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Girl's Shadow Refuses to Follow in Animated Short

A 3D Pixar-style animated short about a girl named Mina whose shadow sits down and refuses to follow her home. Across eight timed shots, she pleads, the shadow plays hopscotch, and they reunite with a high-five before racing home to dinner.

Al-Shamus @im_shahid7
Original post 2026-08-04 · View the full post on X ↗

Prompt

{ "title": "The Shadow Quit", "style": "3D Pixar family animation. Warm suburban dusk, golden-hour lighting, stylized characters, handheld feel.", "shots": [ {"time":"00:00-00:03","type":"EXT. CLOSE-UP","action":"Mina's sneakers hit grass. She stops. Her shadow stays seated cross-legged.","camera":"Low angle, slight handheld wobble.","dialogue":"Mina: 'Come on, we have mac and cheese tonight!'"}, {"time":"00:03-00:05","type":"WIDE","action":"Mina stands confused. Her shadow points at the swing set, arms folded.","camera":"Static wide. Swing set silhouetted.","dialogue":"Shadow: (shakes head silently)"}, {"time":"00:05-00:08","type":"MEDIUM","action":"Mina crouches, pleading. Shadow draws hopscotch in dirt with dreamy lag.","camera":"Push-in on Mina's face.","dialogue":"Mina: 'You can swing tomorrow. I promise.'"}, {"time":"00:08-00:12","type":"OVERHEAD","action":"Shadow hops hopscotch alone. Mina watches, smiling. Leaves fall slow-motion.","camera":"Crane shot descending.","dialogue":"Mina: (soft giggle)"}, {"time":"00:12-00:16","type":"CLOSE-UP","action":"Shadow stops, reaches up for high-five.","camera":"Two-shot becoming extreme close-up. Sunset flares.","dialogue":"(none)"}, {"time":"00:16-00:19","type":"SLOW-MO CLOSE-UP","action":"Hands meet. Shadow reattaches with soft snap and ripple of light.","camera":"Macro lens. Dust particles explode.","dialogue":"(soft snap sound)"}, {"time":"00:19-00:24","type":"TRACKING","action":"Mina runs to house. Shadow runs beside her on grass, up wall, synced.","camera":"Side-tracking.","dialogue":"(none)"}, {"time":"00:24-00:30","type":"INT. WIDE","action":"Mina slides into chair. Shadow on wall steals macaroni with impossibly long arm.","camera":"Wide through doorway.","dialogue":"Mina: 'Hey!' (laughs)"} ] }

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