Seedance 2.0 prompts that work around the face rule

People scenes, written in text only

Text to video is the one Seedance 2.0 mode that takes people, because no image goes in. Lines go in double quotes after "says:", in one language per clip, and lip-sync is best-effort. Cards are 16:9 unless the title names a ratio.

1. Street dancer under a railway bridge (9:16)

   8 s · 720p · 168 cr
   A street dancer in a yellow windbreaker dances alone under a railway bridge at night, rolling her shoulders slowly, then sliding one foot out in a smooth arc. Wet cobbles reflect orange lamps. Fixed medium shot. Sneakers squeaking, a distant train. Keep it subtitle-free.

2. Chef calling the pass

   6 s · 720p · 126 cr
   A chef in a white jacket slides a plate onto the pass, taps the bell twice and says: "Table six, walking." Copper pans glow under the heat lamps behind her. Slow push-in to a close-up. Pans sizzling. Keep it subtitle-free.

3. Violinist rehearsing in an empty hall

   10 s · 720p · 210 cr
   A violinist in a grey sweater rehearses alone on a bare stage, bow moving slowly, shoulders loosening as the phrase resolves. Empty red seats fade into darkness. Smooth lateral tracking shot from the wings. One sustained violin melody, long hall reverb. No text on screen.

4. Two friends under festival lanterns

   8 s · 720p · 168 cr
   Two friends walk slowly down a street hung with paper lanterns on a festival night. One stops, points at a fish-shaped lantern and says: "That one is ours." Smooth tracking shot from behind. Distant drums, crowd murmur. Keep it subtitle-free.

5. Greenhouse gardener, with voiceover

   10 s · 1080p · 600 cr
   An older gardener in a canvas apron mists seedling trays in a glass greenhouse at dawn, moving slowly along the bench. Soft light through fogged glass. Fixed wide shot. Voiceover: A calm female voice says: "Everything here started smaller than a grain of rice." Avoid generating any text or subtitles.

6. Grandfather and boy at a koi pond

   6 s · 720p · 126 cr
   A grandfather crouches by a koi pond and shows a small boy how to scatter food, opening his palm slowly. The boy leans in and whispers: "They are coming." Orange koi rise to the surface. Low close-up from the water's edge. Water lapping. No subtitles.

Multi-shot storyboards: Shot 1, Shot 2, Shot 3

Shots go in the order events happen, with no seconds, because ByteDance's guide calls precise timing unstable on Seedance 2.0. Give each shot one camera move, and allow 10 to 15 seconds for three shots.

Plan the shots before you write them with the shot list generator

1. Desert highway, noon to dusk

   15 s · 720p · 315 cr
   Shot 1: Fixed wide shot of an empty desert highway at noon, heat haze over the asphalt. Shot 2: A dusty green camper van enters from the left; slow pan to follow it. Shot 3: Close-up on its tail lights shrinking toward red hills at dusk. Wind, a fading engine. No subtitles.

2. Cargo bike morning delivery

   12 s · 720p · 252 cr
   Shot 1: A grocer loads crates of oranges into an electric cargo bike outside a shuttered market; fixed shot. Shot 2: Tracking shot beside the bike along a canal at sunrise. Shot 3: Fixed medium shot as she sets a crate down at a café door and says: "Fresh this morning." No subtitles.

3. Glassblower's first bowl

   12 s · 720p · 252 cr
   Shot 1: Close-up of a glowing orange gather turning on the end of a blowpipe; fixed shot. Shot 2: The glassblower blows gently as the bubble swells; slow push-in. Shot 3: Fixed wide shot of the finished amber bowl cooling on a steel bench. Furnace roar, then the tick of cooling glass.

4. Morning surf check

   10 s · 720p · 210 cr
   Shot 1: Aerial view of grey dawn waves folding onto an empty beach; slow forward drift. Shot 2: A surfer waxes a board on the sand, breath fogging; fixed medium shot. Shot 3: The surfer paddles out through white water; tracking shot from behind. Crashing surf, gulls. No logo.

5. Mountain railway in snow

   15 s · 720p · 315 cr
   Shot 1: Drone shot following a red train as it winds along a snowy mountainside. Shot 2: A gloved hand wipes a fogged carriage window to reveal white peaks; fixed close-up. Shot 3: Fixed wide shot as the train slides into a tunnel. Wheels clacking, a long horn. Keep it subtitle-free.

Product and object references, no faces

Reference mode takes up to nine images, but ByteDance recommends four or five assets, so none of these uses more than four. Name each image beside its subject, as in "the white canvas sneaker from Image 1". An unnamed image is effectively ignored, and faces are rejected.

Make a faceless product still to use as Image 1

1. Sneaker on a skate ledge (3:4)

   8 s · 720p · 168 cr
   The white canvas sneaker from Image 1 rests on the concrete skate ledge from Image 2 in late afternoon sun. Slow orbit around the sneaker, stitching and toe cap sharp. An empty skateboard rolls past behind it, wheels clacking. Grainy film texture.

2. Pour-over kettle on a slate counter

   6 s · 720p · 126 cr
   The ceramic pour-over kettle from Image 1 pours a thin stream into the glass dripper from Image 2 on the slate counter from Image 3. Fixed close-up at counter height. Steam curls as the coffee drips. Water trickling. Morning window light, no subtitles.

3. Cargo bike in your brand's colours

   5 s · 720p · 105 cr
   The electric cargo bike from Image 1 stands on the cobbled street from Image 2, its front box full of potted herbs, as morning light slides across it. Grade the colours to the palette card in Image 3. Slow push-in at wheel height. Birdsong. No text, no watermark.

4. Fox mascot in a storybook forest (1:1)

   8 s · 720p · 168 cr
   The illustrated fox mascot from Image 1 trots into the storybook forest from Image 2 and stops to sniff a glowing mushroom. Keep the fox's flat colours and thick outlines exactly as drawn. Fixed wide shot. Wind chimes, rustling leaves. 2D animation, no text.

5. Greenhouse rain, with an audio reference

   6 s · 720p · 126 cr
   Rain streams down the glass roof of the greenhouse from Image 1 while the ferns inside sway slightly. Slow push-in toward a dripping leaf. Use the rain and thunder in Audio 1 as the soundtrack. Grey afternoon light, keep it subtitle-free.

   Attach one rain recording of 15 seconds or less as the audio reference. Audio references work in Reference mode only.

6. Picnic basket, lit like a photo

   5 s · 1080p · 300 cr
   The wicker picnic basket from Image 1 sits on the checked blanket in the meadow from Image 2 as long grass sways around it. Light it like the golden-hour photo in Image 3. Slow push-in. Bees, a skylark overhead. No added text.

Start from a first frame (image to video)

Animate uses one faceless still as the opening frame, so the prompt needs only motion, one camera move and sound. A first frame cannot be combined with reference images in the same request.

1. Koi pond still

   6 s · 720p · 126 cr
   The koi glide slowly under the surface and one breaks it with a small ripple. Lily pads rock gently. Slow push-in toward the ripple. Trickling water, a distant bird. No subtitles.

2. Camping lantern on a rock

   5 s · 720p · 105 cr
   The lantern's flame flickers on and steadies, throwing warm light over the rock and the pine needles as dusk deepens. Fixed shot. Crickets start up, wind in the trees. No logo, no watermark.

3. Illustrated skyline (21:9)

   8 s · 720p · 168 cr
   Lights switch on window by window across the illustrated skyline as the sky turns from orange to deep blue. A small plane blinks across the top. Slow pan from left to right. A soft synth pad. Keep the flat illustration style.

4. Empty lantern street at dusk

   8 s · 720p · 168 cr
   The paper lanterns above the empty street sway in a light breeze and brighten one by one as dusk falls. Petals drift over the stones. Slow dolly forward. Distant festival drums, wind chimes. Keep it subtitle-free.

5. Empty lido at sunrise

   6 s · 720p · 126 cr
   Sunrise spreads across the empty outdoor pool as a light wind ripples the water and the painted lane lines waver beneath it. Steam lifts off the surface. Fixed wide shot. Birds, a flag rope tapping its pole. No subtitles.

First and last frame transitions

Transition takes exactly two faceless frames, a first and a last, and no references; the prompt describes what happens between them. Any whole-second length from 4 to 15 works.

1. Shoebox to sneaker reveal

   5 s · 720p · 105 cr
   The lid of the kraft shoebox lifts off and tissue paper unfolds as the white canvas sneaker rises and settles on the lid, ending on the last frame. Fixed shot. Paper rustling, a soft thump. No added text.

2. Greenhouse from day to night

   8 s · 720p · 168 cr
   Daylight fades through the glass greenhouse and string lights flicker on along the roof beams, moving from the bright first frame to the glowing last. Fixed wide shot. Birdsong gives way to crickets. No subtitles.

3. Pencil sketch to finished frame

   6 s · 720p · 126 cr
   The pencil sketch of the desert highway fills with colour from the horizon outward, lines becoming asphalt, rock and sky until it matches the photo in the last frame. Slow push-in. Pencil scratching, then desert wind. No subtitles.

4. Empty dripper to full carafe

   6 s · 720p · 126 cr
   Coffee drips into the glass carafe, rising from empty in the first frame to full in the last as the steam thickens. Fixed close-up. Steady dripping, a soft gurgle at the end. Warm morning light.

Draft at 480p, finish at 4K

Seedance 2.0 is the cheapest video model we run per second at 480p, at 10 credits. Draft at 480p until the prompt behaves, then run it again at 4K: that is a new render, not an upscale of the draft. Each tag shows both 5-second costs, 50 and 540 credits.

1. Redwood fog (21:9)

   5 s · 50 → 540 cr
   Morning fog rolls between towering redwood trunks as sunbeams cut through in long diagonal shafts. Slow lateral tracking shot at ground level, ferns in the foreground. Dripping water, a distant woodpecker. Rich details, no subtitles.

2. Soap bubble drifting, macro

   5 s · 50 → 540 cr
   Macro shot of a soap bubble drifting through still air, rainbow swirls sliding across its surface against a dark background. Fixed shot. A faint breath, then a soft pop. Rich details, no text, no watermark.

3. Autumn leaves on a mountain stream

   5 s · 50 → 540 cr
   Red and gold maple leaves drift down a clear mountain stream, spinning slowly over smooth stones. Low tracking shot just above the water. Running water, wind in the trees. Rich details, keep it subtitle-free.

4. Terraced rice fields from the air

   5 s · 50 → 540 cr
   Aerial shot drifting over terraced rice fields full of water that mirrors the sunrise, mist in the lower terraces. Wind, distant frogs. Rich details, no text.