A-EL-TENDEDERO / CHARACTER FILE
EL TENDEDERO
Possessed laundry
A sheet that never dries and always comes looking for a body. Defeated by wooden clothespins.
Design proposals v1.0. New physical traits and measurements need creative approval. Master images and videos have not been generated.
01 / ORIGINAL SOURCE
Complete biography
FAILHORROR — CHARACTER BIBLE V1.0 CHARACTER: EL TENDEDERO (THE CLOTHESLINE) NARRATIVE TYPE: possessed laundry UNIVERSE: Santa Vela, northern Mexico; adapted to Latin America. STATUS: Creative proposal pending canon approval. Themed batch: barrio.
BIOGRAPHY AND URBAN MYTH They say a bedsheet on the Mezquite alley rooftop has never dried since the 1987 blackout. Every windless night it unpins itself and drifts downstairs looking for a body to fill.
ORIGINAL APPEARANCE AND ART DIRECTION Yellowed cotton sheet with rust stains from clothespins that presses into the shape of a face when it tightens; lit by a bare yellow rooftop bulb.
PERSONALITY, BEHAVIOR AND RHYTHM Damp, silent, smothering. Must play the horror completely straight, with no comic winks to camera. Keep gestures minimal, pauses awkward and the silhouette consistent across episodes.
SUPERNATURAL RULE / MECHANICS It only moves when there is no wind and nobody looks straight at it. If someone clips it with clothespins, it is pinned until dawn.
CLASH WITH LATIN AMERICAN LIFE grandma's clothespins, pedestal fan, laundry pulled in before the rain
GAG AND DEBUT EPISODE The Laundry's Getting Wet
THREE POSSIBLE EPISODES The Laundry's Getting Wet; Wooden Clothespins; The Bedroom Fan VISUAL AND SOUND LANGUAGE Realistic horror with light motivated by streets, homes, shops and appliances. Design an original sound motif and do not reuse recognizable music or effects. Locked-off camera or gentle moves; 5 seconds of action per shot; final micro-episodes of 15–45 seconds, vertical 9:16. Everyday Mexican sound as the punchline when it fits.
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE REST OF THE CAST May occasionally cross paths with Jacinto, Chuy, Miguel Mayorga, Gaspar Flores or NULO, but must have standalone conflicts and gags. NULO keeps his status as the original through-line figure.
SAFETY AND DIFFERENTIATION Do not recreate masks, dresses, makeup patterns, catchphrases or signature scenes from franchises. Use harmless props and editing; do not depict graphic violence against children or animals. Review names, images and clearances before commercial use.
PENDING DELIVERABLES Approve final name; character turnaround (front, three-quarter, profile, back) and props; color palette; master continuity prompt; sound reference; first test clip; identity and consistency quality checks.
02 / PRODUCTION SHEET
Identity and role
Possessed laundry
03 / PRODUCTION SHEET
Design status
Production sheet v1.0 · new traits and measurements proposed · master images and video pending. This sheet does not turn the biography into approved canon.
04 / PRODUCTION SHEET
Face, body and scale
Production scale / proposal: Proposed height 1.80 m unfurled; flat silhouette that inflates
05 / PRODUCTION SHEET
Costume / shape and materials
Yellowed cotton sheet with rust stains from clothespins that presses into the shape of a face when it tightens; lit by a bare yellow rooftop bulb.
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Props and defining features
Retain only objects and elements specified in appearance. Add no weapons or accessories by model interpretation.
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Palette and textures
Proposed sRGB swatches: dingy white #D8CFB8, clothespin rust #8A5A3B, rooftop night #1E2328
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Performance and gestures
Damp, silent, smothering. Must play the horror completely straight, with no comic winks to camera. Keep gestures minimal, pauses awkward and the silhouette consistent across episodes. Proposed test action: The sheet slips off a clothesline, floats across the rooftop and stops before the camera, pressing into a face.
09 / PRODUCTION SHEET
Continuity rules
Lock face or mask, silhouette, palette, materials, seam placement, prop count and handedness. Photograph resting props. Proposed primary work prop is held on the right unless the source fixes another side (NULO: left). Never mirror references. Record every episode change.
10 / PRODUCTION SHEET
12 production references
A-EL-TENDEDERO_REF_01_FRONT; 02_THREE_QUARTER; 03_PROFILE; 04_BACK; 05_IDENTITY_DETAIL; 06_PROP_DETAIL; 07_MATERIAL; 08_SILHOUETTE; 09_NIGHT; 10_WALK; 11_REACTION; 12_STREET. Every view is a separate frame. For phenomena and house use location plates and effect layers instead of body turnaround. All await generation and approval.
11 / PRODUCTION SHEET
Master image prompt (EN)
Show prompt
Original grounded cinematic Latin American horror design: EL TENDEDERO, possessed laundry. Yellowed cotton sheet with rust stains from clothespins that presses into the shape of a face when it tightens; lit by a bare yellow rooftop bulb. Scale: Proposed height 1.80 m unfurled; flat silhouette that inflates. Palette: dingy white #D8CFB8, clothespin rust #8A5A3B, rooftop night #1E2328. Physically plausible photographed materials, serious restrained presence, no humorous pose. Neutral lighting, isolated full silhouette or location plate for a bodiless phenomenon, 10 percent empty margins, no collage, no text, no brands. Preserve every defining feature from the identity reference. New production measurements are design proposals.
12 / PRODUCTION SHEET
8-second performance test (EN)
Show prompt
Single locked-off eight-second realistic cinematic shot, vertical 9:16. Use the approved master when available; until then label output exploratory. Character or phenomenon: EL TENDEDERO. Yellowed cotton sheet with rust stains from clothespins that presses into the shape of a face when it tightens; lit by a bare yellow rooftop bulb. The sheet slips off a clothesline, floats across the rooftop and stops before the camera, pressing into a face. Cold security-camera light with a single warm practical source. Continuous shot. The action must be understandable with the sound muted. No dialogue, no text, no lip-sync, no comedy performance; the everyday interruption carries the humor. Keep identity, scale, anatomy, costume, palette and prop count stable.
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Generation constraints (EN)
Show prompt
No dialogue, captions, speech bubbles, readable text, lip-sync, comic dance, cartoon rendering, celebrity likeness, borrowed franchise design, gore, extra limbs, identity morphing, outfit changes, duplicated props, mirrored handedness, camera orbit, jump cuts or uncontrolled zoom.
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Sound and silent comprehension
Original task or material foley; restrained local ambience. No dialogue, vendor calls or franchise music. Sound may reinforce the beat but must not explain it. Test comprehension with sound off.
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Quality control
1 Stable identity/shape; 2 silhouette and scale; 3 materials/palette; 4 props and handedness; 5 anatomy or VFX layers; 6 camera and light; 7 serious performance; 8 meaning understood without audio or text. Each criterion: PASS/FAIL + note. For NULO also check six keys, opaque visor, incomplete circle and two-second final pause.
16 / PRODUCTION SHEET
Delivery, archive and pending work
A-EL-TENDEDERO_TEST_001_<MODEL>_v001.mp4 + sidecar with prompt, references, model, settings, date, cost, operator and license. P0: master, turnaround, details, identity approval and test. P1: foley and edit. No final render has been generated in this delivery.