Full Seedance 2.5 prompt recreates a 1994 found-footage horror dream in 20 hard cuts

techhalla · x · 2026-10-04

The author shares the exact Seedance 2.5 prompt used to recreate a 'weird dream' as an AI video.

The prompt is fully structured:

Style + camera + atmosphere: 1994 Hi8 camcorder found-footage — micro-shake, autofocus hunting, hard cut every 1.5s across 20 cuts, no score or dialogue;
Identity lock: a 4-panel character sheet serves as the sole reference, with wardrobe and tattoos explicitly listed and a 'do not redesign' instruction;
Second-by-second timeline: every 1.5s slice gets its own shot type (low handheld, POV, whip pan, ground shot) and plot beat — a dead gas station, smiling strangers closing in, a sprint back to the Cadillac;
Key constraints: the threats are real people, not creatures; practical skin only, no CGI, no glow — the unease comes from smiles that are too wide.

It's a reusable template for long-take storyboard prompting plus negative constraints in video generation.

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