariants": [
                "Boots splashing in shallow flooded aisles",
                "A flashlight beam revealing stacked racks half-submerged",
                "A careful extrication of a water-damaged server in silence",
                "The hum of a jury-rigged pump draining a small section",
                "A final triumphant carry-out under clouded moonlight"
            ],
            "actions": [
                "A hacker quickly salvaging a drive and sealing it in a drypack",
                "A lookout signaling the all-clear",
                "A pump team managing silt and sludge",
                "A careful sealing technique to prevent further corrosion"
            ],
            "camera": "Claustrophobic low-light handheld with slick wet macro",
            "accents": [
                "reflective puddles catching sparse light",
                "metallic wet sheen and faint vapor"
            ],
            "mood": "tense determination",
            "lighting": "dim tactical lighting with reflective wet surfaces",
            "style": "stealth-retrieval thriller"
        },
        {
            "subGenre": "Post-Apocalypse",
            "scene": "Night — A quiet dawn vigil at a memorial of the old city where lanterns are floated into the river",
            "sceneVariants": [
                "Families lining the bank placing glowing lanterns",
                "Soft singing to honor lost ones as lanterns drift",
                "Close-ups on handwritten notes tied inside the lanterns",
                "A final wide of the river glittering with tiny lights",
                "A child releasing a paperboat lantern with care"
            ],
            "actions": [
                "Communal ritual and remembrance",
                "A prayer quietly spoken by elders",
                "A volunteer collecting empty lantern frames to reuse",
                "A ceremonial hush as the last light drifts away"
            ],
            "camera": "Tender close-ups and gentle pull-back to show the field of floating lights",
            "accents": [
                "warm lantern glows against cool water",
                "soft rippling reflections in long exposure"
            ],
            "mood": "melancholic reverence",
            "lighting": "soft pre-dawn with warm ritual pockets",
            "style": "ceremonial human vignette"
        }
    ]
}