INDIA - PAPER CUTS (PROMPTS)

Scene 1: Agra, the Taj Mahal at dawn

Paper-cut collage illustration in the exact style of the reference image: flat layered cut-paper shapes with soft drop shadows, torn and scissor edges, matte paper texture, muted documentary palette. Front view of the Taj Mahal at dawn: the white marble mausoleum with its great dome and four minarets in the centre, the long pool as one flat pale blue water plane in front of it, the garden as flat green paper planes on both sides with dark cypresses, the gate arch as a red paper frame at the bottom edge. A large pale pink sun disc and cut-paper cloud strips. Light from the right, soft. No other elements. Palette: marble white, dawn pink, garden green, sandstone red. 16:9.

Scene 2: Varanasi, the ghats at sunrise

Paper-cut collage illustration in the exact style of the reference image: flat layered cut-paper shapes with soft drop shadows, torn and scissor edges, matte paper texture, muted documentary palette. Wide view of the Varanasi ghats at sunrise: the tall stone stairs of the ghat descending to the river in layered paper planes in the centre, the old palaces and temple spires as flat ochre and rose paper blocks above them, the Ganges as flat grey-blue water planes in front, one wooden rowing boat front right with a seated boatman in a white dhoti, still. A large orange sun disc and cut-paper cloud strips. Light from the left, warm. No other elements. Palette: ochre, dusty rose, river grey-blue, cream. 16:9.

Scene 3: Kerala, the backwaters in the late afternoon

Paper-cut collage illustration in the exact style of the reference image: flat layered cut-paper shapes with soft drop shadows, torn and scissor edges, matte paper texture, muted documentary palette. Wide view of the Kerala backwaters in the late afternoon: one thatched wooden houseboat with a curved woven roof floating in the centre, the canal as flat green-blue water planes, coconut palms leaning over the water on both banks as layered paper shapes, flat green paddy fields behind the palms on the left, a far tree line as one dark paper plane. A large gold sun disc and cut-paper cloud strips. Light from the right, warm. No other elements. Palette: palm green, teal, thatch brown, gold. 16:9.

Scene 4: Jaipur, the Hawa Mahal in the morning

Paper-cut collage illustration in the exact style of the reference image: flat layered cut-paper shapes with soft drop shadows, torn and scissor edges, matte paper texture, muted documentary palette. Straight-on view of the Hawa Mahal in Jaipur in the morning: the pink sandstone facade rising in the centre with its five tiers of small arched lattice windows, the roof line of small domes along the top, the street as one flat sand plane in front, the old city walls as low pink paper blocks on both sides, one tree on the left edge. A large pale gold sun disc and cut-paper cloud strips. Light from the left, soft. No other elements. Palette: pink sandstone, cream, sand, sky blue. 16:9.

STYLE
Paper-cut collage motion graphic. Every element in the attached image is a separate flat cut-paper layer with torn edges, a soft drop shadow and matte paper texture. Documentary title-sequence feel. Colours, shapes and composition stay exactly as in the attached image. NOT smooth 3D, NOT glossy, NOT photoreal.

REFERENCE
The attached image is the final frame. The video ends on this exact image, pixel-true, and holds.

CAMERA: ONE STATIC SHOT, NO CUTS
Locked-off camera, no zoom, no pan, no parallax. 16:9.

TIMELINE (5 seconds)
00:00-00:00.3  Only the torn pink and lilac paper dawn sky, nothing else on screen.
00:00.3-00:00.9  The pale pink sun disc rises into its place on the right; the torn cloud strips slide in from the left and right edges one at a time and settle.
00:00.9-00:01.6  The far tree line planes rise from the bottom of the sky and settle with a tiny paper wobble.
00:01.6-00:02.6  The Taj Mahal assembles alone in the centre: the white platform rises, the main building with its arches stacks on it, the four minarets rise one after another, and the great dome drops into place and locks.
00:02.6-00:03.3  The green garden planes with their dark cypresses slide in from the left and right edges, and the long pale blue pool lays down from the platform to the bottom edge.
00:03.3-00:03.8  Last, the red gate arch frame slides in from the edges of the picture and locks.
00:03.8-00:04.9  LIVING HOLD. The composition is complete and nothing changes position. Only three gentle motions: the pale strips on the pool shimmer, the cypress tips sway a little, the cloud strips drift very slowly. Paper-cut motion, small and calm.
00:04.9-00:05.0  Settle: identical to the attached image.

AVOID
Camera movement, cross-fades, morphing, elements changing shape or colour, extra elements not in the image, people walking, vehicles moving, text, watermarks, music, any frame after 00:04.9 that differs from the attached image.