GENRE AND TONE: a scene from FIRST SNOW, a Japanese short film awarded at the Berlinale Generation Kplus, shot on 35mm like the films of Hirokazu Kore-eda. A gentle, funny, luminous family film about two sisters. Nothing is sentimental; children behave like real children. · NARRATIVE AND SUBTEXT: HANA, 8, and her little sister MEI, 5, have just moved to Hokkaido from the south. Mei has never seen snow and is afraid of it. Hana, a bit bossy, wants her to love it. This morning the first snow falls, and Hana shows her how, by falling backwards into it first. · REFERENCE: is the film poster: it defines ONLY the look of the film and the two girls: an immense field of fresh white snow under a soft overcast sky, only white and red; HANA, 8, black bob haircut, a red wool duffle coat with toggles, a cream scarf, black snow boots; MEI, 5, a red wool duffle coat, a grey knitted bobble hat and black snow boots. IGNORE ALL THE TEXT AND TYPOGRAPHY OF THE POSTER: there is no text in this video. It defines the composition of SHOT 8 ONLY. · HARD RULES, for every shot: 1. NO TEXT, NO LETTERS anywhere. 2. Only TWO children exist, always the girls of : Hana with the black bob and no hat, Mei with the grey bobble hat. If a third child appears, THE SHOT HAS FAILED. 3. Soft white overcast morning light, snow falling gently in every exterior shot, true clean whites, the red coats the only strong colour. 4. 35mm film, fine grain, natural real faces. · SHOT 1 (0.0 - 4.0 s): INSERT inside a small wooden house: a frosted window at dawn; Mei's small hand presses on the glass; outside the first big flakes fall over a white field. · SHOT 2 (4.0 - 8.0 s): WIDE from the field towards the house: Hana bursts out of the front door and runs into the deep snow; Mei stops on the wooden doorstep and does not step down. · SHOT 3 (8.0 - 11.5 s): MEDIUM CLOSE-UP of Mei on the doorstep, 85mm: her lower lip pushed out; a snowflake lands on her coat and she brushes it off fast, as if it were a bug. · SHOT 4 (11.5 - 15.0 s): MEDIUM of Hana in the field, facing her sister: HANA (shouting, in Japanese): "Mei! Mite!" She spreads her arms and falls straight backwards into the snow, disappearing into it with a soft thump. · SHOT 5 (15.0 - 18.5 s): CLOSE-UP of Mei: a gasp, then a giggle escapes; she takes one step off the doorstep and her boot sinks into the snow up to her knee. · SHOT 6 (18.5 - 23.0 s): LOW TRACKING SHOT beside her: Mei runs clumsily through the deep snow towards her sister, falls forward, sits up with snow on her face and bursts out laughing. · SHOT 7 (23.0 - 26.5 s): CLOSE-UP from above of the two girls lying side by side, faces up: snowflakes fall onto their cheeks; Mei sticks out her tongue to catch one; Hana copies her. · SHOT 8 (26.5 - 30.0 s): TOP SHOT, perfectly vertical from high above, matching the composition of : the two girls make snow angels in the immense white field, small in the centre; the camera rises slowly. · CAMERA RULE: gentle observational camera, one movement per shot, hard cuts on movement; never two consecutive shots of the same size. · AUDIO: the hush of falling snow, boots crunching, the soft thump of the fall, the girls' breathing and real children's laughter. The one shouted line exactly once. A light score enters at 15.0 s: a solo piano melody with soft pizzicato strings, playful, resolving warmly on the top shot. No singing, no adult voices. · DO NOT: no third child, no adults, no text, no blue tint, no sun, no snowball fight, no crying for real.