“Use the attached DAVE VS THE SHELF character sheet throughout. Dave: Pixar 3D man, grey t-shirt, da
“Use the attached DAVE VS THE SHELF character sheet throughout. Dave: Pixar 3D man, grey t-shirt, dark jeans, white trainers, reading glasses on forehead. Pixar 3D render. No realistic humans. THE ROOM: White walls, cool natural daylight, light wooden floor. No dark frames. THE SHELF: Large complex asymmetric shelf unit — natural wood color. Tower sections, mixed compartments, cabinet doors, drawers, built-in desk. Held together by one missing screw. No music. Sound design only throughout. 0:00–0:02 — Wide. Dave opens a plain flat pack box. Pulls out instructions. Places them face down. Rolls up his sleeves. SOUND: Cardboard. Silence. 0:02–0:06 — Fast cuts. Dave building — screwdriver turning, panels fitting, drawers sliding in, tower sections rising. Sweat on forehead. SOUND: Screwdriver. Wood clicking. 0:06–0:08 — Dave steps back, hands on hips, looks at the finished shelf. Satisfied nod. SOUND: Silence. 0:08–0:09 — Dave opens his right hand. Overhead shot directly above — one small silver screw centered in his palm. Nothing else in frame. SOUND: Silence. 0:09–0:10 — Dave looks up at the shelf. Expression shifts. A faint wooden creak from inside. SOUND: One wooden creak. Silence. 0:10–0:12 — The left tower section begins to lean. Slowly. Inevitably. A deep wooden groan. The next section follows. Dave cannot stop this. SOUND: Deep wooden groaning. 0:12–0:14 — Full natural collapse. Tower sections leaning and dropping one by one, drawers sliding out, cabinet doors swinging open, desk surface dropping last. Heavy impacts one at a time. Dave watching. Screw still in his hand. SOUND: Heavy wooden impacts one by one. Final thud. Silence. 0:14–0:15 — Wide. Dave in the wreckage. White wall bare behind him. Looks at the screw. Does not move. Fade out. SOUND: One exhale. Fade out. Camera: wide box, fast builds, wide reveal, overhead palm, medium Dave and shelf, wide collapse, wide wreckage. Cool natural Pixar lighting.”