ByteDance · Reference to Video
ByteDance · Reference to VideoSeedance 2.0 Reference To Video
Seedance 2.0 Reference To Video is available in the Business API catalog.
Examples
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Curtains billow, the flamingos wade and one lifts its wings, the mirror-still water ripples and clouds drift; slow dolly toward the window. **Audio:** Ambience: room tone, distant bird calls.
The plush frog's throat puffs once, the daisies bob in a breeze and the sunglasses catch a glint. no push in
A multi-shot hip-hop music-video sequence with THREE distinct camera shots and HARD CUTS between them. A fluffy alpaca at night beside a burgundy vintage BMW under street lights, flash-lit album-cover vibe. Throughout, the alpaca DANCES and SHAKES its body rhythmically to the beat — bobbing its head, bouncing on its legs, shimmying so its fluffy fur bounces and sways to the music. SHOT 1 — FRONT WIDE: the alpaca stands on the car hood bobbing its head and shaking its body to the beat, slow camera push-in. [HARD CUT] SHOT 2 — SIDE 3/4 PROFILE: the alpaca on the hood nods and sways in profile to the rhythm, slow lateral dolly. [HARD CUT] SHOT 3 — BACK VIEW, CLOSE, ON THE GROUND: from behind, the alpaca stands on the pavement close to camera shaking its fluffy hindquarters and tail to the beat, glancing back over its shoulder, the BMW behind. Confident swagger, dancing to the music, night flash photography, three clearly different framings, cinematic, film grain.
A multi-shot cinematic sequence with THREE distinct camera shots and HARD CUTS between them. Comedic celebrity red carpet with a fluffy Pomeranian in round black sunglasses and a burgundy velvet blazer with an 'ALL ACCESS' press pass. SHOT 1 — WIDE ESTABLISHING: the little dog sits mobbed by a swarm of paparazzi, dozens of cameras flashing and microphones pushing in from all sides, handheld crowd jostle. [HARD CUT] SHOT 2 — EXTREME CLOSE-UP: the dog's face fills the frame as it slowly turns toward the lens, flashbulbs exploding and reflecting in the round sunglasses, fur ruffling. [HARD CUT] SHOT 3 — LOW-ANGLE HERO SHOT: camera looks up as the Pomeranian lifts its chin like a diva, flashes erupting, hands thrusting microphones up into the frame. Three clearly different framings, fast editing, deadpan comedic celebrity energy, rapid flashbulb pops, cinematic, film grain.
Golden-hour beach scene. Slow camera push-in on the giant pink ice cream truck as the attendant waves from the window; the soft-serve drum rotates slowly in the warm light. Waves roll in behind, swimmers wade and splash, seagulls glide across the sky. Diverse sunbathers in the foreground shift casually — fanning, sipping drinks, kids fidgeting. Umbrellas flutter in a light breeze. Nostalgic, playful summer-ad mood. Camera: slow push-in, locked horizon. Duration: 10s. Sound: ocean waves, distant chatter, seagulls, light wind — subtle ice cream truck music.
Intense UNDERWATER porcelain boxing match, cinematic and highly dynamic. TWO white porcelain-figurine boxers with glossy glazed ceramic skin and crackle-glaze crazing fight hard inside the submerged ring: the woman in the white one-piece with red-glazed ceramic gloves versus the taller male boxer in dark trunks with blue-glazed gloves. Drifting through the teal water all around them are red poppies, blue cornflowers, white daisies and floating dandelion seeds carried on the current, mixing with streaming bubbles. FEROCIOUS EXPRESSIVE FACES: her painted porcelain face snarls with fierce determination, brow furrowed, teeth gritted; his face grimaces with effort and pain as punches land. Fast, powerful, dynamic action: she slips a jab and unloads a rapid rising hook, he snaps back, counters with a hard cross, ceramic gloves colliding and exploding clouds of bubbles, flower petals and dandelion seeds outward. MULTISHOT with fast hard cuts: 1) wide shot of the two exchanging a rapid flurry as flowers swirl in the water; 2) whip-pan low-angle hero shot as her red glove smashes into his guard, petals and bubbles bursting; 3) tight slow-motion close-up on a glazed face reacting to the impact, cracks of expression, seeds drifting past. Volumetric god rays, water caustics, floating poppies and dandelion seeds, shadowy crowd behind the ropes, fast orbiting handheld camera. Photorealistic render, film grain, explosive fluid motion.
A dreamlike golden-hour spot featuring the athletic young woman with a full dark curly afro, deep brown skin, wearing a cropped black nylon windbreaker, black shorts and chunky cream-and-teal running sneakers, set inside a sunlit wildflower meadow of tall blue-violet delphinium spires backlit by a hazy low sun with a soft orange light-leak flaring across frame-left. Shot 1: wide establishing drone-style aerial that glides down over the glowing meadow toward the woman as she leaps and floats mid-air above the flower spires, arms sweeping, hair catching the wind. Shot 2: medium tracking dolly that arcs around her at hip height, sneakers grazing the swaying blue blossoms, pollen and seed-fluff drifting through the backlit haze, her jacket rippling. Shot 3: slow-motion close-up push-in on her serene face and closed-eyed smile as sunlight rims her curls and lens flare blooms warm across the frame. Warm analog film grade, lifted milky blacks, pigmented earthy midtones, fine 35mm grain with gentle halation, premium retro-futurist creative-studio look; natural buoyant motion with ambient meadow sound of wind and insects. 16:9 widescreen. No text, no logos, no watermarks.
@Image1 is the character, @Image2 is the product, @Image3 is the location. A young woman with short dark hair, wearing an oversized butter-yellow corduroy zip jacket and cream wide-leg trousers (exactly the person and outfit in @Image1), stands in the surreal dusk desert of @Image3 — glowing amethyst crystal clusters, tall saguaro cacti, distant pink mountains under a rose-lavender sky. She holds the frosted-glass skincare jar from @Image2 cradled in both hands at chest height, then slowly lifts and turns it toward the camera; its warm inner glow catches her face as a soft desert breeze moves her hair and the crystals shimmer around her. Slow cinematic push-in, golden crystalline rim light, dreamy pastel color grade, shallow depth of field, gentle handheld feel. Hyperrealistic skin with visible pores and natural asymmetry, fine peach-fuzz and subtle texture, catchlights in the eyes, shot on Hasselblad, 85mm lens, natural film grain, photorealistic, true-to-life proportions.
A multi-shot cinematic sequence with THREE distinct camera shots and HARD CUTS between them. A joyful man made of TRANSLUCENT REFRACTIVE GLASS — clear glass skin, face and hands with light bending and glinting through them — wearing a colorful floral shirt and a knit cardigan, in a grand European plaza swarming with pigeons. SHOT 1 — TRACKING RUN: dynamic tracking shot chasing the glass man as he runs joyfully through the plaza, a massive flock of pigeons exploding into flight and scattering off the cobblestones all around him, wings blurring. [HARD CUT] SHOT 2 — WIDE TWIRL: he plants his feet and spins into a delighted twirl, arms thrown wide, his glass body catching and refracting the light as the whole flock lifts into the overcast sky around him. [HARD CUT] SHOT 3 — SLOW-MOTION CLOSE-UP: tight slow-motion close-up of his laughing glass face, light glinting and refracting through the transparent glass, feathers drifting past. Kinetic handheld camera, motion blur on the wings, joyful chaotic energy, cinematic light refraction through glass, three clearly different framings, film grain.
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