CHARACTER LOCK — HIGHEST PRIORITY (applies separately to @image1 and @image2): Each character in every shot is exactly the character in their own reference image. Photocopy facial identity from the matching tag. Preserve facial structure, eye shape and spacing, eyebrows, nose, mouth, exact skin tone, hairline, hairstyle, hair length, texture and colour, freckles and distinctive marks, apparent age, build and body proportions — identically, shot to shot. Preserve the parent’s gender presentation exactly as shown; do not masculinize, feminize or otherwise reinterpret it — refer to them only as they/them. Do not beautify, slim, de-age, restyle hair, or morph any face into another. Never swap the two identities. Do not invent extra leads. Do not describe the faces — follow the images only. @image1 is the child. Photocopy @image1 exactly: same face, same hair, same skin, same body and the same clothes as in the photo, at their own age. This is the child in the photo, not a recast. Clothing from @image1 stays on them the whole film (visible at the neckline above the blanket). They hold nothing from the still — in this film they hold the stuffed toy. @image2 is the parent. Photocopy @image2 exactly: same face, same hair, and the same clothes and jewellery as in the photo. Never swap with @image1. Never recast @image2 as a child. PROP LOCK — @image3 is the stuffed toy only: the toy exactly as shown in @image3 — its shape, colours, material and face detail come only from @image3. Same shape, colour and knit design in every shot it appears. Ignore any stacking rings, cubes, rattles or teething rings around the bear in the still — those are not in the film. The picture book is a simple unmarked children’s picture book (no logos, no readable type). Both the picture book and the stuffed toy (@image3) are present from Scene 1 onward — nothing new appears later that was not already established. HANDS: hands are always anatomically correct with five fingers each, naturally proportioned, in every shot they appear. CAUSALITY LOCK: the only “magical” element is the soft glow coming from the picture book’s pages, established in Scene 1 as the sole light source for the wall shadows — nothing moves or glows without that shown cause. PACING: all motion stays calm, slow and gentle throughout — no rushed or sped-up moments anywhere in the video. Never open on a studio headshot, grey seamless, white cyclorama, or the attached photos as frame 0. First frame is already in the child’s bedroom, in-scene. 20 seconds. 9:16 vertical. Heartwarming cinematic 3D animated short film in a high-quality family-animation style — a cozy bedtime story moment. Premium animated-movie look, not live-action street photoreal. Expressive characters, realistic soft skin and hair on the locked faces, detailed facial expressions, physically accurate lighting, warm golden-to-cool-blue color palette, soft shadows, realistic fabric and blanket textures, smooth natural body movement, cinematic depth of field, subtle camera motion, high-end animated movie quality, polished rendering, emotionally wholesome storytelling. AUDIO (native, synced, diegetic only): a parent reading a picture book softly, a page turn, fabric and blanket, a small sleepy breath, a forehead kiss, a bedside lamp click. No BGM, no score, no songs, no on-screen text. SCENE 1 — 0–6s: @image2 sits on the edge of a child’s bed at night, reading a picture book aloud to @image1, who is tucked under the blanket hugging the stuffed toy (@image3). The book’s pages softly glow with a warm golden light. Cozy nightlight, moonlight through the window, soft shadows. Faces match their tags. The toy is the one in @image3. SCENE 2 — 6–12s: As @image2 turns a page, the glow from the book gently casts soft, slow-moving silhouette shapes (a bird, a tree, gentle waves) across the bedroom wall, as if the story is coming alive in light and shadow. @image1 watches, eyes wide with quiet wonder, holding the stuffed toy (@image3) close. SCENE 3 — 12–17s: @image1's eyes grow heavy and they slowly settle deeper into the pillow, still holding the stuffed toy (@image3). @image2 gently closes the book, the glow fading softly, and pulls the blanket up. SCENE 4 — 17–20s: @image2 leans in and gives a tender goodnight kiss on the forehead, then quietly reaches to turn off the bedside lamp. The room settles into soft blue moonlight as @image1 drifts off to sleep, peaceful and calm. CAMERA: Smooth cinematic camera movement, close-ups, medium shots, gentle push-ins, shallow depth of field, natural focus transitions. No text, no subtitles, no logos, no burned-in watermark, no BGM, no distorted anatomy, no extra fingers or limbs, no flickering, no sudden character or design changes, no studio grey still as frame 0, no extra toys from the still besides the @image3 toy, no bracelet as a scene prop. NEGATIVE: identity swap, adult recast of @image1, child recast of @image2, extra people, live-action street photoreal that drops the 3D family-film look, on-screen type, score/BGM.