Before You Go Out

Character design sheet, stylized 3D animated creature. A tick reimagined as a gluttonous ancient warrior: a heavy, swollen, engorged oval body, visibly overfed and sluggish, plated in beautiful burnished bronze lamellar armor that strains and gaps around its bulk. Eight short thick legs. An ornate round shield with embossed detail. A tall red horsehair crest running along its back. The armor is genuinely handsome and finely crafted; the body inside it is grotesquely well fed. Heavy-lidded, smug, unhurried, in no rush whatsoever. Scale: a substantial creature roughly the size of a large dog, knee-high to an adult person, not an insect seen through a macro lens. Include a smaller unarmoured juvenile alongside it for scale, plain and dark, a quarter the size. Three-quarter view, neutral grey background, soft studio lighting, high detail, cinematic CGI render, square composition.

Using the heavy engorged armored warrior tick from the reference image, keep its design exactly the same. High wide aerial view looking down at the boundary where a mown suburban lawn meets long unmown grass. Three heavy engorged armored warrior ticks lounge in folding lawn chairs at that edge, seen from above, bronze armor catching the light. Beyond them, a suburban family picnic on the open lawn. Warm late-afternoon sunlight, long shadows, cinematic CGI. No text, no subtitles. Vertical 9:16.

Style: Hybrid visual style — photorealistic, documentary-level environment combined with stylized 3D animated creatures. The environment is fully live-action realistic; only the ticks are stylized 3D animation, seamlessly composited into the real world. Single continuous unbroken shot, one uninterrupted crane move from high above down to ground level. Smooth stabilised camera, no cuts.

Character Style: The creatures from @Image1 are rendered as polished 3D animated characters with stylized proportions — heavy, swollen, engorged bodies plated in burnished bronze lamellar armour that strains and gaps around their bulk, ornate embossed round shields, tall red horsehair crests. Soft subsurface shading on the exposed body between the armour plates, clean rim lighting. Scattered around the armoured adults are numerous much smaller unarmoured young — dozens of them, knee-high to their elders, plain and dark and busy, moving in loose clusters through the grass. They are roughly the size of a large dog — knee-high to an adult, unmistakably substantial, not insects seen through a macro lens. Their design, armour detail and proportions remain perfectly consistent with the reference image. They interact realistically with the surrounding light — bronze catches the light, real shadows fall onto real surfaces, and bounce light hits them from below.

Lighting & Environment: Fully photorealistic. Late afternoon in an ordinary suburban back garden, roughly an hour before sunset. Warm low golden sunlight, long soft shadows stretching across the mown lawn. Fine pollen suspended in the air. The lawn, the boundary of long unmown grass, the fence line and the family picnic on the open grass are all live-action realistic.

Subject: Three heavy engorged armoured warrior ticks slouched in folding lawn chairs at the boundary where the mown grass meets the long grass. From above they are three small bronze shapes at the edge of an ordinary garden; as the camera arrives at their level they resolve into unmistakable armoured warriors, entirely at their ease.

Action Sequence: The shot begins high above the garden looking straight down, the whole lawn visible with the picnic laid out on it and the long grass edging one side. The camera descends smoothly and steadily, tilting forward as it falls, until it settles at grass level facing the three creatures head-on. As it arrives they are mid-conversation and carry on regardless: one is fanning itself slowly with a scrap of dry leaf, another is tipping a tiny bronze goblet to its mouth with both forelegs and draining it, the third heaves itself upright out of its chair with visible effort, shields its eyes with one leg to squint toward the picnic, then drops heavily back down and settles in to wait. None of them acknowledges the camera. Grass sways gently around them.

Audio: Air moving past the camera during the descent, settling into quiet suburban late afternoon. Distant muffled laughter and conversation. Birdsong. A light breeze through dry grass. No music.

Negative: No subtitles, no captions, no text overlay, no on-screen graphics.

Using the heavy engorged armored warrior tick from the reference image, keep its design exactly the same. Wide shot, 35mm lens, camera low at lawn level positioned behind three folding lawn chairs, looking past the backs of three heavy engorged armored warrior ticks toward a blurred suburban family picnic in the distance. Their red crests and shield edges visible from behind. Warm late-afternoon backlight, shallow depth of field, cinematic CGI. No text, no subtitles. Vertical 9:16.

Style: Hybrid visual style — photorealistic, documentary-level environment combined with stylized 3D animated creatures. The environment is fully live-action realistic; only the ticks are stylized 3D animation, seamlessly composited into the real world. Single continuous unbroken shot. Camera low at lawn level, roughly knee height, with natural micro-shake as if handheld.

Character Style: The creatures from @Image1 are rendered as polished 3D animated characters with stylized proportions — heavy, swollen, engorged bodies plated in burnished bronze lamellar armour that strains and gaps around their bulk, ornate embossed round shields, tall red horsehair crests. Soft subsurface shading on the exposed body between the armour plates, clean rim lighting from the low sun. They are roughly the size of a large dog — knee-high to an adult, unmistakably substantial, not insects seen through a macro lens. Their design, armour detail and proportions remain perfectly consistent with the reference image. They interact realistically with the surrounding light — bronze catches the light, real shadows fall onto real surfaces, and bounce light hits them from below.

Lighting & Environment: Fully photorealistic. Late afternoon in an ordinary suburban back garden, roughly an hour before sunset. Warm low golden sunlight raking across from behind the creatures, backlighting the grass so individual blades glow translucent green. Long soft shadows. Fine pollen and dust suspended in the light. Slight atmospheric haze for depth. The mown lawn, the boundary of long unmown grass, the wooden fence and the blurred family picnic in the far background are all live-action realistic.

Subject: Three heavy engorged armoured warrior ticks slouched deep in folding lawn chairs at the boundary where the mown grass ends, seen from behind. Utterly relaxed and unhurried. One has a leg crossed. Their shields are propped in the grass beside them. They are not hunting — they are waiting, comfortable and patient, because they know the picnic is coming to them.

Action Sequence: The shot begins low and close behind the three lawn chairs. The creature on the left leans over and nudges the one beside it with an armoured foreleg, then lifts a leg and points lazily toward the distant picnic. The middle one turns its whole heavy body to look, its belly shifting visibly under the strained armour, and lets out a slow satisfied laugh that shakes its plating. The one on the right raises a tiny bronze goblet in a lazy toast toward the picnic without bothering to look at it, drinks, and lets the goblet hang. Meanwhile the camera arcs slowly to the right around the group, roughly a hundred and eighty degrees, staying at grass level, so they turn from silhouettes into three-quarter profile as the low sun swings around to catch the bronze. Grass blades pass through the foreground. The camera move is slow and secondary — the performance is the three creatures.

Audio: Quiet suburban late afternoon. Distant muffled laughter and conversation from the picnic. Birdsong. A light breeze moving through dry grass close to the microphone. The faint creak of a small folding chair. No music.

Negative: No subtitles, no captions, no text overlay, no on-screen graphics.

@Image1 is the hero product. Place it center frame on a wooden surface styled like @Image2. Camera slowly orbits the product. @Audio1 plays as the voiceover.

@Image1 is the creature design — keep the armour, bulk and crest exactly. @Image2 is the garden, its light and its layout. @Image3 is the family — keep these same people, photorealistic, on the picnic blanket in the middle distance.

Style: Hybrid visual style — photorealistic, documentary-level environment combined with stylized 3D animated creatures. The garden, the grass, the fence, the family and everything they own are fully live-action realistic; only the tick creatures are stylized 3D animation, seamlessly composited into the real world. Both worlds share the same light.

Character Style: The creatures from @Image1, design and armour kept exactly consistent. Heavy, swollen, engorged bodies plated in burnished bronze lamellar armour that strains and gaps around their bulk, ornate embossed shields, tall red horsehair crests. They are roughly the size of a large dog, knee-high to an adult — substantial creatures, not insects. Scattered among them are dozens of much smaller unarmoured young, plain and dark and busy, moving in loose clusters through the grass.

Lighting & Environment: Fully photorealistic. An ordinary suburban back garden on a warm late afternoon, an hour before sunset. Low golden sun raking across from the left, long soft shadows stretching over the mown lawn, the tall unmown grass at the perimeter backlit so the seed heads glow. Real fence, real garden furniture, real grass.

Subject: Two things in one frame. In the middle distance, a family on a picnic blanket on the mown lawn — two adults, two children, a dog — eating, talking, entirely relaxed and entirely unaware. At the perimeter, in the tall grass along the fence line, the legion is having a party: goblets raised, banners planted, shields stacked, the young swarming underfoot. Nobody in either group is looking at the other. The family cannot see them. The audience can see both.

Composition: Wide shot, 35mm lens, camera low at lawn level near the tall grass. The party occupies the foreground third of frame in sharp focus; the family sits in the middle distance in soft focus. Vertical 9:16.

Negative: No subtitles, no captions, no text overlay, no on-screen graphics.

@Image1 is the creature design — keep the armour, bulk and crest exactly. @Image2 is the garden, its light and its layout. @Image3 is the family — keep these same people, photorealistic, on the picnic blanket in the middle distance.

Style: Hybrid visual style — photorealistic, documentary-level environment combined with stylized 3D animated creatures. The garden, grass, fence, family and dog are fully live-action realistic; only the tick creatures are stylized 3D animation, seamlessly composited in. Single continuous unbroken shot, roughly fifteen seconds. Both worlds share the same light and the same shadows.

Character Style: The creatures from @Image1, design and armour kept exactly consistent throughout. Heavy, swollen, engorged bodies in burnished bronze lamellar armour that strains around their bulk, ornate shields, tall red crests. Roughly the size of a large dog, knee-high to an adult. Dozens of much smaller unarmoured young swarm around them, plain and dark, constantly busy.

Lighting & Environment: Fully photorealistic. Ordinary suburban back garden, warm late afternoon, an hour before sunset. Low golden sun raking from the left, long shadows across the mown lawn, the tall unmown perimeter grass backlit so the seed heads glow. Real fence, real furniture, real grass.

Subject: A celebration in the tall grass, and a family who cannot see it. The creatures are not hunting and not menacing anyone — they are relaxed, festive and thoroughly pleased with themselves, the way an army behaves the night before an easy victory. The comedy is their leisure. The unease is that the family is the occasion.

Action Sequence: The camera drifts slowly and steadily to the right along the perimeter, low at grass level, revealing the party in layers as it travels. Many things happen at once and none of them stop for the camera. Two creatures clash goblets together and drink, one spilling down its armour. Another lies flat on its back in the grass, legs in the air, laughing so hard its plating shakes. Two are locked in a slow arm-wrestle over a flat stone, watched by a small crowd. One beats a steady rhythm on an upturned shield with the flat of its sword while another sways along to it. A very fat one is asleep against a fence post, snoring, with three of the young climbing over it and using its crest as a rope. One stands slightly apart, polishing its shield with great care. Banners on twig poles lean in the breeze. Throughout, in the soft-focus middle distance, the family carries on their picnic completely undisturbed, a child running across the lawn and the dog following. Near the end of the move one creature raises its goblet in the direction of the family without looking at them, and several others turn and lift theirs too. Nobody in the grass ever approaches the lawn.

Audio: Warm late-afternoon garden ambience. Distant muffled family conversation and a child laughing. Birdsong. Wind in dry grass close to the microphone. Under it, quietly, the sounds of a small celebration — a rhythmic knocking on metal, low cheerful chattering, armour creaking, a bark of laughter. No music.

Negative: No subtitles, no captions, no text overlay, no on-screen graphics. Nothing threatening or violent toward the family. No creature touches or approaches any person.

Style: Photorealistic documentary photography, natural and unposed, the look of a real family snapshot rather than a stock image.

Subject: An ordinary family on a picnic blanket on a mown suburban back lawn. Two adults in their thirties, two young children, a golden retriever lying at the edge of the blanket. Simple food laid out, a thermos, a plastic tub. They are mid-conversation, relaxed, one child leaning on a parent, nobody looking at the camera. Everyday clothes, nothing styled.

Lighting & Environment: Warm late afternoon, roughly an hour before sunset. Low golden sun raking in from the left, long soft shadows stretching across the grass. Ordinary suburban garden, a wooden fence and a strip of tall unmown grass visible at the edge of frame. Natural, slightly hazy air.

Composition: Wide shot, 35mm lens, camera at standing height looking slightly down at the blanket. The family occupies the middle of frame with lawn around them. Vertical 9:16.

Negative: No text, no captions, no watermark, no logos. Nobody looking at the camera.

Style: Photorealistic documentary footage, natural and unposed, shallow depth of field. Handheld with slight natural shake. Single continuous unbroken shot, no cuts.

Subject: A woman in her thirties, framed tight — head and shoulders only, her face filling most of the frame. Ordinary and real, not styled, someone you would actually know.

Action Sequence: The shot opens already close on her face in three-quarter profile, caught mid-turn — she is ALREADY turning toward the camera on the very first frame. She completes the turn fast, eyes widening, eyebrows shooting up, head pulling back slightly in disbelief, and says: "Wait — what?" The expression is genuine and comic, the look of someone who has just heard something they cannot quite believe. She holds eye contact directly down the lens for a beat afterwards, still slightly stunned.

Lighting & Environment: Warm late afternoon outdoors, low golden sun from the side, a softly blurred suburban garden behind her, completely out of focus. Natural skin, natural light.

Audio: Quiet garden ambience, birdsong, light breeze. Her voice, natural and conversational, surprised. No music.

Negative: No subtitles, no captions, no text overlay. Nobody else in frame. Do not begin with her back to the camera.

@Video1 is the reference for the garden, the light and the grade — match them exactly. There are no creatures anywhere in this shot.

Style: Photorealistic documentary footage. Single continuous unbroken shot. Same suburban garden, same late-afternoon golden light as @Video1.

Subject: The same boundary where the mown lawn meets the tall unmown grass — now completely empty and utterly ordinary. Nothing in the grass. A young child in a yellow raincoat runs across the mown lawn in the middle distance, laughing, with a golden retriever following.

Action Sequence: The shot begins low at grass level on the empty tall grass, holding for a beat so the emptiness registers. The camera then pulls back and rises smoothly, revealing the wider lawn, as the child runs across the frame from left to right with the dog. Grass sways in a light breeze. Nothing else moves. The shot is deliberately, pointedly ordinary.

Audio: Warm suburban late afternoon. A child laughing, a dog panting, birdsong, wind in dry grass. No music.

Negative: No subtitles, no captions, no text overlay. No creatures of any kind. Nothing stylized or animated — this shot is entirely live-action realistic.

Style: Photorealistic documentary footage, warm and intimate, natural and unposed. Handheld with slight natural shake. Single continuous unbroken shot.

Subject: A parent kneeling in a warm domestic doorway, towel-drying a young child's hair after coming in from outside. Ordinary family bathroom or hallway behind them. Affectionate and completely routine — this is a normal evening, not a medical procedure.

Action Sequence: The parent rubs the child's hair dry with a towel, then pauses and gently pushes the hair back from behind the child's ear, tilting their head slightly to look. The child squirms and laughs, impatient to be let go. The parent smiles, checks quickly behind the other ear, then pats them and lets them run off out of frame. Unhurried and ordinary throughout.

Lighting & Environment: Warm evening interior light, soft and low, daylight fading through frosted glass. Cream and sage tones. Real home, real clutter, nothing styled.

Audio: Quiet domestic evening. A child giggling and squirming. A towel rustling. Distant household sounds. No music.

Negative: No subtitles, no captions, no text overlay. No creatures. Nothing clinical or medical in the frame.

Style: Photorealistic macro photography, quiet and still. Single continuous unbroken shot, almost static camera.

Subject: A pair of fine-point stainless steel tweezers lying on a clean bathroom counter beside a folded towel. Untouched. Nobody in frame.

Action Sequence: Almost nothing moves. A slow rack focus travels from the soft folds of the towel in the foreground to the tweezers behind, bringing the fine points into sharp relief. The light shifts very faintly, as if a cloud passed. The camera holds otherwise completely still.

Lighting & Environment: Soft morning light through frosted glass, directional and gentle. Cream tiles, sage green accents, real domestic bathroom, slightly imperfect.

Audio: Quiet room tone. A distant household sound, a tap somewhere. No music.

Negative: No subtitles, no captions, no text overlay. No people, no hands, no creatures.

Style: Photorealistic documentary footage, shallow depth of field. Single continuous unbroken shot.

Subject: The face of a plain kitchen wall clock, the second hand sweeping. An ordinary kitchen softly blurred behind it.

Action Sequence: The second hand sweeps steadily around the dial. The camera pushes in slowly on the clock face. Warm afternoon light moves faintly across it as it goes. Nothing else happens — the point is the passing of time.

Lighting & Environment: Warm afternoon light from a kitchen window, low and directional. Cream and sage tones. Real kitchen, lived-in, not styled.

Audio: A steady quiet ticking. Faint domestic room tone, a fridge hum. No music.

Negative: No subtitles, no captions, no text overlay. No people, no creatures.

Style: Photorealistic documentary footage, muted and desaturated, completely unstyled. Locked-off static camera. Single continuous unbroken shot.

Subject: A woman in her thirties sitting on the end of a sofa in flat grey afternoon light. Still dressed, not doing anything, not holding anything, looking at nothing in particular. Exhausted rather than sad. This is weeks after an ordinary afternoon outdoors.

Action Sequence: Almost nothing happens. She blinks slowly. She breathes. Her gaze drifts very slightly and settles again. Grey light shifts faintly across the room as clouds pass outside. The camera never moves. The stillness is the point — hold it and do not cut away.

Lighting & Environment: Flat grey afternoon light through a window to one side. Muted, desaturated interior. An ordinary living room, real and slightly untidy.

Audio: Very quiet. Distant traffic outside. A clock somewhere. Nothing else. No music.

Negative: No subtitles, no captions, no text overlay. No creatures. Nothing stylized. No dramatic performance — keep it completely understated.

Style: Photorealistic cinematography, ominous and atmospheric. Single continuous unbroken shot.

Subject: A dark dense forest interior. Tall pines, deep shadow, mist between the trunks, a single shaft of cold light falling through the canopy. No people, no creatures, no path. This is the dangerous wilderness people picture when they think about ticks — and it is the wrong picture.

Action Sequence: The camera begins high above the treetops looking down, then descends smoothly between the trunks and tilts forward until it is looking into the dark forest interior. Mist drifts slowly across the shaft of light. Branches move faintly. Ominous and still.

Lighting & Environment: Cold, desaturated blue-green. Overcast light filtering from high above. Damp air, visible atmosphere.

Audio: Deep forest quiet. Wind high in the canopy. A distant bird. Nothing else. No music.

Negative: No subtitles, no captions, no text overlay. No people, no creatures, no buildings.

Style: Photorealistic documentary footage, natural and unposed, shallow depth of field. Handheld with very slight natural shake. Single continuous unbroken shot, roughly six seconds.

Subject: A woman in her thirties sitting on the edge of a sofa in a lamplit living room in the evening, still in her outdoor clothes. She has pushed one sleeve up and is looking at her own forearm.

Action Sequence: She rubs absently at her forearm, the way you scratch without thinking. Then she stops. She turns the arm toward the lamp, tilting it into the light, and leans closer. She presses the skin gently around a small dark red dot, stretching it to see better. She stops moving entirely. She does not panic and does not react dramatically — she just goes still, looking at it, working out what she is looking at.

Lighting & Environment: Warm evening interior, a single lamp to one side, blue dusk at the window behind her. Ordinary living room, lived-in, unstyled. Soft directional light across her arm.

Audio: Quiet domestic evening. A clock somewhere. Faint traffic outside. Fabric shifting. No music.

Negative: No subtitles, no captions, no text overlay. No creatures, nothing animated. No blood, no wound — just a very small ordinary red dot. No dramatic acting.

@Video1 is the reference — same woman, same sofa, same room. Keep them identical.

Style: Photorealistic documentary footage, natural and unposed. Locked-off camera, very shallow depth of field. Single continuous unbroken shot, roughly six seconds.

Subject: The same woman, on the same sofa, later that night. The room is dark now, the lamp off. She is holding a phone close to her face, its light the only illumination in the frame.

Action Sequence: She is scrolling, reading. Her thumb moves. She stops, reads something, and her expression tightens slightly. She scrolls again. She glances down at her arm, then back to the phone. She keeps reading. Nothing is resolved. The camera never moves. The phone light flickers faintly as the screen content changes.

Lighting & Environment: A dark living room at night. The phone screen is the only light source, cool and hard, throwing her face into strong relief and leaving the room black behind her. A little ambient street light at the window.

Audio: Late-night quiet. A fridge hum. Distant traffic. A thumb on glass. No music.

Negative: No subtitles, no captions, no text overlay. Nothing readable on the phone screen. No creatures. No dramatic acting.

@Video1 is the reference — same woman, same sofa, same room. Keep them identical.

Style: Photorealistic documentary footage, muted and desaturated, completely unstyled. Locked-off static camera. Single continuous unbroken shot, roughly six seconds.

Subject: The same woman on the same sofa, weeks later, in flat grey daylight. Dressed, but not going anywhere. Not holding anything. Not looking at her arm. Exhausted rather than sad.

Action Sequence: Almost nothing happens. She blinks slowly. She breathes. Her gaze drifts and settles again on nothing. Grey light shifts very faintly as clouds pass outside. The camera never moves and never cuts. The stillness is the point — hold it.

Lighting & Environment: Flat grey afternoon light from a window to one side. Muted, desaturated. The same living room as the previous shots, same sofa, same cushions — recognisably the same place, drained of warmth.

Audio: Very quiet. Distant traffic. A clock. Nothing else. No music.

Negative: No subtitles, no captions, no text overlay. No creatures. No dramatic performance — keep it completely understated.

@Video1 is the reference — same woman, same sofa, same room. Keep them identical.

Style: Photorealistic documentary footage, warm and quiet. Locked-off camera. Single continuous unbroken shot, roughly eight seconds.

Subject: The same woman on the same sofa, evening, with a laptop open on her knees. The screen light is on her face. She is watching something and listening.

Action Sequence: She settles back into the sofa and pulls a blanket over her knees. She opens the laptop and the screen light comes up on her face. She watches, listening, and after a moment her expression eases very slightly — not a smile, just the look of somebody finally being told something useful. The camera never moves. The laptop screen stays out of focus and its content is never readable.

Lighting & Environment: Warm evening interior, one lamp on, blue dusk at the window. The laptop throws soft cool light onto her face. The same living room, same sofa, warmth returning to it.

Audio: Quiet evening. Faint indistinct voices from the laptop speakers. A clock. No music.

Negative: No subtitles, no captions, no text overlay. Nothing readable on the screen. No logos, no branding. No creatures.