Film storyboard sheet, clean layout on off-white paper. Title: "THE LAST SLICE". Header: "15 SEC · 8 SHOTS · FILM NOIR · CRIME · DEADPAN". 4x2 grid of 8 numbered panels, all 1940s FILM NOIR — high-contrast black and white, hard venetian-blind shadows, cigarette smoke, rain on windows, dramatic low-key lighting, chiaroscuro. Caption + "1.9s" stamp on each:
1. THE CRIME SCENE — extreme close-up: an empty greasy pizza box open on a table, one lonely crumb left, a single spotlight on it, smoke drifting, venetian-blind shadows.
2. THE DETECTIVE — low angle: a hard-boiled detective in a trench coat and fedora, half his face in shadow, cigarette glowing, narrowed eyes.
3. THE LINEUP — three nervous roommate suspects stand against a wall under a harsh interrogation light, sweating, shifty.
4. SUSPECT ONE — close-up: a roommate leans into the light, wide-eyed, mouthing a denial, beads of sweat, hard shadow across the face.
5. THE EVIDENCE — the detective slams a photo on the table: a smear of tomato sauce, dramatic overhead light, his gloved hand pointing.
6. THE TURN — the detective's eyes slowly shift, narrowing, toward something low and off to the side, smoke curling past his face.
7. THE CULPRIT — a cat sits in a pool of shadow, a single fleck of tomato sauce on its whisker, staring back with cold indifference, spotlit eyes.
8. THE GETAWAY — the cat turns and struts away into the darkness, tail high, utterly without remorse, the detective frozen in defeat behind it.
STYLE: stark high-contrast monochrome, venetian-blind light bars, drifting cigarette smoke, rain-streaked window reflections, deep chiaroscuro shadows.
NOTES: play it as a dead-serious crime thriller. Panel 1 must stop the scroll — the noir framing of a pizza box is the hook.