Create the FIRST EXACT 10-SECOND SILENT VISUAL BASE of a vertical…

Create the FIRST EXACT 10-SECOND SILENT VISUAL BASE of a vertical 9:16 hand-painted 2D animated short. Four distinct shots with instantaneous hard cuts exactly at 03.0, 06.5 and 08.5 seconds. No audio. No dissolves, no morphing, no overlap between shots. REFERENCE ROLES @image1 — canonical NEW EMPLOYEE identity, face, hair, beard, proportions and exact green-apron clothing. Multi-view sheet depicts ONE younger man. He is silent throughout. @image2 — canonical BAKERY OWNER identity, face, grey beard, proportions and exact dark-apron clothing. Multi-view sheet depicts ONE older man. He alone makes restrained speech-like mouth movements. @image3 — canonical adult MOTHER CAT identity, proportions and exact orange-white markings. Multi-view sheet depicts ONE cat. @image4 — canonical bakery EXTERIOR architecture: exact doorway/window geometry, frames, panels, step, pavement, materials, colours and painted texture. Never redesign it. @image5 — approved staging of both distinct men and cat, their scale, evening light and colour. @image1 and @image2 remain identity masters; @image4 remains architecture master. STYLE LOCK — Preserve exact hand-painted 2D illustration style of all references: expressive outlines, visible brushwork, matte painted textures, stable proportions and palette. Never photorealistic, never 3D. Warm bakery interior light and cool evening fill, stable exposure and white balance. SILENT PERFORMANCE — Completely silent visual base. Owner @image2 alone gently opens and closes his mouth in two marked windows as if speaking, with restrained small mouth shapes and stable facial anatomy. Employee @image1 keeps mouth closed at all times, reacting only through gaze and posture. Cat mouth stays naturally closed except while physically taking food. No sound, dialogue, ambience or music. SHOT 1 — 00.0–03.0, exactly 3.0 seconds. Medium-wide exterior at eye level, architecture from @image4, staging from @image5. Exactly older owner, younger employee and one adult cat. Cat calmly waits beside doorway. Owner looks down with mild irritation, makes one small non-aggressive dismissive gesture, and gently moves lips during the full three-second speech placeholder. Younger employee listens silently with mouth fully closed. One subtle slow push-in. At 02.9 owner completes gesture. INSTANT HARD CUT AT 03.0. SHOT 2 — 03.0–06.5, exactly 3.5 seconds. New locked low medium angle at cat level. Exactly younger employee and same adult cat; owner absent. Employee is already crouching, holding one small food piece above a shallow dish. 03.0–04.0 place food in dish. 04.0–04.6 fully withdraw hand. Only after hand clears, 04.6–05.4 cat takes same food piece in mouth. 05.4–06.5 cat turns and starts leaving without eating. Food stays continuously in mouth; empty dish stays on pavement. Employee mouth closed. INSTANT HARD CUT AT 06.5. SHOT 3 — 06.5–08.5, exactly 2.0 seconds. New steady medium three-quarter reaction shot. Exactly older owner and younger employee; cat absent. Both watch departure direction. Owner makes one small gesture and gently moves lips for entire two-second speech placeholder. Employee remains silent with mouth closed. No camera movement. INSTANT MATCH CUT AT 08.5. SHOT 4 — 08.5–10.0, exactly 1.5 seconds. Following evening at same exact entrance architecture. Exactly younger employee and same mother cat; owner absent. Locked medium side angle. Fresh food is already in cat’s mouth at first frame; cat begins turning away. Employee watches closely and begins rising to follow, mouth closed. Continue this action into next block; no new event before 10.0. CONTINUITY LOCK — Exactly two visually distinct men and one mother cat. Older grey-bearded dark-apron man is owner; younger black-haired green-apron man is silent employee. Never merge, swap or duplicate them. No woman, kittens, bystanders or extra animals. Stable faces, hands, paws, clothing, markings and exact @image4 architecture. Food continuity: hand → dish → mouth. No floating, multiplying or disappearing objects. No sheet layouts, split screen, captions, subtitles, text, logos, watermarks, morphing, dissolves, flicker or end card. End exactly at 10.0 while employee begins to rise and cat turns away.