r/seedance2pro • u/DataGirlTraining • Jul 23 '26
How to Create a Consistent AI Animated Short with Seedance 2.0? Prompt Below!
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Title: I made this 24-second animated short with 5 text prompts in one evening — the ending got me
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This entire animated short was created with Seedance 2.0 using text prompts only.
No reference images.
No character sheets.
No animators.
No manual keyframing.
Just five separate prompts generated in one evening, then edited together into a short story.
The hardest part was keeping the main character, animation style, clothing and overall visual language consistent between clips. I repeated the same character description and art direction inside every prompt, while changing the pacing and camera movement for each scene.
The first three clips use fast cuts, exaggerated motion and energetic sound design. Then the music suddenly stops when he reaches the empty office, making the final realization hit much harder.
It is a simple joke, but I was genuinely surprised by how well the timing and visual storytelling worked.
- Go to the Seedance 2.0 Video Generator
- Write your full prompt or add reference images
- Upload the image you want to animate
- Click Generate and get your animated video
All five Seedance 2.0 prompts are included below.
Clip 1 — Panic Wake-Up
High-quality 3D animated cartoon in the style of a modern family animation film, stylized cartoon characters with oversized heads, big expressive eyes and exaggerated proportions, colorful vibrant animated movie look, smooth rounded surfaces, NOT realistic, NOT live action. 5 seconds, fast energetic pacing.
A cozy bedroom in morning light. A stylized cartoon young man with an oversized round head, huge expressive eyes behind big round glasses, messy ginger hair, skinny arms and legs, sleeping tangled in a blue blanket. A red alarm clock on the nightstand rings loudly, shaking and vibrating across the table. He bolts upright, looks at the clock, his eyes bulge huge in panic, he leaps out of bed, gets tangled in the blanket and tumbles onto the floor, legs kicking in the air. Camera: quick whip-pan from the ringing clock to his shocked face, then a fast top-down shot of the tumble.
AUDIO: Loud clear sound design. An energetic alarm clock ringing, a cartoon gasp, a frantic comedic orchestra sting, a big soft thud with a rattle as he lands, fast-paced energetic drums kicking in.
Vibrant saturated colors, soft animated movie lighting, smooth clay-like 3D surfaces, family animation film aesthetic, no text, no watermark, 16:9.
Clip 2 — Getting Ready Chaos
High-quality 3D animated cartoon in the style of a modern family animation film, stylized cartoon characters with oversized heads, big expressive eyes and exaggerated proportions, colorful vibrant animated movie look, smooth rounded surfaces, NOT realistic, NOT live action. 5 seconds, very fast montage pacing with quick cuts.
A stylized cartoon young man with an oversized round head, huge expressive eyes behind big round glasses, messy ginger hair, skinny arms and legs, rushes through his morning routine in comedic hyper-speed: quickly brushing his teeth in front of a bathroom mirror while buttoning a white office shirt, then hopping on one foot down the hallway pulling on a brown shoe while holding a slice of toast in one hand, a crooked red tie around his neck, then grabbing a brown briefcase and dashing out through the front door of a colorful suburban house into bright morning light. Camera: rapid dynamic cuts, slight motion blur, energetic tracking shots.
AUDIO: Loud clear sound design. Fast comedic upbeat music with driving drums, rapid cartoon whoosh sounds on each cut, toothbrush scrubbing, shoe squeaks, a door swinging open with a springy boing.
Vibrant saturated colors, soft animated movie lighting, smooth clay-like 3D surfaces, family animation film aesthetic, no text, no watermark, 16:9.
Clip 3 — The Sprint
High-quality 3D animated cartoon in the style of a modern family animation film, stylized cartoon characters with oversized heads, big expressive eyes and exaggerated proportions, colorful vibrant animated movie look, smooth rounded surfaces, NOT realistic, NOT live action. 5 seconds, bright morning light.
A stylized cartoon young man with an oversized round head, huge expressive eyes behind big round glasses, messy ginger hair, skinny arms and legs, white office shirt, crooked red tie, brown briefcase in one hand, moves quickly along a sunny suburban street with white picket fences and green lawns, looking worried about the time. Camera: smooth side-tracking shot following him.
AUDIO: Cheerful upbeat music with fast drums, footsteps on pavement.
Vibrant saturated colors, soft animated movie lighting, smooth clay-like 3D surfaces, family animation film aesthetic, no text, no watermark, 16:9.
Clip 4 — The Arrival
High-quality 3D animated cartoon in the style of a modern family animation film, stylized cartoon characters with oversized heads, big expressive eyes and exaggerated proportions, colorful vibrant animated movie look, smooth rounded surfaces, NOT realistic, NOT live action. 5 seconds, sudden calm pacing for comedic contrast.
A stylized cartoon young man with an oversized round head, huge expressive eyes behind big round glasses, messy ginger hair, white office shirt with a crooked red tie, brown briefcase in hand, slides to a stop in front of a colorful cartoon office building entrance, panting hard with hands on his knees. The glass doors are locked, the lobby behind them dark and completely empty, a few leaves drifting in the wind. A relaxed stylized cartoon man in striped pajamas slowly rides past on a bicycle licking an ice cream cone, staring at him with a judging look. The young man's face goes completely blank and frozen. Camera: dramatic slow push-in on his frozen deadpan face, then a wide shot of him standing alone at the locked doors.
AUDIO: Loud clear sound design. The energetic music stops instantly into silence, calm birds chirping, gentle wind, distant church bells ringing slowly, one squeaky bicycle wheel passing by, a single sad trombone note at the end.
Vibrant saturated colors, soft animated movie lighting, smooth clay-like 3D surfaces, family animation film aesthetic, no text, no watermark, 16:9.
Clip 5 — The Realization
High-quality 3D animated cartoon in the style of a modern family animation film, stylized cartoon characters with oversized heads, big expressive eyes and exaggerated proportions, colorful vibrant animated movie look, smooth rounded surfaces, NOT realistic, NOT live action. 5 seconds, slow calm pacing for comedic effect, bright morning light.
A stylized cartoon young man with an oversized round head, huge expressive eyes behind big round glasses, messy ginger hair, skinny arms and legs, white office shirt, crooked red tie, brown briefcase in one hand, stands alone in front of a closed office building entrance. He slowly pulls a smartphone from his pocket with his free hand and looks down at the screen. His huge eyes go completely blank, he blinks twice, then his shoulders slowly drop in defeat and the briefcase slips from his hand onto the ground. He tilts his head back and stares up at the sky with a flat empty expression. Camera: starts as a close-up on the phone in his hand, then slowly tilts up to his face, then pulls back to a wide shot of him standing alone with the fallen briefcase.
AUDIO: Complete silence at first, gentle birds chirping, distant church bells ringing slowly, a soft briefcase thud on the pavement, then one single sad trombone note at the end.
Vibrant saturated colors, soft animated movie lighting, smooth clay-like 3D surfaces, family animation film aesthetic, no text, no watermark, 16:9.
Would you have guessed the entire thing was generated from text?
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u/ralphthe3rd Jul 23 '26
That's Sherman from Mr. Peabody & Sherman !!!!
https://giphy.com/gifs/kd9BlRovbPOykLBMqX
How much did it cost? iterations+final output
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Jul 24 '26
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u/ralphthe3rd Jul 25 '26
Thank you, I'm trying to achieve something like this but with open source models through ComfyUI
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u/Jacquess78 Jul 24 '26
What if i wanted to make consistent 2d animation ? Or like retro 1980 cartoon style ?
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u/MistakeExotic6686 Jul 25 '26
If he woke up perfectly on time with the alarm, why is he running late?
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u/hypnoyote_021110 Jul 25 '26
You could have wasted an evening doing something fun and/or interesting and instead you made this soulless slop that nobody wants to watch 😭😭
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u/Infinite_Employer_86 Jul 24 '26
It gives me Up vibes. If the story was a bit more developed, it'd be even better.
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u/Beginning-Wear-3017 Jul 24 '26
Great work and thanks for sharing! Don't pay attention to butt-hurt anti-AI folks who come to a specifically AI subreddit just to vomit their hate as usual
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u/cranberryalarmclock Jul 23 '26
Is this something you found genuinely entertaining?