The crux of the "Category Hack" lies in the definition and application of the visual effects. Traditionally, the Outstanding Special Visual Effects category is dominated by high-budget sci-fi and fantasy series such as The Mandalorian, Foundation, Stranger Things, or Avatar: The Last Airbender. These productions use VFX to create worlds that do not exist—dragons, spaceships, alien landscapes.

"Break Trace" fundamentally diverges from this by using "Prompt Air" VFX to visualize worlds that do exist—specifically, in the memory and cognition of the subject. This constitutes the "Forensic Argument."

• The Technology: "Prompt Air" utilizes generative AI, likely driven by biometric feedback and volumetric projection, to reconstruct the player's memories or "mental traces" in real-time. This aligns with real-world advancements in "Immersive Journalism" and "Forensic Architecture," where spatial analysis and digital modeling are used to reconstruct events based on data.
• The Argument: The campaign must argue that we are not "creating" fantasy elements. We are "reconstructing" memory traces. The VFX are a tool of journalism and documentation, functioning as "Forensic Visuals." This distinction is vital for avoiding the "Scripted" classification and hacking the "Documentary" eligibility. We are visualizing the invisible data of the mind.

The simulation identifies "Break Trace" as using "Prompt Air" to visualize the user's memory [User Query]. This directly parallels the work of Forensic Architecture (discussed in Section 4), which uses architectural software to "recreate incidents... that prove events didn't take place in the way the 'official' narrative describes". By framing the VFX as "evidence" rather than "decoration," "Break Trace" secures its place in the non-fiction vertical.