Holding a character across a move
A test built to expose identity and wardrobe drift — run this before committing to a long generation with a person in it.
The prompt
A woman with short silver hair and a red scarf walks from a bright street into a dim bookshop and stops at a counter. The camera follows her in one continuous move, from hard daylight to warm tungsten interior. Her face, hair and the exact red of the scarf stay consistent through the light change. 35mm lens, handheld but controlled. Street noise fading to quiet interior tone.
00:00:15:001080p16:9standard3,592cr≈ $35.92
Open in studioWhy it is written this way
- Two named, specific details — silver hair, red scarf — give you something concrete to check drift against. Vague descriptions cannot be judged.
- A lighting change is where identity usually breaks. If a character survives daylight to tungsten, they will survive most things.
- Run this before spending on a long take with a person in it. It costs a fraction and tells you whether the character will hold.
Settings
- Model
- Seedance 2.5
- Resolution
- 1080p
- Duration
- 15s
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
- Cost
- 3,592 credits · $35.92
- Typical wait
- 210s
Questions
- What settings does the "Holding a character across a move" prompt need?
- Seedance 2.5 at 1080p, 15 seconds, 16:9. That combination costs 3,592 credits — about $35.92 — and the studio shows the figure again before you commit.
- Can I change the prompt?
- Yes — it is a starting point, not a recipe. Change the subject and keep the structure: shot type, camera move, lighting, lens, then audio. That order is what these models read most reliably.
More cinematic prompts
- Thirty-second single take with scene changes — One continuous 30-second shot that moves through three distinct environments without a cut — the thing that needs a single-pass model rather than stitched clips.
- Aerial establishing reveal — A rising drone shot that starts on a detail and pulls out to a landscape — the standard opening of a travel or property film.