The Tea Master's Ink Garden

Ten-second ink-wash anime short, 16:9, sumi-e animated film. A zen ink garden: raked grey waves in the sand, black stones placed with precision, one red maple burning against the monochrome, morning light soft on the paper world.
0-3s: The old tea master enters with his bamboo rake and begins his patterns; the raked waves briefly ripple as if truly water, a dragon curve lifts its head from the sand and settles again, concentric circles ring outward like struck bells. 3-6s: He kneels at the low table and serves tea with perfect ceremony, whisking the matcha, turning the bowl twice; then he sets a second bowl before an empty cushion, and a breeze passes, a wind-ghost becoming visible only by the rippling surface of the tea as it sips. 6-8s: The old master watches the ripples still and nods, satisfied, lifting his own bowl. 8-10s: He sips as a single red maple leaf spirals down and lands in the ghost's bowl, the ghost's gratitude implied in the leaf's placement.
Subject and wardrobe: the old tea master in a simple grey kimono, the faint wind-ghost implied by moving tea and the leaf. Props: the bamboo rake, the tea bowls, the whisk, the red maple. Camera: a wide garden establishing shot, close-ups on the raking and the living patterns, a quiet locked shot on the ghost-tea. Lighting: soft daylight wash over the ink tones, the red maple as the single color accent. Atmosphere: contemplative, whimsical, zen. Style: sumi-e anime, raked-sand detail, subtle magic, 24fps.