SEEDANCE 2.5 · REFERENCE TO VIDEO · 30 S
FORMAT: 30-second cinematic multi-shot sequence, 4:3, 1080p, native dialogue and sound. Hard cuts between shots, real-time action, no slow motion.
STYLE: A real night scene filmed on an iPhone, with the texture of an ARRI Alexa and ARRI Signature Prime lenses: low contrast, lifted blacks, soft highlight roll-off, creamy background falloff, muted desaturated grade, fine sensor grain. Handheld operator with natural micro-shake and small breathing drift, no smooth gimbal. Warm amber light from the canopy lanterns and downlights, cool blue-hour sky ambient, wet stone pavement with soft reflections. The penlight is a small hard cool-white source.
REFERENCES:
@Image 1: LOCATION, BLOCKING AND GRADE ONLY. The hotel entrance under the coffered canopy with hanging brass lanterns, the brass stanchions with black velvet ropes, the round brushed-steel hatch set flush into the wet pavement, the queue receding along the facade, the guard standing to the right of the hatch. Not a first frame: the woman starts one step behind the hatch, not on it.
@Image 2: THE WOMAN. Character sheet: face, black layered hair with wispy bangs, septum ring, freckles, oversized white Racing 90 tee over sheer black lace sleeves, black satin slip skirt, red bead necklace, red patent shoulder bag, black Mary Jane flats. Ignore the grid, labels and studio background.
@Image 3: THE YOUNG MAN. Character sheet: face, messy black fringe, thin round silver wire glasses, stud earrings, black leather jacket, white shirt, red tie, black wide trousers with a silver chain, chunky black shoes. Ignore the grid, labels and studio background.
@Image 4: THE CURLY-HAIRED MAN. Character sheet: face, short dense curly dark brown hair, moustache and goatee with stubble, brown eyes, glossy crinkled burgundy leather bomber jacket worn open, white button-up shirt, cream straight-leg jeans, burgundy suede running sneakers, black square sunglasses. Ignore the grid, labels and studio background.
@Image 5: THE GUARD. Character sheet: face, swept-back dark hair, stubble, stern eyes, black button-up shirt, black trousers, black belt, clear coiled earpiece, small black aluminium penlight. Ignore the grid, labels and studio background.
@Image 6: THE BOOK. A black linen hardcover; use the front cover design exactly as shown.
Use every character sheet to restore each face precisely: same bone structure, skin texture, hair and proportions in every shot.
VIDEO PROMPT:
0.0 to 3.0s. Over-the-shoulder from behind the guard, his right shoulder and the back of his head large in the right of frame, earpiece coil visible, exactly the diagonal of @Image 1. The woman stands at the front of the queue, one step behind the steel hatch. She steps forward and plants both feet on the centre of the hatch. The guard lifts the penlight to her eye level, clicks it on and holds the beam on her face. She squints and tilts her head away. The guard speaks, flat and dry. {Are you a real person?}
3.0 to 5.0s. Reverse medium close-up on the woman, eye level, the guard's black shoulder soft in the left foreground. The cool beam hits her eyes and cheek, the rest of her face in warm canopy light. She answers with an offended little smile. {Of course.}
5.0 to 6.5s. Close-up on the guard, slightly low angle, the penlight glare blooming in the lower foreground. He does not blink. {AI.}
6.5 to 9.0s. Close-up on the woman, she leans in, mouth open in outrage, hand flicking at the light, bag strap sliding on her shoulder. {Oh my God, are you kidding me? I am real.}
9.0 to 10.0s. Close-up on the guard, deadpan, one small shake of the head. {Nope.}
10.0 to 11.5s. Top-down shot straight above the hatch. The two steel half-doors split along the centre seam and swing down with a heavy mechanical clunk. The woman drops straight down out of view into darkness, unhurt, her bag following.
11.5 to 13.5s. Camera inside the dark shaft looking straight up through the open round hatch: a bright circle of canopy light, lantern glow and wet rim. The young man from @Image 3 leans over the edge and peers down, glasses catching the light, faces of the queue behind him. The guard's voice comes from above. {Next.} The half-doors swing up and slam shut, frame to black.
13.5 to 16.0s. Over-the-shoulder behind the guard again, same diagonal as the opening. The young man steps onto the hatch, pushes his glasses up, chin raised, cool. The beam hits his face and reflects as two small dots in his lenses. {I am real, man.}
16.0 to 18.0s. Close-up on the guard, flat. {Nope.} Cut wide: the half-doors drop, the young man vanishes straight down, tie flicking upward, the doors snap shut. Behind the rope the curly-haired man, sunglasses on, tilts his chin slightly, unbothered.
18.0 to 20.0s. Medium shot from the guard's side. The curly-haired man from @Image 4 strolls forward wearing the black sunglasses. As his foot lands on the hatch he takes the sunglasses off with his right hand in one smooth unhurried move and folds them, a small half-smile. The guard raises the penlight to his bare eyes. He answers calmly. {Real as it gets.}
20.0 to 22.0s. Extreme macro close-up of the curly-haired man's right eye filling the frame: brown iris fibres, wet tear film, individual lashes, fine skin texture at the edge. The penlight beam enters and the pupil visibly constricts in a quick smooth reflex, the bright point reflecting on the cornea. The beam slides away and the pupil slowly widens back. Fine skin texture, real moisture.
22.0 to 23.5s. Medium close-up on the guard. He clicks the light off, gives one short nod and unhooks the velvet rope with his free hand. {All right. You are in.}
23.5 to 26.5s. Tracking from behind, low shoulder height: the curly-haired man walks past the guard toward the glass doors, easy rolling stride, burgundy leather catching the lantern light, folded sunglasses in his right hand. Over his right shoulder we look down at his left hand: he carries the black hardcover book from @Image 6, cover facing up, swinging gently with each step. Lantern light slides across the cloth.
26.5 to 30.0s. Close-up on the book in his hand as he walks, camera matching his pace, then he slows and the cover holds steady and sharp to the end. The cover reads exactly, in large white condensed letters: ULTIMATE CINEMATIC REALISM BLUEPRINT, with the arcads logo underneath and the film strip of four portraits below, exactly as on @Image 6. Final 1.5 seconds hold on the cover.
AUDIO:
Diegetic only, no music. City night ambience under everything: distant traffic, soft crowd murmur from the queue, a faint drip from the canopy edge, footsteps on wet stone. <penlight click> at 1.5s and again at 22.0s. <heavy steel latch clunk and hydraulic hiss> at 10.0s and 16.5s. A short surprised yelp from each falling character fading downward. <hatch slam echoing in the shaft> at 13.0s. <velvet rope hook unclipping> at 22.8s. Soft cloth rustle of the book against his hand from 24.0s.
VOICES:
GUARD: male, mid forties, low flat American English voice, dry, clipped, quiet authority, never shouting.
WOMAN: female, early twenties, American English, slightly husky alt-girl voice, offended and rising into disbelief.
YOUNG MAN: male, about twenty, soft light tenor, American English with a subtle Korean accent, cool and a little mumbled.
CURLY-HAIRED MAN: male, mid-thirties, natural American English accent, smooth warm baritone with a slight husky grain, relaxed and effortlessly confident, a subtle smile in the voice, clear articulation, never shouting.
Each line is spoken once, by its own character, in the shot where it appears.
CONSISTENCY:
Every face matches its character sheet exactly in every shot. The guard keeps the earpiece and the black penlight in his right hand for the whole video; the penlight never leaves his hand. The young man never removes his round wire glasses. The curly-haired man wears the sunglasses until he stands on the hatch, removes them there and never puts them back on. The woman keeps the red bag on her shoulder until she drops. Queue order never changes: woman, young man, curly-haired man, then strangers. The hatch is the same round steel hatch in every shot. Location, lanterns and low-contrast grade stay identical. The book cover is identical to @Image 6.
NEGATIVE PROMPT:
cars, high contrast, crushed blacks, oversaturated color, smooth gimbal, slow motion, character sheet grids or labels, subtitles, captions, extra spoken words, narration of the prompt, garbled book title, changed faces, young man's glasses removed, teal cap, tattoos on the curly-haired man, sunglasses back on after removal, extra people on the hatch, injury, blood, watermark