Buzz Off — Production Bible

[STYLE]

High-end 3D animated feature film still in the style of a modern Pixar-like animation. Soft rounded character design, expressive oversized eyes, palette of warm cream, honey amber, sage green and terracotta, subtle subsurface scattering on skin, shallow depth of field, cinematic 16:9. Restrained cinematic lighting: soft window key light, gentle warm fill and bounce, subtle rim light, warm candle practicals, light volumetric morning haze through gauzy curtains.

[MAYA]

Maya, a young woman in her mid-20s with a kind, expressive round face, large warm brown eyes, dark hair in a loose messy bun, oversized sage-green t-shirt, charcoal yoga pants, and colorful mismatched socks — one orange-striped, one teal polka-dot.

[BUZZ] — reveal discipline: this design appears only from shot 16 onward. Before that he is a dark motion-blurred silhouette at true real-world mosquito scale — a speck the viewer has to look for. Sole exception: shot 14 may show wide white cartoon eyes inside the silhouette.

Buzz, a thumb-sized cartoon mosquito with huge glossy expressive eyes, a tiny red headband tied slightly askew, iridescent translucent wings, six spindly legs, a short rounded harmless snoot, and a cheeky, curious grin.

[GEO] — the fixed floor plan; append to every image prompt with one sentence saying where this shot's camera stands.

Fixed set geometry — never rearrange it. In master-wide screen terms: Maya sits at the center of the round woven jute rug, always FACING the master wide's camera; she never turns her body toward the window. The sunlit window with gauzy curtains and the sofa beneath it are along the frame-left wall. The wooden art desk with jars of brushes and the framed yoga photo is behind her to frame-right, with the round brass mirror on the wall above it. The leafy potted plant stands behind her between window and desk. At the front-right edge of the rug: one low wooden table holding the single teal ceramic mug of steaming tea and the single lit candle. There is exactly ONE mug in the whole room. Her phone lies on the rug in front of her knees. Maya is always sitting cross-legged in lotus with hands resting on her knees, unless this shot explicitly changes her pose. Never add furniture or props that are not in the master wide.

The story spine

Maya wants silence; she needs harmony with the world as it is. Buzz wants to play; he needs a fellow yogi. The guide's voiceover states the theme literally while the pictures contradict it — until shot 14, where want and need trade places.

Invisible camera & lens map

Slow dollies and pushes only — no whip pans, no drone moves. Push-ins are earned, not decorative: the film gets exactly three (shots 2, 15, 16), each marking an emotional realization.

Performance rules — appended to every video prompt

Tiny imperfections keep her alive, never frozen: continuous gentle breathing, occasional slow blinks, micro weight shifts, small finger adjustments. When she reacts to something, the movement flows in order: eyes first, then head, then torso, then hips — never everything at once. Poses read clearly in silhouette.

Edit rhythm

Cut slower than feels natural — on Maya's breaths, not the music grid. Hold shot 13's mirror beat a half-second past comfortable, and protect shot 14's three seconds of total silence absolutely.