Poetic Wuxia × Deadpan Comedy | The Cranes Recognize Rice, Not the Zither [Style] Cinematic photorealism, live-action realism. A fusion of restrained poetic wuxia aesthetics, deadpan observational comedy, elegant classical Chinese composition, soft evening backlighting, low-saturation jade green and ivory white tones, fine film grain, and controlled group coordination of spiritual cranes. The core of the reversal: Animal instincts easily defeat immortal majesty. The first half creates a high-class, solemn, and ethereal spectacle of "zither music attracting cranes," while the second half uses a tiny daily accident for a deadpan teardown. The entire film is set in a pure ancient Chinese world, containing no modern elements. [Generation Focus] Optimized for Seedance 2.0 capabilities: Reference image identity locking, multi-shot continuous narrative, dual character stability, group animal coordination, and native audio-visual synchronization. [Duration] Strictly 10 seconds. [Aspect Ratio] 16:9 widescreen, 24fps. [Shot Structure] Three clean and clear shots. I. Character Locking Character A | Sword Immortal Senior Sister: Locked via @Image 1 (face, hairstyle, body proportions, clothing, shoes, accessories). Setting: 25–30 year old East Asian female, oval face, fair natural skin tone, dark almond eyes, black long hair half-tied with a white jade hairpin, tall and slender. Clothing: White embroidered silk Hanfu, layered translucent wide sleeves, silver waist seal, jade pendant, white cloth boots. Temperament: Cold, calm, dignified, confident, striving to maintain immortal majesty. Character B | Junior Sister: Locked via @Image 2. Setting: 20–25 year old East Asian female, round and lively face, black hair braided, small build. Clothing: Cyan linen Hanfu, dark cloth belt, wooden hairpin, black cloth shoes. Prop: Holding a small bamboo basket of grain. Temperament: Natural, sincere, admires Senior Sister, deadpan calm. II. Animal Locking Crane Group: Strictly 3 white cranes throughout. Must maintain white feathers, slender physique, spiritual temperament, and natural movement. First half: elegant and neat. Second half: instinctive, eager, and noisy due to grain. III. Scene Setting A stone platform on a cliff edge above a sea of clouds. Includes: ancient pine, stone railing, wooden pavilion, bronze incense burner, prayer banners, flagstone ground, sea of clouds, mist, and an ancient zither. Fixed spatial relationship: Senior Sister at the zither, Junior Sister by the pavilion, cranes circling then landing behind Senior Sister, grain spilling between the zither and Junior Sister. IV. Shot Design Shot 1 (0–3s): Low-angle horizontal tracking full shot. Establishes the stable relationship between characters, zither, cranes, and pavilion. Senior Sister plays zither while 3 cranes circle above. Sound: Zither, wind, distant crane cries, silk friction. Shot 2 (3–6s): Medium side shot. Senior Sister finishes a phrase and says: "When the zither plays, a hundred birds pay homage." The 3 cranes land gracefully behind her. Junior Sister shows admiration. Sound: Zither tail, wings, Mandarin dialogue with accurate lip sync. Shot 3 (6–10s): Close-up reveal to extreme close-up. Junior Sister's basket tilts, grain spills. The 3 cranes instantly abandon formation, rushing past Senior Sister to peck at the grain. One crane steps on the zither, creating a discordant note. Junior Sister says expressionless: "Senior Sister, they recognize the rice." Extreme close-up of Senior Sister frozen, eyebrow twitching, a white feather landing on her hairpin. Sound: Grain spilling, crane footsteps, pecking, discordant note, Mandarin dialogue. V. Action Sequence (Last 4s): 1. Basket tilts -> 2. Grain spills -> 3. Cranes attracted -> 4. Cranes rush -> 5. Crane steps on zither -> 6. Junior Sister speaks -> 7. Cut to extreme close-up -> 8. Senior Sister freezes/eyebrow twitch -> 9. Feather falls. VI. Performance Requirements: Senior Sister must be truly elegant for 6s, then show a silent breakdown. Junior Sister stays calm and sincere. Cranes transition from elegant to instinctive. VII. Physics/Continuity: Natural movement for wings, fabric, and grain. Strictly 3 cranes, no extra people, stable character features and scene positions. VIII. Sound: Native synced Mandarin, cinematic environment layers, no subtitles, no modern sounds. IX. Technical: 10s, 3 shots, 16:9, 24fps, Seedance 2.0 locking. X. Negative Prompts: blurry, bad quality, low quality, low resolution, noisy, jpeg artifacts, watermark, text, subtitles, captions, logo, error; deformed, mutated, bad anatomy, poorly drawn hands, bad composition, out of frame, disfigured; inconsistent character, changing clothes, changing hairstyle, face morphing, unstable face, background shift, glitching cuts, disappearing props; extra people, duplicated body, duplicated crane, more than three cranes, fewer than three cranes, broken continuity, wrong lip sync; modern objects, modern architecture, modern clothing details, electronic sounds, generated subtitles, unrealistic bird motion.