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A brick-built toy world: the girl is a small plastic toy minifigure with a cylindrical head, a painted-on face, claw hands and hinged arms, and the rooftop, plants, pots, watering can and city skyline are all built from glossy interlocking plastic toy bricks with round studs on top. Clean bright light, saturated primary colours, crisp plastic reflections. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a plastic toy minifigure girl waters potted tomato plants with a tiny plastic watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and a stream of translucent blue plastic pieces tumbles onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane built from flat plastic tiles glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: everything stays glossy plastic bricks with visible studs, and the minifigure moves with rigid toy physics, arms swinging on simple hinges and legs stepping stiffly, one continuous take.

Flat cut-paper stop-motion, seen straight on like a paper theatre: every shape is flat coloured construction paper with no depth or volume, torn white edges, visible paper fibres and thin soft shadows where one layer sits in front of another. The city skyline is a flat cut-paper silhouette, the plants are flat paper leaves and the girl is a flat paper figure in a blue paper dress, her flat paper-strip arms and legs pinned at the joints with tiny brass paper fasteners. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, the flat paper girl waters potted tomato plants with a paper watering can. Medium-wide shot, flat side view square-on to the scene, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and a few blue paper droplets flutter onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white folded paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: everything stays flat cut paper with torn edges and no depth, the paper layers sliding past each other, and the figure moves in small jointed steps like a paper puppet, one continuous take.

A cardboard diorama like a miniature stage play: the rooftop, plants, pots and city skyline are cut from corrugated cardboard with visible ridged edges, unpainted brown flaps, masking tape and glue seams, lit by a small warm lamp; the girl is a jointed cardboard figure with drawn-on marker details. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, the cardboard girl waters potted tomato plants with a cardboard watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and a few blue paper droplets fall onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: everything stays brown corrugated cardboard with ridged cut edges and tape, a handmade miniature stage, one continuous take.

A TV-style hand-puppet show on a bright studio set: the girl is a hand puppet with a foam head covered in bright fleece, a wide hinged mouth that flaps open and shut, round white eyes like ping-pong balls with black pupils and orange yarn hair, her arms moving on thin rods; the rooftop set is built from painted wood, foam and felt under bright studio lights with saturated primary colours. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, the fleece puppet girl waters potted tomato plants with a felt watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and a spray of blue felt-and-glitter water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: the puppet stays fleece and foam with a wide hinged mouth that flaps open and shut as she reacts, on a felt-and-foam studio set, one continuous take.

Needle-felted wool stop-motion: every character and object is made of soft, fibrous needle-felted wool with slightly fuzzy outlines, tiny wool fibres catching the light and rounded, chubby shapes, softly lit like a cosy tabletop set. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a needle-felted wool girl with brown wool hair and a yellow wool T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a wool watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and a few blue wool droplets fall onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white felted paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: everything stays soft, fuzzy needle-felted wool with stray fibres at the edges, moving in gentle stop-motion steps, one continuous take.

Stop-motion claymation on a miniature handmade set: every character and object is sculpted from matte plasticine with visible thumbprints and tool marks and slightly lumpy hand-shaped forms, lit like a tabletop studio; movement is stop-motion at about 12 frames a second, with the small jitter of hand-posed frames. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a plasticine girl with brown clay hair in a yellow clay T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a clay watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and a few blue clay droplets fall onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: everything stays matte plasticine with thumbprints and tool marks, animated in slightly jittery stop-motion steps, one continuous take.

Simple stick-figure animation drawn in black felt-tip marker on plain white paper: the girl is a stick figure with a circle head, dot eyes, a curved-line smile and a small triangle skirt, and the rooftop, pots, tomato plants and city skyline are sketched as a few simple outlines, everything in single wobbly black lines on bare white paper, the lines jittering slightly from frame to frame like a hand-drawn flipbook. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a stick-figure girl with a scribbled ponytail waters potted tomato plants with a simple outline watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and a few drawn water droplets fall onto the leaves. 2–4s: a little outline paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: everything stays black-marker stick-figure line drawing on white paper, the lines jittering like a flipbook, one continuous take.

Mixed media: live-action footage of a real rooftop garden, real plants and a real city in natural late-afternoon light, with the girl drawn into it as a simple glowing white-line stick figure with a circle head, dot eyes and a curved smile, her white lines wobbling slightly from frame to frame as she handles the real objects and casts a faint soft shadow. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a white-line stick-figure girl waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: the world stays real live-action footage while the girl stays a flat, wobbling white-line stick figure drawn on top, one continuous take.

Whiteboard animation: the whole frame is a clean white whiteboard, edge to edge, and the girl, the plants, the pots and the city skyline are all black dry-erase marker line drawings on it with a few accents in red and blue marker, the sky left as bare white board, each drawing sketching itself on stroke by stroke as it appears, slight marker streaks and a faint glossy sheen on the board, simple explainer-video character design. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a marker-drawn girl with a simple round face and short hair waters potted tomato plants with a marker-drawn watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and a few blue marker droplets fall onto the leaves. 2–4s: a marker-drawn paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: everything stays marker line drawing on a white whiteboard, new lines sketching themselves on as they appear, one continuous take.

A child's wax-crayon drawing come to life: thick, waxy, uneven crayon strokes in bright primary colours on white paper, the paper texture showing through gaps in the colour, a scribbled sky, a big yellow sun with stick rays in the corner, wobbly proportions and simple naive shapes, moving in jerky hand-drawn frames. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a crayon girl with orange scribbled pigtails and a green dress waters potted tomato plants with a purple crayon watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and a few blue crayon drops fall onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white crayon paper airplane outlined in black glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: everything stays a child's waxy crayon drawing with paper showing through, moving in jerky hand-drawn frames, one continuous take.

A ballpoint-pen doodle on lined notebook paper: everything drawn in blue ballpoint ink with quick, loose strokes, scribbled cross-hatch shading and a few doodled stars in the margin, the faint blue ruled lines and red margin line of the page showing through, the doodle redrawn slightly every frame so it quivers like a margin flipbook. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a doodled girl with a scribbly bob and a striped T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a doodled watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and a few scribbled droplets fall onto the leaves. 2–4s: a doodled paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: everything stays blue ballpoint doodle on lined notebook paper, quivering slightly from frame to frame, one continuous take.

A chalk drawing on a dark green school chalkboard that fills the whole frame: the girl, the plants, the pots and the city skyline are all drawn in white and pastel chalk lines with a dusty, grainy texture, the green board showing through every stroke, shading smudged in with a finger, faint ghosts of erased drawings, chalk dust drifting off the lines as they are redrawn slightly each frame. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a chalk-line girl with short hair and a yellow chalk T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a chalk-drawn watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and a few blue chalk droplets fall onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white chalk paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: everything stays dusty chalk on a dark green chalkboard, smudged and faintly ghosted, one continuous take.

A 1930s black-and-white rubber-hose cartoon: characters with bendy, boneless noodle limbs, white gloves, pie-cut eyes and a bouncy, rhythmic way of moving, soft ink-and-paint outlines on a hand-painted background, film grain, flicker and a gentle vignette. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a cartoon girl with a round head, pie-cut eyes and a short dark bob waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: the image stays black-and-white 1930s rubber-hose animation with film grain and flicker, every limb bending like rubber, one continuous take.

Flat vector motion graphics in a corporate illustration style: clean geometric shapes, flat colours with no shading or texture, an abstract character with long limbs, a small head and a simple face, a bright limited palette and smooth eased animation. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a flat vector girl with long limbs and a small head in a yellow top waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: the image stays flat vector illustration with clean shapes, no shading and smooth eased motion, one continuous take.

Retro 16-bit pixel art in the style of a side-scrolling video game: low-resolution sprites with hard square pixel edges, a limited colour palette, dithered shading and parallax layers of a pixel city skyline behind. Animation moves in a few clear sprite frames per action. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a small pixel-art girl sprite in a red jacket waters potted tomato plants with a pixel watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and a few blue pixel droplets splash onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white pixel paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: the whole image stays low-resolution pixel art with hard square pixels, a limited palette and dithered shading, animated in simple sprite frames, one continuous take.

Charcoal and pencil sketch animation on off-white paper: dynamic, messy graphite and charcoal lines, cross-hatched shading, visible smudges and eraser marks, the lines redrawn slightly every frame so the drawing boils and shimmers. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl of about ten with short brown hair in a yellow T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: the image stays rough graphite and charcoal on paper, the lines boiling slightly from frame to frame, one continuous take.

Japanese sumi-e ink-wash painting in motion: black and grey ink brushed onto off-white rice paper in confident calligraphic strokes that swell and taper, soft wet washes bleeding into the paper fibres, wide areas of blank paper left empty, and the ripe tomatoes the only touch of red, each stroke appearing as if freshly brushed. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl painted in a few loose ink strokes waters potted tomato plants with an ink-brushed watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and a few ink-wash droplets fall onto the leaves. 2–4s: an ink-outlined paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: the image stays black ink brushwork and soft washes on rice paper, with wide empty space and the tomatoes the only red, one continuous take.

An Edo-period Japanese woodblock print brought to life: the whole frame is printed from carved wooden blocks onto cream handmade washi paper, in flat areas of muted indigo, rust red and pale green ink with uneven ink absorption and visible wood grain inside each colour block, bold black key-block outlines, stylised curling wind lines and banded, patterned clouds. The girl is drawn as a print figure with a pale face, narrow eyes and fine single-line features, moving in gentle, limited animation. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl of about ten with short brown hair in a yellow T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: the frame stays a flat printed woodblock image on cream washi paper, with wood grain in the flat ink, bold key-block outlines and stylised wind lines, one continuous take.

Graphic-novel noir: harsh black-and-white ink drawing with heavy solid blacks, deep chiaroscuro shadows from the low sun, bold brushed ink lines and comic-book halftone dot shading, like a moving inked comic panel. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl of about ten with short brown hair in a yellow T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: the image stays black-and-white ink with heavy shadows and halftone dots, one continuous take.

Loose watercolour painting animation on white cold-press paper: every shape painted in transparent washes with hard dried edges and wet-on-wet blooms, colours bleeding into each other, white paper left bare as the highlights, a sketchy pencil underdrawing visible beneath, the paint subtly repainted each frame so the edges shimmer like a painted flipbook. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl of about ten with short brown hair in a yellow T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: the whole frame stays loose, transparent watercolour on white textured paper, with blooms, hard dried edges and bare white paper showing through, one continuous take.

A 1990s TV cartoon look: thick black outlines, flat solid colours with no shading, simple rounded character designs with big expressive eyes, bold bright backgrounds and snappy, bouncy keyframe animation. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl of about ten with short brown hair in a yellow T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: the image stays flat-colour 2D cartoon with thick black outlines and bouncy, snappy animation, one continuous take.

Traditional hand-drawn 2D animation: characters drawn with clean ink lines and flat cel colours with one soft shadow tone, set against detailed hand-painted background art with visible brush texture, soft afternoon light and gentle, unhurried movement. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl of about ten with short brown hair in a yellow T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: the image stays hand-drawn 2D animation with clean ink lines, flat cel colours and painted background art, one continuous take.

Traditional cel animation from the analogue era: painted acetate cels with crisp ink outlines and two-tone hard-edged shading over hand-painted backgrounds, slight colour registration wobble, soft film grain and dust, warm low sunlight. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl of about ten with long black hair in two braids and a red sweater waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: the image stays hand-painted cel animation with hard-edged cel shading, film grain and painted backgrounds, one continuous take.

Rotoscope animation: the whole frame is hand-drawn, traced frame by frame over filmed movement, with bold, slightly wobbling ink outlines and flat fills of colour in a limited palette that shifts a little between frames, so the motion is completely realistic but every person and object is a drawing. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl of about ten with short brown hair in a yellow T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: the whole frame stays hand-traced outlines and flat colour fills that wobble slightly from frame to frame, with realistic motion, one continuous take.

A moving impressionist oil painting: thick impasto brushstrokes visible on every surface, broken dabs of vibrant colour, flickering light on the leaves and a rich canvas texture, the brushstrokes shifting slightly as things move. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl of about ten with short brown hair in a yellow T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: the image stays thick impasto oil paint with visible brushstrokes and canvas texture, one continuous take.

A vaporwave retro-CG world, like an early-1990s computer render: the girl is a smooth low-poly 3D figure with simple, softly shaded surfaces, the rooftop floor is a glowing magenta wireframe grid stretching to the horizon, the skyline is chrome and glossy pastel blocks, a huge striped pink-and-orange sun sits low on the horizon, and white marble busts and palm trees stand among the tomato pots, all in neon pink, teal and purple under a gradient sky. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl of about ten with short brown hair in a yellow T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: the world stays a glossy early-CG vaporwave render, with a magenta wireframe grid floor, chrome and pastel shapes and a striped setting sun, one continuous take.

A 3D animated feature-film look: an appealing stylised character with big expressive eyes and soft rounded forms, warm subsurface scattering in the skin, richly detailed textures, cinematic warm key light with soft bounce, and lively, polished character animation. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl of about ten with short brown hair in a yellow T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: the image stays polished stylised 3D animation with soft rounded forms and warm cinematic light, one continuous take.

A real-time video-game cinematic look: highly detailed 3D character and environment rendered in a modern game engine, slightly too-perfect skin and hair, crisp physically based materials, volumetric god rays, screen-space reflections and a faint digital sheen. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl of about ten with short brown hair in a yellow T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: the image stays a polished real-time game-engine render with a faint digital sheen, one continuous take.

Live-action footage, real people, natural skin and textures, filmed as a tilt-shift miniature: extreme blur at the top and bottom of the frame with a thin band of sharp focus, boosted saturation and slightly sped-up motion, so the real rooftop and city look like a tiny toy model. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl of about ten with short brown hair in a yellow T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. High-angle wide shot looking down at the rooftop from a taller building nearby, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: the image stays a tilt-shift miniature, with heavy blur at the top and bottom and toy-like saturated colour, one continuous take.

Live-action footage, real people, natural skin and textures, as silent-era film from the 1920s: black-and-white, heavy grain, flicker and fine scratches, slightly sped-up hand-cranked motion, soft vignetting and gentle contrast. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl of about ten with short dark hair in a pale smock dress waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: it stays flickering, scratched 1920s black-and-white film with hand-cranked motion, one continuous take.

Live-action footage, real people, natural skin and textures, on grainy Super 8 home-movie film in a 4:3 frame with black bars at the sides: thick visible film grain over everything, washed-out warm colour with an orange-yellow cast, soft focus, orange light leaks flaring in from the frame edges, a dark rounded vignette, jittery frame flicker and slightly sped-up home-movie motion. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl of about ten with short brown hair in a yellow T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, the camera handheld. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: it stays grainy, warm, flickering Super 8 home-movie film, one continuous take.

Live-action home video from a 1990s consumer camcorder: real people, a soft standard-definition picture, slightly smeared colours with a faint magenta tint, video noise in the shadows, a bright blown-out sky and slightly unsteady handheld framing, a warm amateur feel. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl of about ten with short brown hair in a yellow T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camcorder held by hand. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: it stays soft, noisy standard-definition camcorder video with smeared colour and unsteady handheld framing, one continuous take.

Live-action footage, real people, natural skin and textures, filmed as an observational documentary: natural available light, a handheld camera that breathes and gently reframes to follow her, unstaged and intimate, a clean digital image with natural colour. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl of about ten with short brown hair in a yellow T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, the camera handheld. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: it stays unstaged handheld documentary footage in natural light, one continuous take.

Live-action footage filmed on a smartphone held by a friend: real people, natural skin and textures, the phone's wide lens, auto exposure that adjusts slightly as she moves, light digital sharpening and gentle handheld movement, an everyday, unpolished look. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl of about ten with short brown hair in a yellow T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the phone held by hand at chest height. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: it stays real, everyday smartphone video with a wide lens, gentle handheld sway and natural light, one continuous take.

Live-action footage, real people, natural skin and textures, in a high-end commercial look: flawless styling, bright clean high-key light with soft reflections, saturated fresh colours and ultra-clean surfaces, the watering can and tomatoes looking like hero products. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl of about ten with short brown hair in a yellow T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: it stays polished, bright high-key commercial footage with fresh saturated colour, one continuous take.

Live-action footage, real people, natural skin and textures, filmed like a nature documentary: from a distance on a long telephoto lens, very shallow depth of field, a compressed background, crisp natural light and rich, clean colour. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl of about ten with short brown hair in a yellow T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium shot from across the rooftop on a long lens, the camera steady on a tripod. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: it stays long-lens nature-documentary footage with a compressed, softly blurred background, one continuous take.

Live-action footage, real people, natural skin and textures, shot on 35mm film: fine film grain, rich true-to-life colour, shallow depth of field with a softly blurred city behind, and a gentle glow on the highlights. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl of about ten with short brown hair in a yellow T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: it stays live-action 35mm film with fine grain and natural colour, one continuous take.

Live-action footage, real people, natural skin and textures, polished into a hyperreal visual-effects look: flawless skin and textures, dramatic rim light, crisp volumetric sunbeams full of glowing dust motes, ultra-sharp detail everywhere and a glossy, expensive finish. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl of about ten with short brown hair in a yellow T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: the image stays hyperreal and glossy, with dramatic rim light and glowing dust in the sunbeams, one continuous take.