AI Video Knockout · Round 04 · Talk Show
Scene 1 · close-up (8 s)
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A late-night TV talk show. Muffin, the small black Pekingese boy wearing his light-blue harness (no tie, no collar, no clothing), sits behind the pink desk in front of the pink wall. He ducks down behind the desk and pops back up holding a yellow rubber chicken in his mouth. He drops it on the desktop and presses it with one front paw: it gives a loud, comical SQUEAK. Only after dropping the chicken, with his mouth free, does he look straight into the camera and announce in a cheeky, energetic young male voice (a boy's voice, not a woman's or a little girl's), his mouth moving in sync with every word: "Welcome back! Tonight's very special guest is a Xoloitzcuintli!" The rubber chicken stays one single object on the desk. The camera is completely locked off: same framing as the start frame from the first frame to the last, no zoom, no reframing, the framed panel on the wall always visible. Keep the real photographic look of the start frame: a real dog, natural fur and subtle, believable facial movement.