Office Worker Battles a Copier Over a Tiny Paper Scrap

A stylized 3D animated short about an exhausted office worker named Martin whose copier shows a CHECK PAPER PATH error despite containing no paper. After searching every panel, he finds a single tiny torn paper corner, inserts it, and the machine finally reads READY — but the same grinding error sound plays as he calmly drinks his coffee.

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Prompt

Use attached MARTIN VS THE COPIER sheet as exact visual reference for Martin. Stylized animated 3D man, late 30s, messy blond hair, blue rolled-sleeve office shirt, glasses on forehead, exhausted energy. Bright clean office only. No dark lighting.
OFFICE:White walls, fluorescent lights, desk with monitor, keyboard, coffee mug. Grey office copier beside desk. Plain carpet. No other people.
COPIER:Grey office copier with display screen always visible. Screen reads CHECK PAPER PATH until 0:12, then READY. Multiple doors/panels openable. Green drum and rollers visible inside. No visible paper anywhere. Printer never moves.
TINY PAPER:At 0:09 Martin removes one tiny ripped paper corner, about 2cm wide — the only paper in the video.
0:00–0:02Medium shot. Martin presses print once, picks up coffee. Copier makes grinding whirr → clunk. Soft beep. Nothing prints.
0:02–0:03Close-up display: CHECK PAPER PATH. Martin taps copier twice. Error stays.
0:03–0:07Martin opens every panel and tray one by one, searching inside. No paper. Stares blankly over the opened copier toward camera.
0:07–0:09Close-up inside copier. Hands searching through rollers and green drum. Finds something tiny deep inside.
0:09–0:11Martin slowly pulls out a tiny torn paper fragment. Stares at it. One eye twitch.
0:11–0:12Medium shot. Martin closes every panel slowly. Dead expression.
0:12–0:13Display changes to READY. Soft cheerful double beep.
0:13–0:15Wide shot. Martin places tiny paper scrap carefully into tray. Presses print again. Sits down calmly, drinks coffee. Same grinding whirr → clunk → beep. Martin does not react. Fade out.
STYLE:Polished animated-film realism, expressive facial acting, subtle absurd comedy, clean bright office, static camera setups, realistic office sound design, emotional contrast between stressed human and emotionless copier.
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MOOD
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