Kitchen Hunt: Cockroach Chase

Create a 15-second realistic 3D animated chase with strong, believable physical reactions.

CHARACTERS
- Pastry chef: An adult in a chef uniform, on the floor beside the counter, pursuing the cockroach with a large stainless-steel cake spatula. Use ${chef-reference} as the character reference. The chef's swings escalate from controlled to completely uncontrolled.
- Cockroach: Small, always moving on the countertop. Use ${cockroach-reference} as the character reference. It crawls rapidly and close to the surface, advancing only to the right while dodging left and right and making abrupt stops and direction changes.

SETTING
A home kitchen with a continuous countertop and clearly visible depth. Distribute ordinary kitchen items—bowls, plates, a whisk, measuring cups, and similar objects—across the counter. The window is closed at the start.

CAMERA AND ACTION
Keep the camera close behind the cockroach at a low angle, moving forward along the counter. The chef's attacks should come mainly from above and from the sides, with only one brief frontal confrontation. Maintain spatial and action continuity.

0:00–0:02 — Medium shot, 35 mm, slow push-in. The chef stands to the left of the counter, lightly whistling while tidying. Match mouth movement precisely to the whistle. The countertop objects are neatly arranged. In a corner, the cockroach crawls with subtle movement sounds. The chef gradually stops and fixes attention on it.
Sound: Whistling only during this phase; subtle crawling.

0:02–0:04 — Low-angle tracking shot, 28 mm, moving forward. The cockroach accelerates to the right and begins dodging. The chef lunges and starts swinging. The whistle stops completely as soon as the chase begins. The first strike hits the counter edge, making nearby objects shift from the vibration.
Sound: Footsteps and a heavy metallic impact.

0:04–0:10 — Cockroach POV, 20 mm, close-following, high-speed forward movement. The camera keeps advancing and never looks back. The cockroach dodges in a serpentine pattern. The chef's attacks press in from above and the sides; each strike accidentally hits nearby objects in a realistic way. The countertop becomes increasingly chaotic, and the disorder persists.
Sound: Continuous heavy impacts and collisions between objects.

0:10–0:12 — The POV slows. A window appears ahead. The cockroach stops on the countertop in front of it, turns to face the chef, gives a smug smile, and makes a provocative gesture.
Sound: Brief pause.

0:12–0:14 — Medium shot, push-in. The chef throws the spatula at the cockroach. After releasing it, the chef's hands are empty. The spatula misses the cockroach and hits the window, shattering the glass. The cockroach immediately jumps out through the broken opening.
Sound: Air slice, then breaking glass.

0:14–0:15 — Wide static shot. With empty hands, the chef turns and sees the entire countertop in complete chaos. All objects hit during the chase remain scattered, overturned, and dirty. After a brief pause, the chef screams in a breakdown.
Sound: Silence, then a breakdown scream.