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Doors Of Imagination, are you brave enough to open?
A single continuous take, no cuts, built entirely around one idea: the power of imagination and curiosity. Making impossible - possible in realistic way. A doors that can take you anywhere you want.
I was brainstorming how to make this piece as realistic as possible, the thing that made the biggest difference was the assets I fed it. Scenery, props, the little details, subject model. Also make sure to create a prompt around the Seedance 2.5 guidelines, see comments attached.
What I was really going for was the connection between the viewer and the subject. Her looking right at you, inviting you along and making you feel as part of the story.
I'm dropping the reference assets that was used to build this and also a briefly explained step by step in the comments if anyone wants to see how it came together and wants to try as well.
Built in CapCut Video Studio with Seedance 2.5. The only thing I added separately in the CapCut editor was the ending hashtag screen.
Would love to hear your feedback! Thanks Contra Community
Here are all the assets I used to generate this 30-second clip, start to finish, with the steps briefly explained.
For me the essentials are the references, the images, the audio, and the character model, so it doesn't come out feeling plastic. And of course a very detailed...
Breaking down the whole pipeline like this is generous, most people just show the final clip. The detailed prompt point rings true, that's usually where the gap between plastic-looking AI output and something believable actually gets closed. How many iterations did the prompt...
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