A 3x3 cinematic storyboard contact sheet for an animated short film about a capybara meal coach helping a woman track dumplings for calories.
Layout and Setting: Landscape 4:3 storyboard sheet, cream paper texture background, exactly nine equal panels arranged in a 3x3 grid with thin black borders and white caption strips under every frame. Warm, cozy evening kitchen interior with olive-green cabinets, tiled backsplash, window showing soft night city lights, pink kitchen accessories, shallow depth of field, and a polished 3D animated feature film look.
Characters:
- A friendly anthropomorphic capybara fitness coach wearing a black zip hoodie with hot-pink stripes, pink headband, and a pink whistle on a lanyard, with a calm, discerning expression.
- A young woman with messy bright red hair tied in a loose bun, wearing a cream cable-knit sweater, seated at a round wooden kitchen table. Her face is obscured by a flat soft-edged tan/brown square privacy mask whenever facing the camera.
Key Props and Text:
- A large plate of steaming pelmeni dumplings, a pink ceramic mug with a pale heart motif, pink cloth napkins, fork, spoon, potted plants, and kitchen utensils.
- A whiteboard on an easel with legible handwritten Russian text: "[ПЕЛЬМЕНИ x 5\n= 425 ККАЛ\nДЕФИЦИТ OK ✓]", alongside small magnets and a sticky note.
- Exactly 9 white caption strips below panels 1 through 9 with handwritten-style production timecodes and camera notes:
1. [0:00--0:02] WIDE - Establish - Static - Warm practicals + soft fill
2. [0:02--0:04] MEDIUM - Reveal - Push in - Backlight + rim
3. [0:04--0:06] MEDIUM - Judge - Subtle push - Key + rim
4. [0:06--0:08] CLOSE-UP - Take - Push in - Steam emphasized
5. [0:08--0:10] OTS - Write - Slight push - Soft key + board glow
6. [0:10--0:12] MEDIUM - Teach - Pan right - Balanced key + rim
7. [0:12--0:14] CLOSE-UP - React - Hold - Soft key + catchlight
8. [0:14--0:16] MEDIUM TWO-SHOT - Share - Static - Warm key + rim
9. [0:16--0:18] WIDE - Wrap - Slight dolly out - Warm practicals + rim
Panel Breakdown:
- Panel 1: Wide establishing shot; woman alone at kitchen table about to eat dumplings, pink mug and napkin visible under warm pendant light.
- Panel 2: Medium reveal; woman in foreground left with spoon, capybara coach suddenly appears in a softly glowing doorway behind her.
- Panel 3: Medium judging shot; capybara stands beside seated woman, eyeing her plate sideways with a deadpan coach expression.
- Panel 4: Close-up shot; capybara's paw carefully takes one dumpling from the steaming plate using pink tongs, woman's hands resting nearby.
- Panel 5: Over-the-shoulder shot; from behind the capybara writing calorie counts on the whiteboard with a pink marker while the woman observes.
- Panel 6: Medium teaching shot; capybara gestures toward the whiteboard text with the pink marker while explaining to the woman.
- Panel 7: Close-up reaction shot; woman leaning chin on clasped hands, face masked by tan/brown privacy square, warm kitchen blurred in background.
- Panel 8: Medium two-shot; capybara and woman sitting together at the table sharing dumplings, central plate, pink bowl and mug visible.
- Panel 9: Wide final shot; both characters seated comfortably at the round table in the full kitchen, glowing pendant lamp above, whiteboard visible on the right.
Style and Lighting: High-end 3D animated film aesthetic, soft volumetric lighting, warm practical lamp glows, delicate rim lighting, subtle bloom, realistic dumpling steam, rich olive green and pastel pink color palette.
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