MARIGOLD & RYE

50-second breakfast-cafe ad — grey-clay previz for approval

Built from your five references. Zero credits spent.

NOTHING GENERATED YET — this is the camera, timing and blocking only

Watch the full 50 seconds first. What you are judging is the camera, the timing and what is in frame — not the look. Every surface becomes photoreal in the generation step; the grey is deliberate so nothing competes with the move.

The whole film — 50 seconds, 13 shots

The five generations

Omni Flash caps at 10 seconds, so the spot is five generations. A hard cut transfers through the reference, so each block carries its own cuts — that is how 13 real ad-paced shots come out of 5 jobs instead of 5 slow ones. All five PASS the cut gate.

1 · Arrival

0–10s · 3 shots · cuts verified at 3.58 / 6.79

2 · The counter

10–20s · 3 shots · cuts verified at 3.42 / 6.79

3 · The craft

20–30s · 3 shots · cuts verified at 3.42 / 6.58

4 · The people

30–40s · 3 shots · cuts verified at 3.21 / 6.42

5 · The atrium crane — the hero

40–50s · one continuous unbroken move, no cuts

Starts among the tables, travels through the brick archway and cranes up into the courtyard — chandelier, fountain, olive trees, glass roof. This is the widest and most dynamic thing in the film and it is deliberately the longest shot.

The shot list

t	Shot	What is on screen
0.0–3.6	Sunbeam bar	Glide west along the empty window bar, hazy morning shafts raking the stools
3.6–6.8	Through the door	Push in from the entrance; the room opens — columns, pendants, counter beyond
6.8–10.0	Hall wide	Slow dolly, the full loft: joists, timber columns, guests, the counter run
10.0–13.4	Counter dolly	Alongside the bake-shop case, cake stands and pastry trays raking past
13.4–16.8	Pastry	Closer on croissants and a bundt under the case glass
16.8–20.0	Barista	Rise to the barista working the espresso machine
20.0–23.4	Espresso	In on the group head — the shot pulling, crema building
23.4–26.6	The pour	Hovering over the cup as the latte art goes in
26.6–30.0	Plate lands	Low across the window table as the plate settles into the light
30.0–33.2	Stack macro	Butter slumping, syrup clinging, blackberries, the jug
33.2–36.4	Two-shot	Over her shoulder onto him — both laughing, food between them
36.4–40.0	First sip	She raises the cup; steam; warm window light
40.0–50.0	THE CRANE	Through the arch, up into the atrium — the hero wide
50.0–53.5	End card	MARIGOLD & RYE · Breakfast daily from 7 · built in-house, 0 credits

Where the world came from

Cupitol Streeterville → the room: white-painted brick, heavy timber columns, exposed joists, dark plank floor, tall black-framed windows, amber sconces. The research corrected me here — I had assumed marble and brass; it is brick and timber. The café you got is the real one.
Beatrix → the bake-shop counter: cake stands, bundts, pastry trays, chalkboard tags, flower jars, woven globe pendants.
3 Arts Club at RH → the atrium: brick courtyard, dark steel-and-glass gable roof, crystal chandelier, stone fountain, olive trees.
Egg Harbor and Chapel Street → the plating and the warmth of the food beats.

What it costs

5 generations × 15 credits = 75 credits if every take lands first time. You approved up to 200, which leaves room for about 8 retakes. Hard cap 350. Everything to this point — research, 3D build, previz, end card — cost nothing.

What I need from you

Does the camera work? Especially the final crane.
Is the pacing right, or do you want longer holds on the food?
MARIGOLD & RYE as the name — or THE MORNING ROOM / SUNFEATHER?
Anything in the shot list you want swapped out before credits move.

Previz: 1,932 objects, one Blender scene, 1,200 frames. Verification so far — cut_report PASS on all 5 blocks, prompt_lint PASS on all 5 prompts (it rejected two earlier drafts for hands-in-frame and an over-long prompt; both fixed). Still to run at generation time: ad_gate, the 42-question food-realism checklist, cut_check across every cut, verify_playback, and the stranger test.