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I like clowns, so I made this challenge about one. It's a single continuous one-take shot, no cuts, made entirely with Seedance 2.5 in CapCut Video Studio, following a young clown from backstage into the stage, with the camera weaving through the other circus acts performing live around him along the way.
Full prompt was too long to post here, you can see it in the video walkthrough below 👇
One thing worth flagging, the CapCut project link doesn't seem to open for me, even in incognito ("something went wrong"). Posting the link anyway, let me know if there's a trick to it!
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Hello everyone! I'm excited to present my second work for the @CapCut Seedance 2.5 Video Challenge by Contra !
The idea of this video is that we can be different and try on different roles. But the main thing is to remain ourselves!
How I made it:
Formulated the idea and wrote the script
Broke down the script into timelines and detailed each scene
Validated and generated the required prompt in Claude over several iterations with manual adjustments
Generated the video in CapCut Seedance 2.5, also over several iterations (Seedance 2.5, Text to video, 30s, 720p, 16:9).
You can see final prompts, and video of individual stages of my work here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cdhl1PFYpxHgo_Wr7sRKJTjtG_zIK052EpvPCuqK1y0/edit?usp=sharing
Post on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcCDDPlMDo8/?igsh=MTNwZGFhb2M5NXhkeA==
Thank you all for your attention!
#contraseedancechallenge #CapCutCPP
Wow! You did a great job!
i made a 90-sec Hollywood-style motorcycle chase short, completely 100% AI-generated.
Two riders, five pursuers, one packed highway. No crew, no stunts, just
Seedance 2.5 and a very detailed prompt "bible" to keep 5 bikes chasing in
the right direction.
The hardest part wasn't the visuals, it was physics. Seedance 2.5 kept putting the chasers IN FRONT of the getaway bike instead of behind it. Then i had to engineer a whole camera system + spatial rules to fix it. Then redesigned the ending after gunfire got flagged by moderation.
what i have finally had peace with is; AI filmmaking is 90% prompt engineering.
also, check the comment section below to see my process video of how i made this.
I created “THE LAST 30 SECONDS,” a cinematic historical action short designed to feel like a high-budget movie trailer compressed into 30 seconds.
Instead of focusing on flashy AI visuals alone, I built the piece around a strong narrative hook: a wounded warrior is moments away from execution when a mysterious armored fighter arrives and challenges him. The confrontation escalates into a reveal that changes everything — the stranger is his older self, returning from the future to stop the younger version from becoming the man who starts the war.
I wanted to push Seedance beyond simple visual spectacle and use it for cinematic storytelling, realistic action, character consistency, atmosphere, performance, and tension.
The goal was to make every shot serve the story while keeping the pacing intense enough to hold attention from the first frame to the final reveal.
Created with a focus on cinematic direction, AI-generated action, visual continuity, realistic environments, character consistency, sound design, and final editing in CapCut.