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sc05_0010

A sweeping drone shot follows snail as she finally crosses the threshold onto the wooden planks of the Santa Monica Pier, the iconic ‘route-66 - End’ sign looming triumphantly against the bright California sky.

Preview

Latest Kitsu preview (revision 1, source: osc_sc05_0010_comp_gen_a002_v001_gh_end_sign_arrival.1001).

Shot data (kitsu)

  • Kitsu: open in Kitsu
  • sequence: sc05
  • status: running
  • canceled: no
  • kind: synthetic
  • reference_archive: gen
  • beat: SCENE-05-B01
  • beat_summary: The snail arrives at the ‘Route 66 - End’ sign at the Santa Monica Pier.
  • beat_shift: endless journey -> sudden finality
  • tempo: measured
  • transition: Cross Dissolve

Camera

  • shot_size: Wide Shot
  • camera_angle: High Angle
  • camera_movement: Drone Shot
  • lens: Wide Angle Lens

Timing

  • fps: 25
  • frame_in: 1
  • frame_out: 167
  • nb_frames: 167

movielabs export (JSON)

Generation brief (001__generation_briefs_v0.3.0_r02.json)

  • scene_heading: EXT. SANTA MONICA PIER - LATE AFTERNOON
  • kind: synthetic
  • method: Generate (image/video-to-video) - archive-grounded: the cited clip is a visual reference for look and period detail, not reused on screen.
  • duration_s: 6.67
  • reference_archive_id: Roadbook
  • style: Era/look: Present. mood: Peaceful, Triumphant, Vast. time of day: late afternoon.
  • camera: Wide Shot; High Angle; Drone Shot; Leading Lines; Single Shot; Deep Depth of Field; Wide Angle Lens; Frame Rate
  • prompt: Wide high-angle drone shot sweeping over a snail as it crosses onto the wooden planks of the Santa Monica Pier. In the deep depth of field, the iconic ‘Route 66 - End’ sign looms triumphantly against a bright, peaceful late afternoon California sky. Wide Angle Lens, leading lines, present-day aesthetic.
  • negative_prompt: shallow depth of field, static camera, low angle, desert landscape, informative graphics on screen, dark gloomy lighting
  • reference_summary: Sequence of desert landscapes in Arizona, with the progressive addition of informative graphics indicating locations and distances, culminating with a wider view that includes a reference to Los Angeles and Santa Monica Pier in California.

Shot list (001__shot_list_v0.2.0_comment_v1_r06_revised.json (AGT-021 revised))

  • beat_id: SCENE-05-B01
  • beat_summary: The snail arrives at the ‘Route 66 - End’ sign on the Santa Monica Pier.
  • beat_shift: Endless journey -> Sudden arrival
  • kind: composite
  • tempo: slow
  • duration_s: 8.57
  • editorial_note: Slows the pace dramatically, blending into the present day as she reaches her destination.
  • archive_segment_id: Roadbook#0334
  • source_archive_id: Roadbook
  • archive_in: 1631.32
  • archive_out: 1640.96
  • archive_tc_in: 00:27:11:08
  • archive_tc_out: 00:27:20:24
  • origin_code: cmp
  • notes: Augment archive Roadbook with AI/VFX (score 0.5706)
  • description: Composited onto the wooden planks of the pier as the archival view widens to reveal the Santa Monica reference, the camera pushes in slowly on the snail as she finally reaches the iconic ‘Route 66 - End’ sign, her long journey culminating in this serene arrival.
  • archive_summary_en: Sequence of desert landscapes in Arizona, with the progressive addition of informative graphics indicating locations and distances, culminating with a wider view that includes a reference to Los Angeles and Santa Monica Pier in California.

OMC sidecar (001__osc_sc05_0010_comp_gen_a002_v001_gh_end_sign_arrival.1001.omc.json)

  • asset: osc_sc05_0010_comp_gen_a002_v001_gh_end_sign_arrival.1001.png
  • deliverable stem: osc_sc05_0010_comp_cmp_a003_v001_gh_end_sign_arrival.mov
  • era: era-locked-look
  • model: fal-ai/nano-banana-2 (Gen-Image)
  • model_foundation: Google gemini (Nano Banana 2)
  • provider: fal
  • seed: 1993909876
  • aspect_ratio: 16:9
  • resolution: 1K
  • generated_at: 2026-06-29T12:28:51.020Z
  • generation_seconds: 17
  • task_id: 019f1359-ecd6-7253-9715-0d0e218284f1
  • governor agents: Narrative, Style, Temporal
  • reproducibility: Outputs from the gemini-family model (Nano Banana) are close but NOT bit-identical between runs, even with a fixed seed - expect minor variation when regenerating. Every generated image carries an invisible SynthID watermark marking it as AI-generated. Reference conditioning is text-mediated: …

Notes

  • Part of sequence sc05 in production one-small-crawl.
  • Origin: AI-generated / synthetic content (gen). See ai-agent-pipeline.
  • Kitsu preview file id: 33656e6e-f0a5-4769-80cb-74dfcf27efa9
  • Kitsu entity id: 19434cbd-84a9-478f-86dd-4120b5bac15c (type 4b39ab64-70e8-4f53-aac4-e01f4878921a); created 2026-06-19T09:19:53.