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ByteDance · Text to VideoSeedance 2.0 Text To Video
Seedance 2.0 Text To Video is available in the Business API catalog.
Examples
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A punk screenprinted zine poster, entirely wordless — absolutely NO text, NO letters, NO numbers, NO writing or typography anywhere in the frame. A high-contrast duotone hissing cat rendered in acid cyan on a clashing hot-orange background, in a bold paper cut-out collage style. Surrounding the cat are dynamic hand-cut paper graphic elements only (no words): jagged lightning bolts, spiky starbursts, four-point sparkles, torn-paper scraps, concentric rings, zigzag flashes and dotted halftone motifs. Flat graphic poster layout, heavy halftone dots and photocopy grain, raw DIY cut-and-paste energy, clashing neon duotone palette. Cut-paper stop-motion animation: the paper graphic elements jitter and pop on and off, halftone dots crawl and shimmer, the cat's face twitches and snarls, lightning bolts flash and star sparkles spin on the beat. Ambient sound: a soft rhythmic mechanical hum of a copy machine, light paper-shuffle textures, gentle percussive taps on the beat, and one short soft cat hiss. Lo-fi ambient foley, instrumental, no spoken words.
A cinematic surreal photograph brought to life: a submerged corner convenience store at night, fully underwater. Shelves stacked with colorful UNBRANDED snack boxes glowing softly, an old CRT television underwater showing static, a lone hand reaching toward a generic red package. Murky green-teal light rays filter down; drifting bubbles and floating particles; moody atmospheric film grain; dreamlike and eerie. All packaging blank/abstract - no logos or readable text. MOTION: camera drifts slowly forward down the flooded aisle; bubbles rise past the lens, the CRT flickers, the hand reaches for the red package, green-teal caustics ripple across every surface. Weightless slow float, ## Script / audio Audio: muffled underwater hum, distant sonar ping, rising bubbles, faint TV static.
Absurdist deadpan editorial video, 9:16, at a turquoise swimming pool at night. A woman in a full wet black pinstripe suit and tie sits cross-legged on a gold ring float, calmly typing on a laptop balanced on her knees, water rippling around her and a lone yellow rubber duck bobbing past. She stays perfectly composed, occasionally glancing at the screen. Slow push-in, cool underwater-lit color, dry surreal humor, glossy realism.
Whimsical hyperreal aerial video, 9:16. A giant woman with braided teal hair, wearing an oversized "LOAF" tee, steps carefully through a miniature toy-town of tiny pastel houses and streets, crouching to peer between rooftops. Clouds drift overhead and her shadow sweeps across the little blocks as she moves. Slow aerial drift following her, soft daylight, charming scale-play, photoreal-meets-diorama.
Two figures walk slowly across jagged black volcanic rock formations at sunset, deep saturated sky gradient from burnt orange to indigo-purple, strong backlit rim light separating their silhouettes from the dark rock texture, muted earthy wardrobe tones of rust and olive against the high-contrast sky, grainy medium-format film texture, wind moving through hair and fabric, slow cinematic tracking shot.
A giant koala clings sleepily to the side of a lighthouse, eyes shut, paws wrapped around the tower, gently snoring in the breeze. Ocean waves below, gulls overhead. Shot like a candid holiday snapshot on a point-and-shoot film camera — grainy, warm, slightly overexposed, off-center framing, faint vignette, tiny handheld wobble. Ambient wind and waves.
Vertical triptych, three stacked 90s HK neon-noir stills, toxic-green/teal grade, step-printed motion blur, expired-film grain. Motion: TOP — man's eyes slowly shift, steam drifts; MIDDLE — scooter races forward, hair blown back, green light-trails smear; BOTTOM — cyclist pedals deeper into a curving fluorescent tunnel, red tail-light receding. All three bands animate simultaneously. Audio: night city hum, distant traffic, passing scooter engine, faint neon buzz.
A full-body model captured falling weightless and horizontal through a glowing pink-and-amber sunset sky streaked with soft clouds, hair fanned upward, wearing a black cutout long-sleeve top, a taupe pencil skirt and burgundy stiletto heels with a loosened striped necktie flying loose, a small structured shoulder bag tumbling separately above her; surreal fashion-editorial suspension, premium retro-futurist creative-studio look, warm analog film grade with lifted milky blacks and pigmented sunset midtones, fine 35mm grain and soft halation, brand-new anonymous figure, all bag hardware and marks abstract. Square 1:1 composition. No text, no logos, no wordmarks, no watermarks. Multi-shot sequence: open on a dynamic wide establishing shot, then cut to a dramatic slow-motion close-up of the subject, then a sweeping tracking move — energetic dynamic camera movement and lively cuts. She falls in gentle graceful slow-motion — drifting downward slowly and weightlessly, floating and unhurried, NOT fast.
Kitschy amateur 35mm film snapshot, humorous and endearing: a small happy pink pot-bellied piglet perched on a bright pink inflatable flamingo pool float in a sunlit backyard swimming pool, wearing a red backwards baseball cap and round mirrored sunglasses, front trotters resting on the float, tongue out in a goofy grin, wide awake and delighted. Warm turquoise pool water with gentle ripples and refracted caustic light, palm shadows on the water, soft focus, slight motion blur, visible film grain, natural midday sunlight, faded warm color. Wholesome, absurd, cheerful, deadpan comedy. Square 1:1 composition. No text or logos. Motion prompt: The cheerful piglet bobs gently on the flamingo float as it slowly drifts and spins, ears flicking, snout sniffing the air, one trotter dipping and splashing the water playfully; pool ripples spread outward, sunlight caustics shimmer, palm shadows sway; lazy handheld sway of the camera, subtle slow push-in. Audio: soft playful pool splashes and lapping water, a distant lawn sprinkler, faint chirping birds, warm cheerful summer backyard ambience, lo-fi instrumental, no voices.
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