ITALY - PAPER CUTS (PROMPTS)

Scene 1: Venice, the Rialto Bridge at golden hour

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 Grand Canal in Venice at golden hour: the Rialto Bridge with its white stone arch and arcaded roof spanning the canal in the centre, the palazzi as flat terracotta and ochre paper blocks on both banks, the canal as flat teal water planes, one black gondola front left with a standing gondolier holding his oar, still. A large low sun disc and cut-paper cloud strips. Light from the left, warm. No other elements. Palette: terracotta, teal, cream, ochre. 16:9.

Scene 2: Rome, the Colosseum at dusk

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 Colosseum in Rome at dusk: the great oval amphitheatre with its three tiers of arches standing in the centre, low hills as two paper planes behind, a flat sand-coloured ground plane in front, one tall umbrella pine on the right edge. A large mustard sun disc low on the left and cut-paper cloud strips. Light from the left, warm. No other elements. Palette: travertine cream, dusk violet, pine green, mustard. 16:9.

Scene 3: Positano, the Amalfi coast at midday

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 Positano on the Amalfi coast at midday: the village of pastel paper houses stacked up the cliff in layers, the church dome with green and yellow tiles in the middle of the stack, the mountain ridge as one paper plane behind, the sea as flat blue water planes below, one small white boat front right. A pale sun disc and cut-paper cloud strips. Light from above, bright. No other elements. Palette: peach, sea blue, cream, olive green. 16:9.

Scene 4: Tuscany, the Val d'Orcia at sunset

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 Val d'Orcia in Tuscany at sunset: one stone farmhouse with a red tiled roof on the crest of a rolling hill in the centre, a winding gravel road lined with tall cypress trees leading up to it, the hills as layered green and gold paper planes, far blue ridges behind. A large orange sun disc and cut-paper cloud strips. Light from the right, warm. No other elements. Palette: wheat gold, cypress green, cream, sunset orange. 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 plain sky, nothing else on screen.
00:00.3-00:00.9  The sun or moon disc rises into place; the cloud strips slide in one at a time from the edges and settle.
00:00.9-00:01.6  The far layers rise from the bottom edge, farthest first, each settling with a tiny paper wobble.
00:01.6-00:02.6  The landmark rises alone and locks (the Rialto Bridge: arch first, then the arcaded roof).
00:02.6-00:03.3  The water planes slide in from the bottom edge one strip at a time.
00:03.3-00:03.8  Last, the gondola with its standing gondolier slides in from the left and locks.
00:03.8-00:04.9  LIVING HOLD. The composition is complete and nothing changes position. Only three gentle motions: the gondola bobs on the water, the gold water strips shimmer, 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.