MIDNIGHT PROTOTYPE SOUNDSTAGE / STAGE ABBR. .ST
prototype.st
v0 acrylic title test · lamp warm-up 04:17
grease pencil: keep the seams visible
rig cue 12 / narrow pool of light
CALL SHEET
unfinished interface audition
scene 01 · take v?A half-built thing rolls into the cone of light before it has learned its own name.
Foam City
Blocks become skyline, skyline becomes interface, interface becomes a rehearsal mark on the floor.
camera safe area
foam-core elevation / hand cut edge
alternate v1 waits in the wing
Behavior Rehearsal
- 01button flinches
- 02panel swings
- 03label peels
- 04ghost answers late
- 05second take breathes
Behavior Rehearsal
The object practices what it might do when a thumb, cursor, or accident asks it to move.
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SHOT 04 / FAILURE PLAYBACK
The mistake gets projected larger than the plan.
Nothing is discarded. Bad timing becomes choreography; a torn edge becomes the note that saves the scene.
Glass Model
Transparent panes hang on strings, each holding a version of an interface that has not hardened yet.
v1 opacity / acetate drift
v? ghost position
Final Light Test
Under a perfect pool of softbox ivory, the prototype keeps its seams, its tape, and its strange success.
prototype.st / seam visible / no hard sell
“Leave it alive in rehearsal.”
FINAL TAKE
v?