mike-cartoon-broll

Mike Cartoon B-Roll

Create short cartoon inserts that break up talking-head footage. Use one strong opening frame, then give the video model room to invent the progression and scene-appropriate audio.

Style

Use assets/cartoon-style-reference.png as the authoritative visual-style reference in every image-generation request. Treat its characters, objects, poses, and composition as examples, not required scene content. Choose the cast from the requested idea. A scene may include Mike, the robot, both, other characters, or neither. In each frame prompt, list the allowed subjects and say the reference controls rendering only, not scene content.

• Warm ivory paper with visible texture.
• Fine graphite-and-ink outlines with imperfect cross-hatching.
• Muted watercolor and gouache fills.
• Sparse editorial compositions with grounded shadows and negative space.
• Static wide or medium-wide camera and dry, understated humour.
• If Mike appears, use his black cap, charcoal T-shirt, dark jeans, and black sneakers.
• If the friendly robot appears, use its rounded weathered teal body, cream face panel, black oval eyes, mustard antenna ball and chest medallion, and segmented dark limbs.

Preserve Meaning

Before scene ideation, extract the minimum semantic anchors needed for the point to survive. Do not turn every clause into a requirement:

• Must show: only the causally necessary actors, including who initiates the action and who is affected. Treat an explicitly named team practice, workflow, or real-world setting as required when it is part of the claim rather than incidental background.
• Must happen: the essential action, who acts on whom, cause, and result.
• Must change: any essential before-and-after contrast, role change, or emotional reversal.

Use the full script for context. Treat words such as used to, now, but, because, rather than, and instead as prompts to check for a required change or cause, not as automatic duration rules.