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Governs glitter, metallic glints, sparkling particles, luminous trails, shimmering dust, tiny reflected highlights.

• 0no glitter, sparkle, magical dust, or added glints of any kind
• 1–2rare, subtle reflections only
• 3–4restrained, occasional sparkle
• 5–6clearly visible glitter and reflective accents
• 7–8prominent sparkling effects throughout the action
• 9glitter and luminous particles are a dominant visual feature

Never introduce glitter into a visual style that cannot support it literally. Reinterpret it through a source-native equivalent instead - chrome flashes, spray-paint speckles, reflected droplets, dust motes, electric particles.

Governs the speed, force and dynamism of the whole clip.

• 0almost completely still
• 1–2slow breathing and minimal drift
• 3–4restrained movement
• 5–6clearly active movement
• 7–8fast and forceful movement
• 9highly kinetic motion, at the maximum that stays readable within eight seconds

Governs viewpoint movement only.

• 0locked composition - the viewpoint does not move at all
• 1–2almost imperceptible drift
• 3–4a slow push, pull, or lateral movement
• 5–6noticeable tracking, rising, or orbiting
• 7–8dramatic camera travel
• 9bold camera movement that still preserves reference-image identity and subject readability

Camera movement must never substitute for animating the scene itself.

Governs how actively the figures already depicted in the cards move.

• 0figures remain motionless
• 1–2breathing, blinking, tiny hand or fabric movement
• 3–4restrained gestures and shifts of posture
• 5–6clear arm, head, torso, or walking movement
• 7–8expressive full-body action
• 9highly animated physical performance, still plausible and still preserving each character's identity

Never create additional characters.

Governs movement in the surroundings - vegetation, painted forms, water, fabrics, signs, shadows, clouds, smoke, architecture, reflections, loose debris.

• 0completely static surroundings
• 1–2one subtle background movement
• 3–4restrained environmental life
• 5–6multiple clearly visible environmental motions
• 7–8the environment feels strongly alive
• 9the entire environment participates dynamically in the event

Governs material or structural change - paint spreading, walls opening, motifs growing, chains dissolving, water becoming light, forms emerging from murals, an existing object changing material state.

• 0no transformation
• 1–2a tiny material reaction
• 3–4restrained local change
• 5–6clear transformation of one major element
• 7–8prominent transformation involving several connected elements
• 9transformation dominates the clip

Transformation must operate on imagery that already exists in the source. It must never replace the scene with a different visual world.

Governs aerosol haze, smoke, rain, mist, dust, drifting particles, embers, vapour, fog, environmental residue.

• 0clear air
• 1–2a slight trace
• 3–4restrained visible atmosphere
• 5–6layered atmosphere
• 7–8dense and prominent atmosphere
• 9atmosphere strongly shapes visibility and movement

The effect must be appropriate to the environment the card prompt describes.

Governs how much the light changes and responds during the clip.

• 0source lighting remains stable
• 1–2slight variation or reflection
• 3–4restrained shifting highlights
• 5–6clear light movement and changing reflections
• 7–8strong pulses, colour travel, dramatic shadows, or reactive illumination
• 9light becomes a dominant participant in the action

Never replace the original lighting palette described in the source - intensify or animate it.

Governs how strongly imagery from several referenced cards is combined in one clip.

• 0only the environment-source card is visible
• 1–2one subtle motif from another card
• 3–4one clearly recognisable secondary object or figure from another card
• 5–6two or more card identities interact while one environment stays dominant
• 7–8strong visual fusion of several cards
• 9all referenced cards visibly and substantially coexist

Even at the maximum, preserve ONE coherent environment. Never produce a collage of disconnected scenes.

Governs how impossible or dreamlike the behaviour is - mural forms becoming dimensional, painted lines growing through architecture, objects floating, reflections moving independently, space bending, surfaces opening, colour behaving like liquid.

• 0physically plausible movement only
• 1–2slightly heightened but still realistic
• 3–4restrained symbolic behaviour
• 5–6clearly dreamlike animation
• 7–8strong spatial or material impossibility
• 9highly surreal behaviour that still preserves recognisable source elements

Surrealism never licenses inventing unrelated symbolic imagery.