Seedance 2.0 is built to turn text and images into cinematic, multi‑shot videos with native audio. But like any powerful model, the results you get depend heavily on the prompts you write.
If you’ve just discovered Seedance 2.0 via Seedance2.today and opened the AI Video Generator (https://www.seedance2.today/ai-video-generator), you might be asking: What should I actually write in the prompt box to get the results I want?
This guide walks through practical ways to write better prompts for Seedance 2.0, with a focus on:
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Multi‑shot storytelling
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Character consistency
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Aspect ratios and platform fit
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Using Image to Video with references
All examples are designed for the Seedance2.today interface, using the Seedance 2.0 model (Seedance 2.0: https://www.seedance2.today/).
- Start by telling Seedance 2.0 “what scene, what mood, what purpose”
A good Seedance 2.0 prompt usually answers three questions:
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Scene: Where are we? Who is there? What is happening?
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Mood: Cinematic? Calm? Energetic? Dark? Wholesome?
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Purpose: Is this for an ad, a product demo, an intro, a story beat?
Weak prompt:
“woman with laptop in office”
Stronger Seedance‑style prompt:
“A cinematic multi‑shot sequence of a young woman working on a laptop in a modern office at golden hour. First shot: wide establishing shot of the office with warm light and soft lens flare. Second shot: medium shot from behind her shoulder, the laptop screen glowing. Third shot: close‑up of her focused expression with shallow depth of field. Calm, inspiring mood, subtle camera movement.”
When you paste a prompt like this into the Text to Video mode of the AI Video Generator (https://www.seedance2.today/ai-video-generator), you are giving Seedance 2.0:
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A clear scene (modern office, golden hour).
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A mood (calm, inspiring, cinematic).
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A multi‑shot structure (wide → medium → close‑up).
- Use “shot language” to get multi‑shot behavior
Seedance 2.0 is designed for multi‑shot storytelling, so use phrasing that makes shot transitions explicit:
Patterns that work well:
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“Shot 1: … Shot 2: … Shot 3: …”
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“First shot … Second shot … Final shot …”
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“Begin with … then cut to … finish with …”
Example prompt for a product story:
“Multi‑shot product story for a minimalist smartwatch.
Shot 1: close‑up of the watch on a dark reflective surface, soft top‑down light, time glowing on the screen.
Shot 2: slow motion as a person picks up the watch and puts it on their wrist, camera tracking the movement.
Shot 3: wide shot of the person jogging along a city river at sunrise, the watch screen visible with fitness stats. Cinematic color grading, clean and premium feel, subtle electronic ambient sound.”
Try this at 9:16 for vertical ads or 16:9 for YouTube by setting the aspect ratio in the generator UI.
- Describe your character once, then refer back to them
Seedance 2.0 can maintain persistent character identity across shots. To help that, use prompts that:
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Describe the character in detail once,
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Then refer back to them using consistent language (“the same man”, “the same girl”, “she”, “he”).
Example:
“Multi‑shot cinematic sequence with one main character.
Character: a man in his early 30s, short dark hair, light beard, casual white t‑shirt and jeans.
Shot 1: he sits alone in a small café at night, neon street lights reflecting on the window. The camera is outside the window, looking in.
Shot 2: inside the café, medium shot from the side as he smiles and starts writing in a notebook.
Shot 3: close‑up of his hand writing and a cup of coffee steaming next to it. Soft piano music and ambient café sounds.”
If you want to reuse the same character in another Seedance 2.0 clip later, you can copy the character description and swap out the shots.
- Think in platform‑specific aspect ratios from the prompt
Seedance2.today lets you choose aspect ratios directly in the UI (16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 21:9). Your prompt can anticipate that:
For YouTube (16:9):
“Cinematic 16:9 multi‑shot intro for a tech YouTube channel. Shot 1: aerial shot over a futuristic city at night. Shot 2: fast cut to a close‑up of a glowing circuit board, sparks of light moving across it. Shot 3: slow push‑in on a monitor showing lines of code, then a logo appearing in the center with a digital glitch effect. Energetic but clean, suitable for a tech channel opener.”
For TikTok / Reels / Shorts (9:16):
“Vertical 9:16 multi‑shot sequence for a fashion reel. Shot 1: close‑up of a model’s shoes stepping onto a city crosswalk in slow motion. Shot 2: tilt up to reveal the full outfit as she walks toward the camera. Shot 3: quick cuts between accessories (bag, watch, sunglasses) with dynamic camera moves. Trendy, upbeat, with strong beat‑synced motion.”
When you try these prompts, match the aspect ratio in the AI Video Generator so Seedance 2.0 composes the scene for that format.
- Use Image to Video with clear instructions
The Image to Video mode on Seedance2.today lets you use Seedance 2.0 to animate your own images. Good prompts here answer:
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What should stay the same from the image?
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What kind of motion or camera move do you want?
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What is the mood and purpose?
Example for a product image:
“Use the uploaded product image as the hero subject. Create a slow 360‑degree camera orbit around the product on a dark reflective surface. Keep the logo and colors exactly as in the image. Add subtle light streaks moving in the background and a soft glow on the edges of the product. Cinematic, premium, suitable for a 5‑second social ad.”
Example for a brand illustration:
“Take the uploaded illustration of the fantasy castle and bring it to life. Start with a wide shot of the full castle at dusk, flags gently moving in the wind. Slowly push the camera forward so the viewer feels like they are flying toward the castle. Add subtle motion to the clouds and a few glowing windows. Magical, calm soundtrack with ambient sounds.”
- Use duration and pricing smartly when testing prompts
On Seedance2.today, Seedance 2.0 uses a simple duration‑based pricing (Pricing: https://www.seedance2.today/pricing):
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5‑second video: 150 credits.
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10‑second video: 300 credits.
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Audio: included.
When you’re exploring prompts, a good pattern is:
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Use 5‑second clips to test ideas and visual direction.
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Only move to 10‑second clips once you find a concept and prompt structure that you like.
For example, you might:
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Test three different visual directions for the same product with 5‑second shots.
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Pick the winner, then expand the prompt into a 10‑second multi‑shot story for the final ad.
- Combine Seedance 2.0 with LLMs for prompt drafting
Seedance 2.0 is the video engine; large language models are great at generating and refining prompts. A common workflow in 2026 is:
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Use an LLM (Qwen 3.5, Grok 4.20, etc.) to brainstorm 3–5 variants of a video concept.
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Ask it specifically for multi‑shot prompts with “Shot 1 / Shot 2 / Shot 3” structure and a clear mood.
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Paste the best versions into the Seedance 2.0 AI Video Generator (https://www.seedance2.today/ai-video-generator) and iterate.
This keeps your human time focused on evaluating output and fine‑tuning the best prompts, instead of writing every prompt from scratch.
- Remember what Seedance2.today is (and isn’t)
When you use these prompts, you’re working through Seedance2.today, which:
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Is an independent third‑party tool built on the Seedance API.
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Is not affiliated with or endorsed by ByteDance or the official Seedance team.
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Provides a focused interface for Seedance 1.5 Pro and Seedance 2.0, with the AI Video Generator (https://www.seedance2.today/ai-video-generator) and a clear Pricing page (https://www.seedance2.today/pricing).
Think of Seedance2.today as a cinematic AI video interface for Seedance models: you bring prompts (and maybe reference images), it gives you short, multi‑shot, sound‑on clips you can drop into your editor or campaigns.
When you pair better prompt habits with Seedance 2.0’s multi‑shot and audio capabilities, you get much more out of each generation—whether you’re testing ad ideas, building channel intros, or exploring completely new visual directions.
