One performance, thirteen camera angles
A Seedance 2.5 reference-video prompt tries to re-photograph the same 19.53-second performance while locking the actor, audio, timing, and set.
The supplied prompt starts with one locked-off, 19.53-second café take and asks Seedance 2.5 to show the same event from thirteen camera positions. Its central rule is simple: change the camera, not the performance. Body motion, speech, eyeline, props, lighting, and source audio should stay tied to the original timeline.
ByteDance documents reference-video control, timestamp-level editing, and camera-perspective editing in Seedance 2.5. That supports this as a useful experiment, but exact frame-by-frame preservation or untouched audio is still an output requirement to verify, not a guaranteed model behavior.
Lock what must not change
Describe the input as a finished take, not an invitation to re-stage the scene. Name the fixed elements: actor, wardrobe, gestures, props, set, grade, audio, and real-time speed. State that the original A-camera remains the performer’s eyeline target even when the output camera moves.
Anchor the camera plan to the audio
The source prompt gives explicit speaking and silent windows, the moment the pastry leaves the hand, and the exact catch time. It then assigns thirteen shots from overhead, profile, macro, POV, and wide positions. This timing table helps prevent a new angle from inventing a new action.
Fix two end-time conflicts before use
The source is 19.53 seconds long, yet one silent interval ends at 19.55 and the final camera window is written as 18–20 seconds. Clamp both to 19.53. Also compare the generated audio waveform with the source; if exact preservation matters, reattach the original audio during editing.
Copy a compact camera-only prompt
This reusable version keeps the most important controls from the supplied thirteen-shot brief. Replace the timestamps and action notes for any different source clip.
ONE FINISHED TAKE, RE-PHOTOGRAPHED. Treat @video1 as a finished 19.53-second locked-off café take with original audio. Re-photograph the identical event from thirteen additional camera positions, as if those cameras recorded the same instant. Output the full 19.53 seconds at 1:1 speed. Preserve or restore the original audio in sync. DO NOT CHANGE: Performance, body or hand motion, held objects, head angle, eyeline, lip and blink timing, action start/end times, wardrobe, props, set, lighting, exposure, white balance, or grade. Only camera position, framing, lens feel, and specified camera motion may change. The performer keeps looking toward the original front-facing A-camera, except for the source glances at the laptop, mug, and pastry. Only the new on-axis shot at 00:01–00:02 may look directly into its lens. AUDIO AND ACTION ANCHORS: Speaking at 0.00–1.65, 2.05–4.80, 5.95–6.90, 9.65–11.75, 12.20–12.85, 13.35–13.80, 16.70–16.90, and 17.60–18.90. All other intervals are silent, including drinking and chewing. The head is down while speaking from 2.05–4.80. The pastry leaves the fingers at 12.43 and is caught at 13.60; keep its existing slowed apex at 12.5–13.55 without extending it. No new slow motion, speed ramp, freeze, looped action, or time remap. THIRTEEN CAMERA WINDOWS: 00:00–00:01 high-angle chest-up push-in from the right; 00:01–00:02 front on A-camera axis, face close-up; 00:02–00:05 macro along laptop keys and typing fingers; 00:05–00:06 locked top-down table; 00:06–00:07 table-height mug close-up; 00:07–00:09 seated POV as the mug rises, no face; 00:09–00:10 extreme terrace wide, dolly out; 00:10–00:12 low left profile as the financier is lifted; 00:12–00:14 low tilted shot following the pastry up into empty sky and down to the catch; 00:14–00:15 over the right shoulder from behind; 00:15–00:16 mouth-and-jaw macro during the bite, no eyes; 00:16–00:18 slow orbit from left toward front; 00:18–00:19.53 locked top-down table finish. Match every cut to the same frame of @video1. CONTINUITY: One young man with long dark hair, black short-sleeve shirt and Yankees cap, grey trousers, alone at an outdoor café. Keep the wooden bench, round white marble table, open dark grey MacBook, white graphic mug, one golden financier, cream wall, white pillars, concentric mural, and taped boxes. Soft overcast light and warm bright grade throughout. Upward shots show plain pale sky only: no buildings, birds, signs, sun disc, or lens flare. No added text, captions, subtitles, watermarks, or logos.