Table 3 Anchoring of THEB dimensions in the AI video script and design.

From: Thing-Human-Emotion-Beauty model for multi-dimensional perception of cultural relics’ values from the design perspective

Scene

Description

THEB dimension

Anchoring mechanism

Scene1: Opening - A Glimpse of Eternity.

The camera glides through a dimly lit museum hall, gradually revealing the Rhinoceros-shaped Bronze Zun, illuminated by a soft golden light. The intricate gold and silver inlays glisten as the camera slowly zooms in.

Thing and emotion

Highlights the artifact’s materiality, form, and physical presence as a cultural object from a visual perspective. And through music and visual scenes, enhance the emotional experience in the museum context

Scene 2: The Power of the Rhinoceros- A Symbol of Strength and Protection.

In the vast North China Plain, there used to be herds of rhinoceroses, but they became extinct due to excessive hunting by humans. Ancients viewed the rhinoceros as a auspicious beast that prevents flood disasters, and its image appeared in totems and various vessels.

Human and emotion

The interpretation of the rhino image, the reflection on its symbolic meaning and ideal pursuit as well as the historical background

Scene 3: The Language of Clouds A beautiful pursuit.

Close-up of the clouds in the sky. The clouds are changing in the sky, and the ancients are praying on the ground

Human and Beauty

Emphasize the symbolic meaning, ideal pursuit and aesthetic embodiment of cloud pattern decoration in cultural relics

Scene 4: Gold and Silver– Elaborate decorations

In the workshop, some Han dynasty craftsmen are making fine bronze ware, and some use tools to decorate patterns on the surface of the bronze ware. The gold and silver decorative patterns on the surface of the rhinoceros are embedded in different positions according to the shape, and the thickness of gold and silver is also different. It presents diverse characteristics and has certain rules.

Thing and beauty

Explore the technical process, the concept development behind the process, and the aesthetic concepts and spiritual connotations it embodies

Scene 5: The Zun’s Function A Vessel of Ceremony

A grand recreation of a Western Han court—nobles gathered around a table, pouring wine from the rhinoceros zun as incense smoke rises.

Thing and Human

Reveal the function of the cultural relics themselves and the social order and hierarchy they imply

Scene 6: The Legacy A Story That Never Ends.

The scene shifts from the location of the excavation of cultural relics to the museum. A child reaching out to it with wonder.

Emotion

Further inspire empathy, cultural heritage and intergenerational emotional resonance through visual images and music