Stop-Motion Animation of Odysseus and the Cyclops

Main Subject: Young Korean woman, 22, natural appearance, shoulder-length dark brown hair tied in a loose ponytail with wispy bangs. Wearing a light blue oversized hoodie, black cycling shorts, white sneakers, and a small grey crossbody bag. Minimal makeup, realistic skin texture, warm personality. Maintain consistent identity, clothing, hairstyle, and appearance throughout. Location: Quiet bicycle path beside the Han River during a sunny spring afternoon. Cherry trees, green grass, wooden benches, cyclists, joggers, gentle river breeze, distant city skyline, peaceful atmosphere. Visual Style: Ultra-realistic documentary realism. Genuine candid behavior, natural body language, authentic everyday life. Camera Style: Early-2000s Sony MiniDV camcorder. Heavy handheld shake, imperfect framing, autofocus hunting, exposure pumping, faded colours, soft contrast, slight motion blur, DV compression artifacts, no stabilization. 00:00–00:03 She unlocks a silver city bicycle beside a wooden bench, smiling as wind moves loose strands of hair. Camera briefly focuses on the handlebars before correcting. 00:03–00:06 She rides slowly along the riverside path. The camera jogs behind, shaking naturally while struggling to keep her centred. 00:06–00:09 She stops beside the river, parking the bike. Resting both hands on the handlebars, she quietly watches the water while cherry blossom petals drift past. 00:09–00:12 She drinks from a small bottled water, brushes hair behind her ear, and laughs softly after noticing the camera. 00:12–00:15 She gets back on the bicycle, waves casually toward the camcorder, and rides away as the operator lowers the camera. Recording cuts abruptly to black. Audio: Natural ambience only—birds, bicycle wheels, wind, distant conversations, footsteps, leaves rustling, flowing river, occasional bicycle bell. No music or narration. Goal: A forgotten MiniDV home video from 2004 capturing a peaceful afternoon bicycle ride along the Han River, warm, imperfect, nostalgic, and completely believable.

Live-action footage + 2D anime sticker composite comedy short video 【Style】 Live-action footage + Flat 2D Sticker Composite comedy short video. First-person cooking perspective, with a strong contrast between the realistic kitchen texture and the flat cartoon sticker style. The overall effect is a Live-Action + Flat 2D Cartoon Sticker hybrid. The image is a real live-action kitchen, while the character remains a purely 2D flat sticker-style chibi cartoon character throughout. 8K ultra HD, vertical video, slight handheld shake, brisk short-video pacing, direct comedic beats. 【Duration】 10 seconds 【Aspect Ratio】 9:16 vertical 1. Scene Setting 【Scene】 A real home kitchen from a first-person perspective. A black iron wok sits on the stovetop, with beef and vegetables being stir-fried inside, oil sizzling and steam rising. The background includes: A white tile wall Wall outlets Soy sauce bottles and oil bottles lined up against the wall A stainless-steel sink on the right Natural light coming in through a side window The overall environment must feel real and lived-in, with a believable kitchen texture, and must not turn into a cartoon kitchen. The camera is first-person POV, with slight handheld shake, but not so shaky that it becomes chaotic. 2. Character Setting 【Character】Chibi anime sticker character: Capybara Lulu Requirements: A round, cute anthropomorphic cartoon capybara Standing front-facing in the lower center of the frame About half the height of the iron wok Flat 2D sticker texture Clear cartoon outline Strong paper-cutout feel Must not become a three-dimensional realistic animal Must not be reshaped by the real environment lighting into realistic 3D light and shadow Locked appearance: Light yellow body Wearing orange shorts A small yellow apron tied around the neck A small tangerine on top of the head Four short little paws, rounded like beans Head and face take up a very large proportion Overall like a soft, cute paper sticker character Character temperament: Usually chill and lazy But extremely skilled whenever causing trouble A smug, mischievous expression with a strong prankster feel 【Live-action Portion】 The real person’s hand is realistic and enters the frame from the right side. Skin details must be realistic, with visible pores, creating a clear contrast with the 2D character. 3. Shot Design 【Shot 1 | 00:00–00:03】 Salt Avalanche Opening 【Camera Position】 First-person overhead POV 【Visual Action】 The real person’s hand is using a spatula to stir-fry the beef and vegetables in the wok. Capybara Lulu sits on a small wooden stool beside the stovetop, squinting its bead-like eyes, with deeper blush and an upturned mouth showing a smug, wicked grin. It raises a glass seasoning jar bigger than its own head high with both short little paws and, while the person is stir-frying, pours the entire jar of white salt into the wok. The salt should cascade down like a real waterfall, clearly falling into the wok and forming an exaggerated but visible “little white salt mountain” on top of the food. 【Character Expression】 Slightly narrowed bead-like eyes Wicked grin Mischievous satisfaction 【Sound Effects】 Food sizzling Dense rustling sound of salt being poured into the wok 【Only Main Action in This Shot】 Capybara Lulu pours the entire jar of salt into the wok. 【Shot 2 | 00:03–00:05】 Spatula Bonk 【Camera Position】 Continue in first-person close-up POV 【Visual Action】 One of the real person’s hands quickly snatches the glass salt jar from its arms. The other hand raises the spatula, with the flat side facing downward, and gently taps the top of Capybara Lulu’s head. Note that this is a cartoon-style light tap, not realistic violence. After the tap, an obvious red cartoon bump immediately pops up on the top of its head. Its entire round 2D sticker body jolts sharply up and down, both little paws instantly hold its head, and its bead-like eyes suddenly widen. 【Character Expression】 Shocked Wronged Dazed for a moment 【Sound Effects】 A “Duang” sound from the spatula A light metallic tap Cartoon spring sound effect 【Only Main Action in This Shot】 The real person lightly taps the top of its head with the spatula. 【Shot 3 | 00:05–00:08】 Cry & Feed 【Camera Position】 First-person close-up POV, focused on the character’s face and the edge of the wok 【Visual Action】 Capybara Lulu holds the red bump on its head, and its bead-like eyes instantly turn into spinning spiral eyes. It opens its mouth wide and cries “waa waa,” with blue cartoon tears exaggeratedly spraying like fountains from both sides. The small tangerine on its head also trembles with the crying. At the same time, the real person’s hand immediately uses the spatula to scoop up a full spatula of “white salt and salty vegetable mixture” from the salt mountain in the wok, and while it is crying with its mouth open, accurately feeds the spatula into its mouth. Its mouth is instantly stuffed until bulging, and its left and right cheeks swell up exaggeratedly like two hemispheres. 【Character Expression】 Spiral eyes Loud crying Shocked blankness after its mouth is stuffed full 【Sound Effects】 Exaggerated cartoon bawling Rustling sound of scooping salt A “pop” sound as it is stuffed into the mouth 【Only Main Action in This Shot】 The real person stuffs a spatula of salty vegetables into its mouth while it is crying with its mouth open. 【Shot 4 | 00:08–00:10】 Salt K.O. Ending 【Camera Position】 First-person fixed close-up, freeze-frame ending 【Visual Action】 Capybara Lulu’s cheeks are swollen red on both sides, and it is forced to swallow the salt in its mouth. Its pupils suddenly shrink into two tiny dots, its light yellow body instantly turns one shade paler, and the whole character stiffly trembles for half a beat. Immediately after, its bead-like eyes turn into two “X” marks, and its body falls backward stiffly from the small wooden stool, landing flat on its back on the stovetop with all four paws facing up. One little paw weakly swipes through the air, then drops. A ring of small spinning stars slowly circles beside the red bump on its head. A wisp of soul-like white smoke drifts lazily from in front of its square little nose. The image freezes at the instant it is “so salty it ascends.” 【Sound Effects】 A stiff “clunk” sound A “thud” as it falls backward A slight cartoon ascension sound effect to end 【Only Main Action in This Shot】 Capybara Lulu falls backward after being overwhelmed by saltiness. 4. Execution Requirements 【Visual Requirements】 The kitchen environment must be realistic and live-action Capybara Lulu must always maintain a pure 2D sticker feel The 2D character must strongly contrast with the real kitchen and real human hand Do not make Capybara Lulu into a three-dimensional realistic furry animal Do not let the character receive complex realistic lighting The character outline must remain clear, like a cartoon sticker pasted onto live-action footage 【Action Requirements】 Keep only one main action per shot The action rhythm should be short, direct, and fast The character’s expressions should be exaggerated, but the action logic must be clear The salt, spatula, steam, and fall must have clear physical feedback 【Performance Requirements】 Capybara Lulu’s troublemaking feel must be strong The real person’s full body does not appear, only the hands The real person’s reaction should be crisp, like someone experienced at handling a troublemaker The overall piece is a dialogue-free comedy, with no need for anyone to speak 【Camera Requirements】 Keep first-person POV throughout the film Slight handheld shake Do not switch to third person Do not add unrelated people The ending freeze-frame should be crisp 5. Negative Words blurry, bad quality, low quality, low resolution, noisy, jpeg artifacts, watermark, subtitles, text, logo, error; deformed, mutated, bad anatomy, extra limbs, broken hands, disfigured, bad composition, out of frame; realistic animal fur, 3D realistic capybara, over-rendered lighting on sticker character, inconsistent character, changing clothes, changing body color, changing head accessory; background shift, disappearing props, broken kitchen continuity, floating objects, incorrect POV, extra people, extra hands, glitching cuts