Claymation Snail Delivers the Mail in the Rain: Stop-Motion AI Video Prompt

Create a charming stop-motion claymation short, 24 seconds, 16:9, about a tiny snail postman delivering letters in the rain across a miniature village. It must look genuinely handmade: plasticine characters with fingerprint textures, felt and paper props, a miniature set, slightly choppy 12-frames-per-second stepped motion and warm practical lighting.

CHARACTER A (the postman): a small snail made of glossy yellow clay with a swirly orange-and-brown striped shell, big round googly eyes on stalks, a tiny navy-blue postman's cap and a little brown leather satchel full of paper letters (no writing). Same look in every shot.
CHARACTER B: a red clay ladybird with black spots and a shy smile, living at the top of a tall felt daisy.
CHARACTER C: a grumpy grey clay mole who pokes his head out of a molehill.

SETTING: a tiny handmade village on a tabletop: mushroom houses with round windows, a cobbled path of pebbles, moss lawns, a little red post box, rain made of thin glossy threads and cotton-wool clouds hanging above, small puddles of clear resin, and a tall felt daisy at the end of the path.

CINEMATOGRAPHY: miniature-set photography, 50mm macro lens, shallow depth of field, warm lamp-like lighting with soft shadows, a slight wobble between frames, visible fingerprints and texture, cosy muted colours, 12 fps stepped stop-motion.

[00:00-00:04] OFF TO WORK — The snail slides out of a mushroom house, adjusts his cap, checks his satchel and sets off slowly along the pebble path as the thread-rain falls.
[00:04-00:08] THE FIRST LETTER — He reaches a mushroom house and slips a letter through the round door; a happy chirp comes from inside.
[00:08-00:12] THE MOLE — A mole pops out of a molehill in front of him, grumpy; the snail politely hands him a letter; the mole reads it, softens and smiles.
[00:12-00:16] THE PUDDLE — The snail slides carefully around a resin puddle, slips a little, wobbles and keeps going, determined.
[00:16-00:20] THE CLIMB — He climbs up the long green stem of the tall felt daisy, inch by inch, the satchel bouncing.
[00:20-00:24] THE PAYOFF — At the top, he hands the last letter, sealed with a little red heart sticker, to the ladybird; she blushes bright red; the rain stops and a paper rainbow appears behind them.

SOUND: soft rain, a squishy sliding sound for the snail, tiny clay footstep taps, a letter-box clink, a mole grumble, a happy chirp, and a gentle plucked-strings and glockenspiel melody.
RULES: true stop-motion claymation look (not smooth CGI), no readable text, no logos, gentle and kid-friendly.

Charming stop-motion claymation short, 24 s, 16:9, 12 fps stepped motion with visible fingerprints: a tiny yellow clay snail postman with a striped shell, googly eyes, a navy cap and a leather satchel slides through a handmade mushroom village in thread rain, delivers a letter through a round door, gives a grumpy mole a letter that makes him smile, wobbles around a resin puddle, climbs a tall felt daisy and gives a heart-sealed letter to a blushing red ladybird as the rain stops and a paper rainbow appears. Warm practical light, 50mm macro, glockenspiel music, no text.

Snail postman: Small glossy yellow clay snail, swirly orange-and-brown striped shell, big googly eyes on stalks, tiny navy postman's cap, little brown leather satchel.

Ladybird: Red clay ladybird with black spots and a shy smile, lives atop a tall felt daisy.

Mole: Grumpy grey clay mole popping out of a molehill.

smooth CGI, glossy 3D render, realistic animals, readable text, logos, scary, fast motion

Slow mail, but full of love. 🐌💌

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