Sumi-e ink wash

The prompt

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.