Crayon World Chase: Rat, Cat, Boy and Dog
A 30-second children's crayon-drawing-style animation in one continuous take, showing a rat carrying a crayon fish, a cat chasing it, and a boy with a dog following through a white paper landscape. The prompt uses four character reference images for appearance only and specifies a shot-by-shot camera timeline with playful cartoon audio.
Jiade 05 @Jiade05
Prompt (original, unmodified)
Create a 30-second children's crayon-drawing-style animated video, one continuous shot, no cuts. A playful chase happens in a white paper crayon world: a rat runs ahead holding a cooked orange/tan crayon fish in both front paws, a cat chases directly behind, and a boy with a dog follows behind them. Maintain the chase order throughout: rat + fish → cat → boy + dog. The rat never drops the fish and the cat never catches it. Use references only for character appearance: Image 1 = cat fur/color/body, Image 2 = rat fur/color/snout/tail, Image 3 = boy hairstyle/clothing, Image 4 = dog fur/color/floppy ears/body. Do not copy backgrounds and do not mix character traits. Scene: clean white paper background with a green scribbled tree and brown trunk on the left, tall house with red roof and blue windows in the center, yellow crayon sun top right, blue cloud top left, wavy green grass at bottom. No hands, crayons, or drawing tools visible. Timeline: 0-6s: Wide establishing shot. Empty scene, then rat enters from left holding fish and looks back nervously. 6-14s: Cat enters chasing rat. Camera smoothly pans sideways as they pass the tree toward the house. 14-22s: Boy and dog join from behind. Camera slightly pushes in as cat gets closer. 22-30s: Camera pulls out to a wide shot. All four continue running with small crayon dust scribbles, full landscape visible again. Style: thick waxy crayon strokes, visible scribble texture, wobbly hand-drawn lines, childlike proportions, bright saturated colors, flat lighting, cute playful animation. Camera: single continuous take, wide shot → lateral tracking pan → slight push-in → pull-out. No scene cuts. Audio: playful cartoon chase music with pizzicato strings, bouncy tuba, comedic woodwinds, running footsteps, boing/slide-whistle effects, dog bark and boy laugh near the end. No dialogue.
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How this prompt compares
The techniques this prompt uses are more common in 3D cartoon prompts than in the library overall:
| Technique | In 3D cartoon | Library average | Lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| soft light | 25% | 18% | 1.4x |
Across all 5,926 prompts, the techniques used here appear at: tracking 41%, soft light 18%, push-in 12%, pull-out 10%.
The 30s duration is not arbitrary: 4% of the prompts in this library that state a duration ask for exactly 30 seconds.
