Whales' Synchronized Ocean Ballet.
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{
"shot": {
"type": "single",
"shot_size": "overhead medium-wide easing to medium",
"camera_motion": "One continuous overhead dolly-arc: slow push-in while orbiting clockwise ~20°; no other moves.",
"lens": "50mm equivalent",
"aperture": "f/4",
"shutter": "1/48",
"iso": 200,
"filters": "Circular polarizer at 50% to balance glare and subsurface visibility",
"notes": "Naturalistic exposure; highlight rolloff on specular ripples."
},
"subject": "Two adult humpback whales with distinctive black and white patterns, approximately 12–15 meters in length.",
"scene": "Open ocean in early morning light; deep blue water with gentle swells. Surface scattered with floating seaweed and small fish. Distant horizon with a faint sunrise glow.",
"visual_details": [
{
"t": "0.0–2.5s",
"beat": "Approach. Seaweed and small fish drift; gentle waves travel. The two humpback whales glide in from opposite edges on complementary arcs, establishing a clockwise rotation. Fin and tail strokes create soft V-wakes that begin to steer nearby seaweed."
},
{
"t": "2.5–5.5s",
"beat": "Cinematic dance: a slow synchronized figure-eight (lemniscate). They counter-rotate through center with a near-miss cross, then open the loop—one whale rolls slightly toward camera showing the iridescent sheen of its skin; the other dips, revealing a school of small fish below through refracted water. Seaweed is advected by their vortices and spins realistically."
},
{
"t": "5.5–8.0s",
"beat": "Resolve. They curve into a yin-yang mirror, tails flick in opposite directions, noses pass gently. A piece of seaweed brushes one snout and spirals, generating tight concentric ripples. Camera completes the push-in and holds on the symmetrical tableau for the final half-second."
}
],
"cinematography": {
"lighting": "Early morning skylight; moving speculars from ripple geometry; no stylized glow.",
"focus": "AF priority on the nearer whale; medium DOF keeps both readable while seaweed and small fish at distance soften. Surface refraction and distortion physically correct.",
"grade": "Photoreal, neutral filmic contrast; restrained saturation; preserved microtexture on whale skin and seaweed."
},
"audio": {
"music": "Sparse, cinematic underscore: soft didgeridoo pulse at 60–70 BPM with airy whale song breaths—subtle, non-intrusive.",
"fx": [
"Ocean ambience: gentle lapping and small water movement",
"Whale foley: faint fin swishes and micro-bubble release during turns",
"Seaweed contact 'plip' timed to the center pass at ~6.5s"
],
"mix": "Integrated loudness ≈ −20 LUFS, peaks ≤ −6 dBFS; score low in the bed (−26 to −24 LUFS) so natural water remains primary; roll off highs above 12 kHz to avoid harshness; light ocean reverb (<0.3s).",
"dialogue": "none"
},
"color_palette": {
"water": "deep navy blue",
"whale_skin": "black with white patches and subtle iridescence",
"seaweed": "olive green",
"accents": "neutral horizon gray"
},
"physics_rules": [
"Seaweed floats with surface tension; each shows a slight meniscus and micro-shadow on water.",
"Whale tail and pectoral beats generate vortices that advect seaweed and shear ripples realistically.",
"Ripple propagation speed and amplitude decay follow physical damping; concentric rings attenuate naturally.",
"Fresnel reflections vary with view angle; partial polarization reduces but does not eliminate glare.",
"Motion blur governed by 1/48 shutter: fin tips show light blur, bodies remain crisp."
],
"visual_rules": [
"Strict photorealism—no illustration outlines or toon shading.",
"Only the two whales described; accurate humpback anatomy and skin patterning.",
"Organic seaweed detail with mild imperfections; avoid plastic look.",
"No text, subtitles, logos, watermarks."
]
}
