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.
The prompt
One continuous take, no cuts. Open tight on a woman’s face lit by a green heads-up display, then the camera pulls back through a cockpit canopy to reveal a rain-lashed landing deck at night. It continues pulling back and rising into a wide aerial of the whole carrier, city lights bleeding into low cloud on the horizon. Anamorphic 40mm, practical lighting only, deep shadows. The audio moves with the camera: close breathing and instrument beeps, then rain and wind, then a distant low engine drone.
00:00:30:001080p21:9standard7,179cr≈ $71.79
Open in studioWhy it is written this way
- Say "one continuous take, no cuts" explicitly. Otherwise the model will invent cuts, which is exactly what a single-pass model exists to avoid.
- Write the shot as a journey with waypoints — tight, then pull back, then rise. A list of three scenes without the movement between them produces three stitched-looking segments.
- Move the audio with the camera. If the sound stays put while the frame travels, the take reads as fake even when the picture holds.
- This is the most expensive prompt in the library. Draft it at 5 seconds on 2.0 Fast first to check the opening framing.
Settings
- Model
- Seedance 2.5
- Resolution
- 1080p
- Duration
- 30s
- Aspect ratio
- 21:9
- Cost
- 7,179 credits · $71.79
- Typical wait
- 210s
Questions
- What settings does the "Thirty-second single take with scene changes" prompt need?
- Seedance 2.5 at 1080p, 30 seconds, 21:9. That combination costs 7,179 credits — about $71.79 — 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.
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