29Tai chi sequence
Slow on purpose
Spin, thrust, plant
30Stop-motion clay-style animation with the energy of a 1970s martial arts film, a young woman with two long braids practices with a wooden bo staff on a rocky coastline at golden hour, handcrafted textures, a whip pan and a crash zoom. 0–2s: the camera whip-pans onto her as she holds the staff horizontally at chest height in a ready stance. 2–4s: she spins the staff in a figure-eight in front of her body, hands passing it smoothly. 4–6s: she steps forward and thrusts one end straight at the camera as it crash-zooms onto her face. 6–8s: she plants the staff upright beside her and holds the pose. Throughout: full body in frame except during the zoom, waves breaking against the rocks, warm orange light, visible clay fingerprints.
Props need hand positions. Say where the hands are at the start and the end, and let the spin happen between them.
29Slow on purpose