VIETNAM - PAPER CUTS (PROMPTS)

Scene 1: Ha Long Bay 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 Ha Long Bay at sunrise: one tall limestone karst island rising in the centre, smaller karst islands behind it in three paper planes, the sea as flat green-blue water planes, one wooden junk boat with brown sails front left. A large orange sun disc and cut-paper cloud strips. Light from the right, warm. No other elements. Palette: sea green, slate blue, cream, rust brown. 16:9.

Scene 2: Hoi An, the Japanese Covered Bridge at night

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 Hoi An at night: the Japanese Covered Bridge with its tiled roof spanning the river in the centre, the old town houses as flat yellow paper blocks behind, the river as flat dark teal water planes, one wooden sampan front right with a seated boatwoman in a conical hat, three round paper lanterns hanging under the bridge roof. A full moon disc and cut-paper cloud strips. Light from the lanterns, warm on cool night. No other elements. Palette: midnight teal, lantern yellow, terracotta, cream. 16:9.

Scene 3: Hanoi, Turtle Tower on Hoan Kiem Lake 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. Wide view of Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi at dawn: Turtle Tower standing on its small island in the centre of the lake, the lake as flat jade water planes, one weeping willow leaning over the water on the left, the old quarter as low ochre paper blocks behind. Front right a woman in a conical hat stands still on the bank, back to camera. A pale gold sun disc and cut-paper cloud strips. Light from the left, soft. No other elements. Palette: jade green, ochre, cream, dusty rose. 16:9.

Scene 4: Trang An, Ninh Binh

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 elevated view of Trang An in Ninh Binh: one great limestone karst cliff rising in the centre, farther karst ridges in two paper planes behind, the river winding in a bend as flat green-blue water planes, terraced rice fields as flat green paper planes on the near bank, one rowing boat front centre with a seated rower in a conical hat. A large mustard sun disc and cut-paper cloud strips. Light from the right, warm. No other elements. Palette: rice green, limestone grey, cream, mustard. 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.
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 boat or the figure slides in and locks.
00:03.8-00:04.9  LIVING HOLD. The composition is complete and nothing changes position. Only three gentle motions: the sail sways a little, the boat bobs on the water, 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.