It takes me awhile to fully wake up.
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"prompt": "A small absurd creature sitting on a chair, very sleepy, leaning down to tie its untied shoes. The creature is gloriously ridiculous and a fresh design - a small rounded plum-purple body covered in soft short velvety fuzz with a cream-colored belly, two stubby legs ending in little feet wearing tiny sneakers with the laces completely undone and trailing on the floor, two short chubby arms reaching down toward the laces, and a stubby stub tail. It has a wide round face with two big heavy-lidded droopy eyes struggling to stay open, dark sleepy circles beneath them, a tiny round nose, a wide yawning mouth mid-yawn, two small floppy triangular ears drooping with tiredness, and a single short antenna bent over limply with sleepiness. It slouches forward on the wooden chair, barely awake, one little paw fumbling clumsily at a shoelace, the other rubbing one eye, an expression of exhausted early-morning grogginess, clearly not ready for the day. The setting is a cozy bedroom or entryway in the early morning - soft dim dawn light through a window, a rumpled bed or a coat rack in the background, a rug, slippers kicked aside, a mug of coffee steaming on a nearby table untouched. Warm muted morning tones. The whole scene is charming, relatable, and comedic, one sleepy little creature struggling to tie its shoes before it is fully awake. Hyperrealistic whimsical photography, cozy early morning, absurd creature design, soft dawn lighting, 8K cinematic render."
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Mode: Image-to-video using the attached reference image(s) for character and environment identity, and ART STYLE. Match the reference's painterly look in EVERY shot. MULTI-SHOT edit. HARD CUTS between shots, no crossfades. Deadpan slapstick comedy: a barely-awake creature ties its two shoes together by mistake, stands up, and faceplants. Cartoonish and harmless, no injury. Create a 15-second comedy. A sleepy creature groggily ties its shoelaces, accidentally knots the two shoes together, stands up, and falls flat on its face. Use the attached reference image(s) for identity. Keep the creature consistent across EVERY shot: a round black-and-white fuzzy creature with a curled antenna, floppy ears, big droopy half-lidded sleepy eyes, and a fluffy tail, wearing little sneakers with laces, sitting on a low wooden bench in a dim cozy bedroom at dawn, a steaming mug nearby. SHOT LIST: Shot 1 (0:00-0:03) MEDIUM The creature sits slumped on the bench, eyes barely open, swaying and nodding off, rubbing one eye with a paw, exhausted and half-asleep. CUT. Shot 2 (0:03-0:06) CLOSE, the shoes Groggily, the creature leans down and fumbles with the laces of its sneakers, blinking slowly, fingers clumsy and slow, barely awake. CUT. Shot 3 (0:06-0:09) CLOSE, the mistake Half-asleep, it accidentally ties the lace of the LEFT shoe to the lace of the RIGHT shoe, knotting the two sneakers together, completely unaware, giving a sleepy satisfied nod as if done. CUT. Shot 4 (0:09-0:11) MEDIUM The creature yawns hugely, stretches, and starts to stand up from the bench, still oblivious that its two shoes are tied together. CUT. Shot 5 (0:11-0:13) MEDIUM As it steps forward, the laces binding its feet snap taut, its legs lock together mid-step, and it pitches forward off balance, eyes flying wide in sudden alarm. CUT. Shot 6 (0:13-0:15) WIDE, the faceplant The creature topples and lands flat on its face on the bedroom floor with a comedic thud, feet still tied together in the air behind it, lying there in defeated sleepy silence. Hold. Audio: Soft sleepy dawn ambience with gentle music and a big yawn. Slow fumbling lace sounds, a quiet content sleepy hum. Then a stretch, a step, a sudden taut-rope twang as the laces catch, a startled yelp, and a heavy comedic thud as it faceplants. A beat of silence, then a tiny defeated groan. No dialogue. No subtitles. Style: Bold painterly illustration matching the reference in EVERY shot, thick visible brushwork, hand-painted look, dim cozy dawn palette, expressive cartoon face, deadpan comedic tone, film-quality animation. Negative Prompt: style change between shots, anime, 3D render, CGI, photorealism, scary mood, gore, injury, blood, second creature, duplicate creature, changed colors, missing antenna, missing ears, missing tail, deformed face, deformed hands, blurry face, crossfades, dissolves, smooth transitions, on-screen text, subtitles
Not easy to get a clean shot of laces being tied together, didn't manage it here but got close.