Sunny Six - The First Crowd (Animated Short Prompt)

SUNNY SIX - THE FIRST CROWD FORMAT & STYLE Three-shot animated short, 16:9 Stylized 3D with chibi proportions, oversized heads and tiny bodies, soft matte-clay shading and subtle felt/knit textures on jackets and beanies Mustard yellow, cream, charcoal black and warm ochre palette Cinematic depth of field, warm golden key light and gentle film grain Deadpan visual comedy CHARACTER CONTINUITY Keep these six band members consistent across every shot: • Blonde girl in a yellow fur coat with white oval sunglasses • Girl in a cream beanie with braids and a black bomber • Tall boy with beaded dreadlocks and gold aviators • Boy with spiky black hair and goggles on his forehead • Small boy in a cream bucket hat and yellow hoodie • Boy in a yellow beanie, yellow sunglasses and a quilted coat Preserve the same faces, proportions, hairstyles, clothing and accessories as in the previous chapters Apply this style and cast to all three shots SHOT 1 - FINDING A STAGE / 8s Follow the band from behind as they wheel a squeaky shopping cart full of gear down a warm-toned city sidewalk at dusk, jackets flapping They stop at a corner The goggles boy sets a beat-up flat cap on the pavement for tips The cap rests with its opening facing upward like a bowl, ready to receive coins He pats the brim flat and stares at it hopefully CAMERA: Handheld tracking shot from behind AUDIO: Cart wheels, city ambience, distant traffic SHOT 2 - ONE FAN / 10s Static wide shot from a slightly low angle The empty flat cap sits in the foreground with its opening facing upward The band starts playing to exactly one audience member: a pigeon The blonde girl sings with full commitment Blurred pedestrian legs cross the foreground The tall boy delivers a huge bass slap and three people stop The crowd builds quickly as the band's poses become visibly cockier Instrumentalists keep both hands engaged with their instruments throughout the performance The singer keeps singing Nobody in the band claps CAMERA: Static wide composition with passing pedestrians in the foreground AUDIO: Raw street-band groove, scattered audience claps growing into applause SHOT 3 - THE PAYOFF / 8s Close-up of the flat cap on the pavement, its opening facing upward Coins fall from above and land inside, piling up in the bowl of the cap Whip-pan up to the band mid-song, backlit by a warm streetlamp The small bucket-hat boy stands on an amp with both arms raised in triumph The others hold their instruments Freeze on their final pose with subtle camera shake and a golden lens flare CAMERA: Cap close-up, whip-pan to the band, final freeze-frame AUDIO: Cheering crowd, final cymbal crash