Grace in the High Alpine: A Snow Leopard's Tightrope Walk

{
  "settings": {
    "duration": 8,
    "fps": 24,
    "ar": "16:9",
    "res": "1920x1080"
  },
  "shot": "Medium profile tracking shot, eye-level, 50mm equivalent; single lateral follow parallel to the rope; no pans/tilts/zooms.",
  "subject": "CHARACTER_ID: Snow leopard (Panthera uncia), adult, dense pale-gray coat with smoky rosettes, long thick tail for balance, pale green-gold eyes. Calm, powerful, deliberate movements.",
  "scene": "High alpine gap between two granite peaks at dawn. A taut, weathered hemp tightrope spans the chasm above a deep cloud shelf; distant ridgelines and valley haze. Clean, photoreal nature look. No humans, no signage, no text.",
  "visual_details": {
    "beats": [
      {
        "t": "0.0–2.5s",
        "action": "CHARACTER_ID pads gracefully onto the center span; rope dips ~8 cm under weight; long tail counterbalances sway; fur ripples softly in breeze.",
        "camera": "Constant-speed lateral follow, keeping full body in frame.",
        "framing": "Medium profile; head–tail fully visible with ~10% headroom/footroom."
      },
      {
        "t": "2.5–5.5s",
        "action": "Strong gust from camera-left (~10–12 m/s). Rear paw slips slightly but claws grip rope; rope oscillates with transverse wave; whiskers flick; steady breathing visible.",
        "camera": "Unchanged lateral follow; no push-in.",
        "framing": "Maintain medium profile; slight parallax on mountains."
      },
      {
        "t": "5.5–8.0s",
        "action": "CHARACTER_ID reaches mid-span, continues slow padded gait; golden rim light edges fur and whiskers; distant eagle glides across background sky.",
        "camera": "Same lateral follow; end on CHARACTER_ID mid-span, still walking.",
        "framing": "Center the snow leopard at cut; horizon upper third."
      }
    ]
  },
  "cinematography": {
    "lens": "50mm equivalent",
    "aperture": "f/5.6 (subject sharp, background slightly soft)",
    "shutter_angle": "180deg",
    "iso": "100",
    "white_balance": "5600K",
    "motion": "Single camera motion: lateral right-to-left track ~1 m/s, matched to snow leopard pace; no zooms, no tilts, no extra moves.",
    "focus": "AF-C locked to snow leopard eyes (~6 m); focus breathing minimized.",
    "stabilization": "Gimbal-stabilized (drone or cable) path parallel to rope."
  },
  "audio": {
    "beds": "High-altitude wind with intermittent gusts; distant valley ambience.",
    "foley": "Rope creak; subtle claw-on-rope scrape; light grit falling into the void.",
    "music": "None.",
    "mix": "Target −18 LUFS integrated; peaks ≤ −2 dB; keep wind notching around 300–800 Hz to preserve detail."
  },
  "color_palette": [
    "slate blue",
    "granite gray",
    "snow white highlights",
    "warm dawn gold rim"
  ],
  "physics_rules": {
    "rope": "Catenary sag ≈ 0.6% of span; vertical oscillation amplitude 5–12 cm; primary sway 0.8–1.2 Hz; paw strikes generate small transverse waves traveling to anchors.",
    "wind": "Vector from camera-left to right at 8–12 m/s; fur and whiskers react; occasional spindrift; no snow blasts on subject.",
    "snow_leopard_gait": "Measured feline walk; paws spread with slight toe flex; claws lightly engage hemp; long tail swings gently for balance.",
    "motion_blur": "Natural at 24 fps, 180deg shutter; no smeared frames."
  },
  "visual_rules": {
    "style": "Photoreal nature cinematography.",
    "lighting": "Golden-hour sidelight from camera-right + faint back rim; soft valley bounce fill; gentle volumetric haze.",
    "atmosphere": "Cloud shelf below; far ridges low-contrast; no fog bands occluding subject.",
    "negative": "no subtitles, no captions, no text/logos, no UI, no excessive sharpening, no HDR halos, no chromatic aberration, no lens dirt, no cartoon/anime look, no abrupt cuts or zooms."
  }
}