Seedance 2.0 director's desk

Plan the shot. Preserve the world between frames.

Fourteen Seedance-focused prompts use timelines, restrained camera direction, physical detail, sound, and continuity rules for more deliberate video generation.

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Establish the world, introduce the change, reveal the consequence, and finish on a readable image.

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14 directing briefs

Seedance prompt board

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Prompt categories
Prompt models
Seedance 2.0
CinematicReference image recommended

Frozen Moment at a Roadside Diner

A multi-subject time-freeze scene with one moving observer.

[Duration: 12s, 16:9] Inside a roadside diner during a sudden power flicker, every customer freezes mid-action while one night-shift server continues moving. 0–4s: slow dolly past suspended coffee droplets and a falling receipt. 4–8s: orbit the server as they notice the still room. 8–12s: electricity returns, all motion resumes, and the receipt lands. Photorealistic practical lighting, consistent faces, accurate liquid physics, one coherent room layout, no dialogue or supernatural glow.

#cinematic#time#multi-shot
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Short FilmReference image recommended

The Unsent Letter

A restrained three-shot drama centered on one physical object.

[Duration: 15s, 2.39:1] A quiet mountain tea house just before closing. 0–5s: close shot of an older owner folding an addressed letter beside a steaming cup. 5–10s: medium tracking shot as they walk toward the door, pause, and hear rain intensify. 10–15s: exterior through wet glass as the unopened letter returns to the counter. Warm tungsten inside, cool rain outside, subtle acting, consistent letter and wardrobe, natural room tone, no spoken dialogue or melodramatic gestures.

#short film#drama#rain
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Music VideoReference image recommended

Silk Ribbons in an Empty Pool

A choreography study with controlled fabric simulation.

[Duration: 10s, 16:9] One dancer performs inside an empty pale-blue swimming pool at sunrise, holding two long rust-colored silk ribbons. The camera makes one smooth descending orbit while the choreography moves from compact floor shapes to a standing turn. Ribbons respond accurately to acceleration, gravity, and the pool breeze without clipping the body. Minimal percussion, soft concrete reverb, stable costume and anatomy, no cuts, water, audience, text, or duplicated fabric.

#music video#dance#fabric
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Commercial

Small-Batch Coffee Roaster Film

A sensory product story built from heat, texture, and sound.

[Duration: 9s, 16:9] Create three connected commercial shots for an unbranded coffee roaster: green beans entering a steel drum, roasted beans cooling in a spinning tray, and a ceramic cup receiving the first pour. Use macro 80mm detail, warm industrial light, accurate bean movement and steam, dark copper color, and crisp mechanical sound. Keep equipment geometry and bean color progression consistent. No logos, captions, floating beans, impossible fire, or visible faces.

#commercial#coffee#macro
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UGCReference image recommended

Honest Cabin Check-In Review

A believable vertical review with subtle environmental continuity.

[Duration: 12s, 9:16] A travel creator records a calm phone-style review while entering a compact forest cabin. 0–4s: front-facing walk through the door. 4–8s: turn the camera to reveal the window, desk, and small stove in one continuous pan. 8–12s: return to the same face as rain begins outside. Natural speech without captions, realistic phone stabilization, consistent room geography and identity, soft cloudy light, no beauty filter, jump cuts, extra guests, or changing furniture.

#UGC#travel#vertical
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Explainer

Inside a Wind Turbine

A visual tutorial moving from landscape scale to internal mechanism.

[Duration: 15s, 16:9] Explain wind power without text overlays. 0–5s: aerial approach to one turbine on a coastal ridge. 5–10s: seamless cutaway transition through the nacelle showing the shaft and generator turning at believable relative speeds. 10–15s: pull back to the wide landscape as a nearby substation lights one status indicator. Clean educational 3D realism, stable engineering geometry, measured camera motion, subtle mechanical audio, no logos, labels, impossible gears, or excessive energy effects.

#explainer#energy#3D
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Animation

Ink Fox Crosses the Page

A two-dimensional ink animation that respects paper and brush behavior.

[Duration: 8s, 4:3] On warm rice paper, a black ink fox forms from three wet brush strokes, pauses, then runs across painted reeds as diluted gray mountains appear behind. The camera remains fixed overhead. Ink edges feather naturally into paper fibers, paw motion stays readable, and the fox dissolves into one final calligraphic curve at the right edge. Sparse bamboo flute and brush sounds, no written characters, color splashes, 3D shading, or changing paper texture.

#animation#ink#animal
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ActionReference image recommended

Market Bicycle Pursuit

A readable action sequence with continuous geography and grounded motion.

[Duration: 12s, 2.39:1] A bicycle courier follows a runaway delivery cart through a covered produce market. 0–4s: low tracking beside the bicycle wheels. 4–8s: wide corner turn revealing the cart ahead and vendors stepping safely aside. 8–12s: overhead finish as the courier catches the handle before a ramp. Fast but physically plausible movement, consistent blue jacket and red cart, stable market layout, realistic wheel contact and produce impacts, no collisions, weapons, slow motion, or teleporting camera.

#action#chase#market
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Fantasy

Origami Garden at First Light

A subtle transformation film using paper mechanics and sunrise color.

[Duration: 10s, 16:9] A closed handmade book rests on a stone bench before dawn. As sunlight reaches it, the cover opens and an origami garden unfolds mechanically: paper ferns rise, a narrow blue stream unrolls, and two folded birds lift into the air. Use one slow push-in, precise paper hinges, visible fibers, believable fold order, and quiet dawn ambience. Keep the bench and book stable; no glitter, text, human hands, liquid water, or plastic texture.

#fantasy#origami#transformation
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TravelReference image recommended

Snow Train Window Diary

A quiet travel reel that maintains landscape and reflection continuity.

[Duration: 12s, 9:16] Film a vertical travel diary from a train crossing a snowy valley. Start on gloved hands holding a paper cup by the window, rack focus to passing birch trees, then pan slightly to reveal a distant red station as the train slows. Cool daylight, warm carriage reflections, realistic parallax and window smudges, consistent cup and sleeves, natural rail sound. No face, captions, time-lapse, duplicated trees, or landscape moving in the wrong direction.

#travel#train#vertical
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Food

Night Market Noodle Rhythm

A food sequence paced by repeated physical actions and close sound.

[Duration: 10s, 16:9] Create a rhythmic night-market food film: noodles drop into boiling broth, a ladle circles once, herbs land in the bowl, and the finished dish slides across a steel counter. Use four match-on-action cuts, 60mm macro detail, warm stall light against cool street bokeh, accurate steam and liquid motion, and crisp cooking audio. Keep the same bowl, counter, and hands throughout; no brand signs, flames crossing food, extra fingers, or floating ingredients.

#food#market#macro
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DocumentaryReference image recommended

Watchmaker at Closing Time

A human craft portrait driven by exact handwork and workshop sound.

[Duration: 15s, 16:9] Observe an older watchmaker completing one repair at closing time. 0–5s: macro tweezers place a gear. 5–10s: side profile as the watch is lifted toward a bench lamp. 10–15s: the case closes, the ticking becomes audible, and the lamp switches off. Restrained documentary camera, consistent hands and watch components, warm practical light, natural breathing and room tone. No dialogue, logos, impossible gear motion, or sentimental montage.

#documentary#craft#macro
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LifestyleReference image recommended

Rainy Greenhouse Workday

An atmospheric routine with layered rain, glass, and plant motion.

[Duration: 10s, 16:9] A greenhouse caretaker completes a simple rainy-day routine in one continuous shot: carry a wooden tray between rows, inspect one leaf, and open a roof vent as rain grows louder. The camera tracks backward at walking pace. Use diffused gray light, accurate glass droplets, subtle plant response to the vent, consistent clothing and tray contents, realistic footsteps, and no speech, speed ramps, disappearing tools, or oversized foliage.

#lifestyle#greenhouse#rain
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Game CinematicReference image recommended

Desert Beacon Repair

A science-fiction scene grounded in practical work and environmental scale.

[Duration: 12s, 2.39:1] On a wind-cut desert plateau, one field engineer repairs a dormant navigation beacon. Begin with a close cable connection, pull back as segmented rings rotate into alignment, then reveal a distant convoy responding with two small lights. Use sun-bleached materials, realistic blowing sand, stable suit details and machine geometry, measured mechanical sound, and restrained amber grading. No weapons, holographic text, lightning, changing horizon, or instant construction.

#game cinematic#desert#science fiction
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The five-part Seedance brief

  1. 01Subject
  2. 02Action
  3. 03Camera
  4. 04Style and sound
  5. 05Continuity constraints

Built for reference-led, multi-shot direction

Seedance 2.0 is most useful when a prompt treats motion, timing, identity, and scene geography as one system instead of independent style requests.

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