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"Hello everyone, my name is Matthew, and this is my Entry Submission for the Contra × CapCut Seedance Challenge a one-take AI film inspired by African fantasy and Yoruba-Nigerian storytelling.."
THE HUNGER OF THE FOREST
A One-Take African Psychological Horror Film
The Hunger of the Forest is a 30-second one-take psychological horror film inspired by Yoruba folklore. I wanted to create a cinematic story that feels rooted in African mythology while demonstrating the possibilities of AI-generated filmmaking. I created it to showcase Seedance 2.5's ability to maintain character consistency, cinematic camera movement, environmental storytelling, and organic transformation across a continuous sequence.
The story follows Aarin, a lone hunter who enters a mysterious forest and gradually discovers that the forest itself is the predator. I built the film through six connected 5-second generations using continuation, then finished it with sound design, color grading, and cinematic title treatment in CapCut.
Love how you used Seedance here. The consistency across the whole sequence is impressive.
“Thank you! 🙌
That was actually one of the biggest things I wanted to achieve with this piece , keeping the character and visual flow consistent throughout the sequence. Seedance made the process really exciting to experiment with!” @CapCut @Contra HQ
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