Seedance 3 Prompts: How to Prepare Better Cinematic Instructions
These prompts are future-oriented Seedance-style prompt templates based on the public evolution of the Seedance family and best practices for cinematic AI video prompting. They are not tested on Seedance 3, which has not been officially released.
What Makes a Strong Seedance-Style Prompt?
Strong prompts combine subject specificity, environmental context, camera direction, and continuity constraints. The Prompting Guide covers the full anatomy. The prompts below apply those principles to scenarios that would showcase advanced capabilities.
Prompt Structure Template
Subject: [who/what] | Action: [doing what] | Environment: [where, when, weather] | Camera: [shot type, movement] | Lighting: [quality, direction] | Audio: [dialogue, ambient, music] | Style: [aesthetic reference] | Continuity: [what must remain consistent]
Cinematic Motion Prompt Example
A lone cyclist rides across a rain-slick city bridge at dawn. Wide aerial establishing shot, then low side tracking shot near the spinning wheel, followed by a close-up of water droplets on the rider's jacket. Soft blue morning light, mist in the distance, realistic road reflections, subtle camera shake, emotionally restrained, cinematic pacing.
Dialogue Scene Prompt Example
Two siblings sit in a quiet train compartment at sunset, speaking softly after a long silence. Over-the-shoulder shot, then close-up of hesitant expression, then reaction shot looking out the window. Natural pauses, believable facial emotion, subdued warm light, soft train motion in the background. Dialogue: quiet, halting, emotionally charged.
Product Commercial Prompt Example
A luxury perfume bottle stands on black marble under a narrow shaft of light. Camera circles slowly as golden mist drifts around the glass. Extreme close-up of engraved cap, then centered hero shot with soft reflections and shallow depth of field. Premium commercial lighting, elegant motion, minimal background.
Storyboard Prompt Example
Shot 1: Wide establishing shot of a desert road at dusk, vintage car approaching. Shot 2: Medium shot from the side as the car stops near a roadside diner. Shot 3: Close-up of a hand placing an old photograph on the dashboard. Shot 4: Slow push-in toward the photograph as neon light flickers across the windshield. Tone: quiet mystery, cinematic texture, realistic shadows, continuity in vehicle design and location.
Character Consistency Prompt Example
A young architect in a charcoal coat and round glasses walks through a modern museum atrium, carrying a rolled blueprint. Maintain same coat, glasses, hairstyle, and blueprint across all shots. Wide tracking shot, then medium frontal shot, then close-up studying a scale model. Clean architecture, natural daylight, consistent facial identity, calm pacing.
Why Specificity Matters
Every additional detail in a prompt reduces ambiguity for the model. When you specify camera angles, lighting conditions, and continuity constraints, you give the model clearer boundaries within which to generate. This typically produces output that more closely matches your creative vision.
Additional Prompt Templates
A street musician plays violin under a stone archway in a European city at twilight. Wide shot showing the archway and surrounding architecture, then medium shot focusing on the musician's hands, then close-up of the violin strings vibrating. Warm amber street lighting, cobblestone reflections, distant chatter ambient audio.
A chef carefully plates a dessert in a dimly lit restaurant kitchen. Overhead shot of the plate, then close-up of a sauce being drizzled, then pull-back revealing the full kitchen environment with soft focus on background activity. Warm tungsten lighting, metallic surfaces, kitchen ambient sounds.
Morning fog rolls across a mountain lake as a lone kayaker paddles slowly toward the center. Wide establishing shot from the shore, then eye-level tracking shot alongside the kayak, then overhead drone shot revealing the lake's shape. Cool blue-gray palette, mirror-still water reflections, minimal sound except paddle strokes.
An astronaut in a white suit floats inside a space station, reaching toward a window showing Earth below. Wide interior shot establishing the space station module, then medium shot of the astronaut floating, then close-up of a gloved hand touching the glass. Zero-gravity motion, soft blue reflected light from Earth, mechanical ambient hum.
A vintage bookshop owner carefully opens a centuries-old manuscript under a desk lamp. Close-up of aged fingers on parchment, then medium shot showing the owner's concentrated expression, then wide shot revealing shelves of books surrounding the desk. Warm incandescent light, dust particles in the air beam, paper rustling sounds.