The rice that rode the belt looking for its topping
Reconstructed[GOAL] Generate a 30-second animated brand film for a conveyor-belt sushi restaurant. The core subject is <SHARI>, a palm-sized ball of vinegared sushi rice with a simple drawn face, blush cheeks and two stubby feet, riding the belt alone on a plate. The main event is <SHARI> passing topping after topping that does not suit it, until the one that does arrives. [STAGE ONE] Opens with: a shallow-focus track along the conveyor belt at rice height. Finished nigiri glide past on coloured plates; <SHARI> sits on a red plate, bare, with a small worried frown. Main event: <SHARI> looks up at each neighbour on the belt — a plump shrimp nigiri, a row of fried croquettes, a slab of seared tuna — and shrinks a little each time. Ends with: <SHARI> alone in the centre of frame, plate still moving, shoulders low. [STAGE TWO] Carried over: the same belt direction, the same restaurant, the same <SHARI> proportions and face. Main event: toppings try themselves on. A spill of salmon roe lands and sits too heavy; a whole fried prawn flops across and overhangs both ends; <SHARI> tips face-first toward a dish of soy sauce and comes up dripping and startled. Ends with: <SHARI> bare again, tilted, one foot planted to steady the plate, mildly indignant. [STAGE THREE] Main event: a single slice of fatty tuna descends into frame with a soft rim of light, settles across <SHARI> and fits exactly. <SHARI> straightens up, beams, and lifts both arms; roe scatters upward like confetti and a croquette on the next plate cheers. Ends with: the camera lifts off the belt into a slow top-down of the whole circular counter, every plate a different colour, the belt turning once. [KEEP CONSISTENT] Keep <SHARI>'s size, face design, blush placement and foot shape stable in every shot. Keep the belt travelling in one direction throughout, the wood counter, warm interior lighting and plate colours unchanged, and never give <SHARI> arms until the final celebration. The image is soft-shaded 3D character animation with a pastel palette, rounded silhouettes, subsurface-scattered rice grains, warm practical lighting off pale wood, and a shallow macro depth of field that keeps the belt behind the subject creamy. The camera stays at rice height on a slow parallel dolly for the first two stages, cutting only on belt movement, then releases into a single crane move to overhead at the end. Sound includes the low hum and rubber tick of the conveyor, plates knocking gently, a light playful ukulele-and-marimba cue that lands its first downbeat on the tuna slice, small non-verbal squeaks from <SHARI>, and no dialogue.