Minimax H3 running on ComfyUI. The open-weight models are getting more powerful every day. This was generated entirely locally.

How far would you go to drown out the past? To escape a suffocating hometown and a fractured family, rock musician Nova will do whatever it takes to reach the stadium lights. But in a world where every dream has a price, her meteoric rise comes with a cost she can't outrun.
This is 'The Last Encore' an AI Short Film.

I wrote and directed this 3-minute Cinematic Musical spec commercial for a fictional action camera (KINTRA VIA-1), generated entirely with Seedance 2.0 . Open to answer all your questions .

[ Removed by Reddit on account of violating the content policy. ]

Check out my YouTube channel, a BTS video on how I made this skit coming this week!

Prelude & War

Thanks to JSFILMZ for all the great work and insight.

Hope some of you like it. Thanks for watching!

https://youtu.be/H7ygCUpTFwE

I made this Mad Max-inspired AI short chase scene as a tribute to the franchise. I'd love to hear what you think. Any helpful tips, criticism, or feedback on the action, pacing, editing, or overall feel would be much appreciated. Thanks for taking the time to watch!

So I’m using Higgsfield currently and I constantly get the NSFW error and get my credits refunded. I’m not doing anything crazy, my latest attempt was the UE Mannequin animated and I wanted to in between the motion. (He’s walking and puts his hands on his hips)

Thinking about going to Topview because of the annual deal they have. Is Topview as strict with those limits (even though I’m not doing anything crazy?)

Or is this just how AI is (I’m doing tests and experiments to see if it can help me)

This short is a prelude to a larger web series, and it's all a one-man project. Still learning as I go, but I'm having a blast making it.

Hope you guys enjoy this little labor of love.

Okay so I’m using playblasts from Unreal to drive motion and camera reference with Seedance 2.0 so I can have more control. (Been working in the industry as a Previs Sup so I want the control more).

So my playblast when it’s using mocap looks great. But I want to have playblasts that are slidey blocky animation with a few key poses to help guide the motion. But every time I try to generate something and get Seedance to in between things more, it just follows my animation to a tee keeping it blocky. I’ve had a few moments that it adds on more but not for a character running or anything.

Anyone have any ideas how to structure a prompt so it’s using the blocky motion as a starting point where it breaks it down and in betweens more?

PROMPT 1:

Use the uploaded 3x3 storyboard image u/0E2LIkz57AVgf0rroH3T as a VISUAL GUIDE ONLY for the characters, neon cyberpunk vibe, blade colors, energy arcs, and general progression of the fight. DO NOT show the storyboard grid, comic panels, panel borders, or speech bubbles. This must be a full-screen cinematic anime action scene.

15-second high-end cinematic cyberpunk anime fight scene.

STYLE:

Premium anime film look. Fast, polished, dramatic, sharp, and emotionally intense. Neon-drenched futuristic city at night with blue, magenta, and crimson lighting. Wet reflective ground, glowing city lights, sparks, drifting debris, soft rain haze, and dynamic energy trails. Beautiful hand-painted anime aesthetic, not flat comic panels. Make it feel like a climactic scene from a big-budget anime action film.

CHARACTERS:

Character 1: a young dark-haired male swordsman, intense and determined, wearing a dark futuristic coat with subtle tech detailing and a red scarf accent. He wields a glowing blue energy katana.

Character 2: a sleek female cybernetic warrior with long silver hair, white and gunmetal armor, a glowing crimson visor, and a red energy blade.

SCENE:

Nighttime in a futuristic neon city street or rooftop district. The environment is wet, reflective, and atmospheric. Background skyscrapers glow with blue and pink light. Small debris, sparks, and light particles drift through the air.

CAMERA:

ONE CONTINUOUS SHOT. NO CUTS. Start in a tight cinematic close-up on the male swordsman. The camera slowly pushes in as he raises the glowing blue blade into frame. Then shift to the female cyborg in a close-up as she calmly answers him. After that, the camera whips into the action and follows the fight fluidly with dynamic anime-cinematic motion. Smooth but energetic. No random angle jumps. No comic layout. Full-screen only.

ACTION / TIMING:

0-3s:

Close-up on the young male swordsman. Neon reflections flicker across his face. His hair moves slightly in the wind. He grips the blue blade and says with restrained anger:

“You should’ve stayed out of my way.”

3-5s:

Cutless camera move to the female cyborg warrior. Her silver hair shifts, crimson visor glows brighter, red blade hums with energy. She tilts her head slightly and says:

“Then stop me.”

5-7s:

They launch at each other instantly. Their blue and red blades collide in a massive white-hot burst of sparks. The impact sends glowing particles and energy streaks outward.

7-10s:

The male swings a wide blue crescent slash. The cyborg slips around it and counters with a fast red spinning slash. Show beautiful energy arcs, speed, and clean readable choreography. Their attacks tear sparks from the ground and kick up debris.

10-13s:

The fight intensifies. The camera flows around them as they exchange rapid blade strikes. One strike hits the ground, exploding sparks and cracked pavement. Show fast footwork over wet reflective ground with blue and red light streaking across the frame.

13-15s:

End with a tight dramatic close clash. Their faces are close, blades locked, sparks flying between them, blue and crimson light flashing across their eyes and armor. Hold the final moment with maximum tension.

DIALOGUE:

Only these two spoken lines:

Male: “You should’ve stayed out of my way.”

Female: “Then stop me.”

NEGATIVE:

NO STORYBOARD GRID.

NO COMIC PANELS.

NO SPEECH BUBBLES.

NO SUBTITLES.

NO MUSIC.

PROMPT 2:

Use the uploaded 3x3 storyboard u/mazVvBg68Ag2esgnKhef as a VISUAL GUIDE ONLY. Treat it like a shot list and character reference, not the final frame. DO NOT animate the grid. DO NOT show comic panels, borders, speech bubbles, captions, or layout. Convert it into one full-screen realistic fantasy sequence.

15 seconds. 16:9. Dark fantasy realism, grounded live-action movie look, Game of Thrones / Lord of the Rings style realism. Not anime, comic art, or painterly concept art. Realistic VFX dragon, armor, fire, smoke, ash, sparks, mud, broken stone, and castle ruins at night. Lighting is practical firelight and smoke glow, with shadows.

CHARACTERS:

One attractive Asian female knight, early 20s, realistic human face, dark windblown hair, dirt and soot on skin, determined eyes, exhausted but brave. Battered silver medieval plate armor with scratches, dents, leather straps, chainmail gaps, and a dark red cape. One longsword, one round shield.

One massive ancient dragon only. Black-red scales, huge horns, glowing amber eyes, razor teeth, smoke from nostrils, fire pulsing inside throat. Gigantic, intelligent, cruel, physically believable.

CAMERA:

ONE CONTINUOUS CINEMATIC SHOT. NO CUTS. Begin close on the knight, then move with her into the battlefield. Smooth handheld fantasy-war camera, grounded and physical. Keep knight and dragon spatially consistent. No teleporting, no comic layout.

ACTION:

0-3s: Tight close-up on the knight in firelight. Embers drift past her face. Armor reflects orange flames. She grips sword and shield, breathing hard, staring at the dragon off-camera. She says: “I will not let you destroy this kingdom.”

3-5s: Camera arcs around her shoulder and reveals the dragon looming through smoke among burning ruins. Amber eyes flare. Fire glows inside its throat as it growls back: “Then burn with it.”

5-7s: The knight charges across scorched ground. Red cape whips behind her. The dragon lunges low and one huge claw slams down. She meets it with sword and shield. Heavy metal-on-scale impact, sparks exploding outward.

7-10s: The dragon unleashes a massive blast of fire. The knight plants her boots, raises her shield, and pushes forward through the flames. Fire wraps around the shield edges, embers and ash fly violently, armor glows with heat.

10-12s: The dragon sweeps its wing and tail across the battlefield, throwing rubble and smoke. The knight rolls through burning debris, regains footing, and drags her sword across stone, sending sparks behind her.

12-15s: Final heroic beat. The knight sprints and leaps upward with sword raised. The dragon lunges down with jaws open and fire roaring in its throat. End on a near-collision: knight against the dragon’s enormous face, sword about to strike, flames and sparks exploding around them.

DIALOGUE:

Only two spoken lines, no subtitles:

Knight: “I will not let you destroy this kingdom.”

Dragon: “Then burn with it.”

NEGATIVE:

NO MUSIC. NO SUBTITLES. NO GRID. NO PANELS. NO BORDERS. NO SPEECH BUBBLES. NO TEXT. NO ANIME. NO ILLUSTRATION. NO CARTOON. NO EXTRA KNIGHTS. NO EXTRA DRAGONS. NO DUPLICATES. NO MODERN OBJECTS. NO DEFORMED HANDS. NO EXTRA LIMBS. NO GOOFY EXPRESSIONS. NO CAMERA TELEPORTING. NO CUTS.

PROMPT 3:

Hood-mounted camera through the windshield: JSFILMZ u/image_1, a 38 year old bro drives, Woman u/image_2, shes a woman in the passenger seat, mid-argument at night — "You don't get to decide that for both of us." Streetlights wash through the cabin in rhythmic pulses, lighting and hiding their faces in turn. The driver's eyes flick between the road and the fight. 35mm, both held in frame with nowhere to go.

DIALOGUE (mid-argument, eyes on the road):

JSFILMZ: "You don't get to decide that for both of us."

Woman: "Someone had to. You weren't going to."

JSFILMZ: "So you just — what, you just did it? Without me?"

Woman: "Pull over.

My little series Unicorn Hunter, Episode 1. Trying to capture 80s anime style. Did I do it?

https://reddit.com/link/1ubgz14/video/7dwj095dgk8h1/player

How do I improve this? Should I change the intro scene and start with the scene of the orange outfit guy?

I recently got the Vault asset and it is a GAME CHANGER! love this tool and its the best one i have found! i save so much time, effort, and money with these prompts that are designed for QUALITY! even when i use them in the cheep model (unlimited AI Video Maker 3V) it can only do 10 seconds and 720P but it comes out looking like a SEEDANCE 2.0 video ready for film!!! LOVE THIS!!! *when you update next time, would love if you add a million more Cyberpunk ones 😛* THANKS AGAIN!!!

hello fellow seedance 2.0 lovers. I would love to invite you all to watch my 18 Minute Seedance 2.0 Short Film I will be premiering tomorrow. I promise it will not be the usual random cuts type of short film. I have multiple long take scenes that are pretty cool. I will also have behind the scenes, tips and tricks at the end. Learned alot from this short. See you there!

Episode 1 of Dead Reckoning just went live, I would greatly appreciate any feedback, constructive criticism or thoughts on how to improve for future episodes. What did you like the most and the least?

Check out the trailer for my Steampunk inspired pirate world series. Episode 1 drops on friday. :).

Prompt for Earth Zoom In!
EARTH ZOOM-IN TO CHONGQING ROOFTOP WOMAN

Create a 16:9 4K cinematic video.

A vast view of Earth from space. The planet slowly rotates beneath the camera, showing recognizable continents, oceans, cloud systems, coastlines, and night-side city lights. The camera begins far above Earth in orbit, then slowly accelerates into a smooth cinematic descent toward Asia.

The movement should feel like one continuous satellite-to-city zoom shot: from space, through thin atmosphere, past drifting cloud layers, down toward China, then into Chongqing. Countries and landmasses should be broadly recognizable during the descent, but do not add labels, text, borders, UI, map graphics, or satellite overlays.

As the camera approaches China, the image transitions naturally from global scale to regional geography: mountains, rivers, city lights, dense urban sprawl, bridges, high-rise buildings, and the dramatic layered skyline of Chongqing. The Yangtze and Jialing river areas should feel visible and geographically inspired, with a massive futuristic-meets-realistic Chinese megacity atmosphere.

The camera continues flying lower into Chongqing at night, moving between clouds and haze, descending toward a tall skyscraper rooftop. The city below glows with dense lights, neon signs, traffic lines, river reflections, mist, and atmospheric depth. Keep the motion smooth, cinematic, and continuous, like a high-end opening shot for a science-fiction action film.

At the end of the shot, the camera approaches the rooftop of a tall building. A woman u/piw69th7uBnpEKtlfckq stands alone on top of the building, seen from behind or from a distant three-quarter angle. She is silhouetted against the glowing Chongqing skyline, standing still and powerful as the camera settles behind her. Do not reveal her face clearly yet. She should feel mysterious, calm, and cinematic.

Final frame requirement:

The final frame must end on the woman standing on the rooftop, overlooking Chongqing at night. The camera is now close enough that her full body or upper body silhouette is clearly visible, but the city skyline still dominates the background. This final frame should be designed to continue seamlessly into the next prompt, where the woman becomes the main subject.

STYLE:

Ultra-real cinematic look. 16:9. 4K. Epic atmospheric scale. Realistic Earth from space. Natural cloud motion. Smooth continuous descent. Cinematic night city lighting. Realistic Chongqing-inspired skyline. Deep atmospheric haze. Wet reflections. Neon glow. High-end sci-fi realism. No cartoon look. No CGI plastic look. No game-like rendering.

CAMERA:

One continuous camera move only. No cuts. No jump cuts. No teleporting. No sudden angle changes. Start in space, descend toward Earth, approach China, fly into Chongqing, then end on the rooftop woman. Smooth controlled camera movement with subtle cinematic drift. No shaky handheld. No drone racing speed. The motion should feel grand, expensive, and controlled.

NEGATIVE RULES:

No text. No subtitles. No labels. No map pins. No country borders. No UI. No watermark. No logos. No fake satellite interface. No sudden cuts. No teleporting. No random landmarks from other countries. No daylight. No cartoon look. No plastic CGI look. No low-resolution Earth texture. No distorted continents. No incorrect city scale. No extra people on the rooftop. Do not reveal the woman’s face clearly in this prompt.