Plan the sequence before polishing individual images. This template gives every shot a job and makes the handoff between shots explicit. Use three clear beats first; add more only when each extra cut advances the action or reveals information that another composition cannot.
Template structure
Continuity anchor: [subject, wardrobe or product details, location logic, light, and screen direction]. Shot 1: [composition, action, camera, duration]. Transition: [shared motion, shape, color, or wipe]. Shot 2: [composition, continued action, camera, duration]. Final shot: [resolved image]. Preserve [essential details] across every cut.
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Continuity anchor
Define the recurring subject, essential wardrobe or product details, time of day, palette, and screen direction once. Repeat only the parts a new angle might lose. A compact anchor is easier to keep consistent than a different full description at the start of every shot.
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Numbered shot beats
Give each beat a composition, one main action, camera behavior, and approximate duration. Start with an establishing view, move closer for the important action, and choose a final image that resolves the sequence. Keep cause and effect readable across the list.
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Transition logic
Explain why one shot can cut to the next. Match shape, motion, color, gaze, or direction; let an object wipe the frame; or continue the same action from another angle. A named transition without a shared visual feature is decoration rather than continuity.
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Motion and environment
Carry wind, traffic, crowds, water, cloth, and light consistently across adjacent shots. Check that a person leaving frame right does not reappear moving in an impossible direction. End by restating only the identity and environmental constraints most likely to drift.
Test the sequence as a silent storyboard: can you understand where the subject is, what changes, and why each cut happens? If not, simplify a transition or add a clearer establishing relationship. Then read only the continuity anchor to make sure it does not contain traits that contradict an individual shot.
When the source is a reference video, the analyzer can supply actual shot order, camera movement, and edit rhythm. Change the subject or world after that evidence is mapped. The Seedance prompt generator is most useful as an editable sequence plan, not as a command to reproduce every frame or preserve details the source never shows.
Budget time by shot purpose rather than dividing the duration evenly. An establishing view may need longer to read, while a close action or match cut can be brief. Give the key action enough time to begin and resolve before the transition. If the sequence feels rushed on paper, remove a beat instead of asking every shot to carry two actions and a camera move.