Wolf at the Wrong House

ARCHETYPE: Physical Comedy Fairy Tale DURATION: 15 Seconds FORMAT: 16:9 stylized illustrated animation AUDIO: Lively Romanian folk-inspired rhythm with accordion, violin plucks and wooden percussion. No dialogue. PROMPT.CONCEPT: TITLE: Wolf at the Wrong House DESCRIPTION: A confident wolf follows Mother Goat through a colorful village hoping to discover where her three kids live, but he accidentally chooses the wrong cottage and spends the entire story trying to outwit three wooden goat children who aren't even inside. DURATION: 15 seconds CORE_VISUAL_RULE: The world resembles hand-painted Romanian wooden toys and naïve village paintings. Characters behave like jointed wooden figurines moved by invisible hands. RHYTHM_STRUCTURE: spying → mistaken assumption → elaborate scheme → repeated confusion → reveal. SUBJECT_LOCK: Mother Goat: white carved wooden goat with painted red floral vest and black skirt. Three kids: tiny cream wooden figurines with red, green and blue painted collars. Wolf: tall dark-brown wooden figure with long hinged arms, triangular ears and comically smug painted eyebrows. CAMERA_DIRECTION: Orthographic dollhouse views, playful overhead angles and simple lateral moves. Occasional fast punch-in for reactions. Preserve visible miniature scale. VISUAL_STYLE: OVERALL: Romanian naïve folk painting combined with vintage hand-painted wooden toys. MEDIUM_OR_ONTOLOGY: carved linden wood figures, painted wooden cottages, hand-painted floral scenery. INSPIRED_BY: Romanian folk toys, village icons, naïve rural painting and traditional painted furniture. COLOR_PALETTE: brick red, sunflower yellow, grassy green, sky blue, cream, dark brown. MATERIALS_AND_TEXTURE: chipped tempera paint, visible wood grain, carved tool marks, slightly uneven handmade geometry. LIGHTING: warm tabletop daylight with soft miniature shadows. DEPTH_AND_COMPOSITION: physical tabletop diorama with layered painted wooden scenery. MOTION_LANGUAGE: FOLLOWS_MUSIC: strongly CORE_BEHAVIOR: characters move in tiny mechanical increments like stop-motion wooden toys. TRANSITION_SYSTEM: cottages, trees and hills slide sideways like wooden theatre scenery. CONTINUITY_RULE: the wolf's increasingly elaborate collection of disguise pieces remains physically attached to him. MOTION_INTENSITY: energetic and comic. STORYBOARD: TOTAL_BEATS: 8 BEAT 01 — 0.0–1.8s DESCRIPTION: Mother Goat leaves her cottage carrying two wooden baskets. Three goat kids wave from an upstairs window. CAMERA: miniature wide shot. SUBJECT_ACTION: Mother walks toward village. TRANSITION: scenery slides sideways. BEAT 02 — 1.8–3.4s DESCRIPTION: Wolf pops from behind a tiny painted tree and sneaks after her. CAMERA: profile tracking shot. SUBJECT_ACTION: He tiptoes dramatically. VISUAL_FOCUS: exaggerated bent knees. BEAT 03 — 3.4–5.2s DESCRIPTION: Mother Goat passes behind two almost identical wooden cottages. SUBJECT_ACTION: Wolf loses sight of her for one second. CAMERA: overhead. VISUAL_FOCUS: wolf rapidly looking left and right. BEAT 04 — 5.2–7.0s DESCRIPTION: Wolf confidently chooses the wrong cottage. SUBJECT_ACTION: He smooths his fur, puts on a floral scarf and knocks. CAMERA: frontal dollhouse shot. VISUAL_FOCUS: smug expression. BEAT 05 — 7.0–8.7s DESCRIPTION: Nothing happens. SUBJECT_ACTION: Wolf knocks again, increasingly politely. CAMERA: medium close-up. MOTION_BEHAVIOR: wooden elbow repeatedly hinges forward. BEAT 06 — 8.7–10.5s DESCRIPTION: He produces a basket, bonnet and bunch of flowers, adding each disguise piece. SUBJECT_ACTION: Wolf poses with absurd elegance. CAMERA: rapid incremental push-in. VISUAL_FOCUS: overloaded costume. BEAT 07 — 10.5–12.6s DESCRIPTION: Still nothing. Frustrated, wolf tries the handle. Entire front wall of cottage accidentally tips forward like a dollhouse panel. CAMERA: three-quarter view. VISUAL_FOCUS: completely empty interior. SUBJECT_ACTION: Wolf freezes. BEAT 08 — 12.6–15.0s DESCRIPTION: Camera slides one cottage to the left, revealing the real three kids watching him through their window. SUBJECT_ACTION: The kids silently shake with laughter. Wolf slowly turns toward them, mortified. The kids instantly close the shutters. CAMERA: wide village tableau. MOTION_BEHAVIOR: wolf's wooden ears droop on tiny hinges. END_FRAME: Wolf stands alone between the two nearly identical cottages wearing the ridiculous bonnet, basket and flowers, while a tiny wooden chicken casually walks past him. NEGATIVE_PROMPT: photorealism, realistic fur, glossy CGI, polished modern 3D animation, anime, dark horror, gore, violence, contemporary objects, smooth morphing, physically realistic motion, complex backgrounds, text, subtitles, logos.