A Christmas Cat That Is Yours
Draw an original cat and use that same cat next time. A famous cat is someone else's character. A cartoon is not a real person.
Draw an original cat, and draw that same cat the next time. Hearth Bakery's paper cat has a round head, one torn ear, and a short tail. Those three marks are the model sheet. A famous cat, a studio animal, or a character from a film does not belong on the board. The cat is a cartoon or a paper-cutout, not a real person and not a photo of anyone's pet. One idea per reel, on one wooden board. The first three seconds carry one big hook title in the spoken language, unless on-screen text is off. At most one arrow. No blank grey strip. Approve the stills before motion. Three marks are the whole model sheet: round head, one torn ear, short tail. Redraw the cat from that sentence, give the reel one idea such as the closing time, and approve the ear before the paper moves. The first three seconds show that cat and one English hook while the narrator says the bakery closes at four. A famous cat, a film animal, or a different ear is rejected before posting. The figure stays a drawing, the cut is fifteen to forty-five seconds, and a realistic voice is labeled as AI.
Write the marks down
Round head, one torn ear, short tail. Use those words every time Hearth Bakery brings the cat back. If a still returns a different ear, a longer body, or a costume you did not describe, reject it. The next reel should be recognizable as the same drawing before the hook is read. Original means you can redraw it from the sentence. Use those three marks every time, and compare the ear and the tail with the last reel before you approve. The first three seconds show the round head and torn ear while the narrator says they close at four. A longer body, a different ear, or a costume you did not describe is the still you reject.
Keep it off the poster
Do not name a famous cat, a film animal, or a mascot in the prompt. Those names pull in someone else's design. The cat can wear a plain red knit scrap if you describe the scrap as cloth, and that scrap should look the same next time too. The figure stays a drawing. Do not present it as a real baker or a real customer. Leave famous names out of the prompt. If the cat wears a red scrap, describe it as plain cloth and keep that scrap the same next time. The opening three seconds show the original cat on the board while the narrator says the closing time. A studio animal, or a drawing presented as a real baker, is refused.
One board, one idea
The cat lives on one wooden board. No blank grey strip and no second background. The day's reel has one idea, such as the closing time, and at most one arrow. If the voice is English, the hook title is English, unless on-screen text is off. Approve the cat's ear in the still before the paper moves. One wooden board, one idea, at most one arrow, and the ear approved in the still. The first three seconds show the hook and the torn ear while the narrator says they close at four. A grey strip or a second background is the frame you throw out. If on-screen text is off, the voice still opens on that hour.
A worked example
Hearth Bakery draws the same paper cat for the closing-time reel and for the next day's reel: round head, one torn ear, short tail, on one wooden board. The English hook matches the English voice. There is no famous cat and no grey strip. The cat is a cartoon, not a person. Both stills are approved before motion. The three marks, the same cat on the next reel, one hook, then approval. The first three seconds show the torn ear and the English hook while the narrator says the bakery closes at four. A famous cat is rejected before posting. The figure is a cartoon.
Before you post
- The cat's three marks match the last reel.
- No famous character is named.
- The figure is a drawing, not a real person.
Where Scro fits
Scro draws the cat as a cartoon or a paper-cutout on one wooden board and keeps one idea. The first 3 seconds show one big hook title in the spoken language, unless on-screen text is off. Use at most one arrow, leave no blank grey strip, and approve the stills before motion. Approve the ear, keep one idea on the board, and move the paper after the marks match. The first three seconds show the same cat and the hook while the narrator says they close at four. A famous character or a grey strip is rejected before posting. If the voice sounds real, the caption says it is AI.
Draw your own cat. Finished samples are on the examples page.
Related: The Board Stays Wooden.