JXP's official guide recommends dividing the prompt into three timed beats rather than writing one undifferentiated idea:

• Opening (0–5 seconds): Lock the scene. State who or what is in frame, the environment, baseline lighting, and any reference anchors.
• Development (5–25 seconds): One escalating action or discovery. Avoid cramming in several unrelated events. The JXP prompt guide notes that the 30-second setting adds time, not capacity for more story beats.
• Closing (25–30 seconds): Lock the final frame. This is where most Seedance 2.5 prompts fall apart, because people forget to direct the ending at all. Specify the resolved action and final composition.

Camera Language That Stays Stable

Camera instructions work best as a sequence of clear production decisions. Choose one primary move per beat instead of stacking multiple techniques:

• Framing: “wide establishing shot,” “waist-up medium,” “tight close-up,” or “over-the-shoulder.”
• Movement: “static tripod,” “slow dolly-in,” “gentle handheld follow,” “lateral tracking,” or “slow orbit.”
• Screen direction: “she walks left to right,” “camera tracks beside him from his right,” or “end facing the doorway.”
• Focus/composition: “keep her face centered,” “background remains softly out of focus,” “finish on a close-up of the product.”
• Lighting continuity: “warm late-afternoon side light remains constant” is more controllable than changing from daylight to neon night mid-shot.

Avoid using camera jargon decoratively. A “dolly zoom,” Dutch angle, or rapid whip-pan can be useful when it serves the story, but each introduces another constraint that can compete with identity, action, and reference adherence. JXP's broader Seedance camera guide lists techniques including dolly zooms, Dutch angles, and time-lapse—use those as deliberate shot choices, not stacked flourishes.

The 50-Reference System: Budget, Not Target

Seedance 2.5 supports up to 50 uploaded multimodal inputs per generation: up to 30 images, 10 video clips, and 10 audio files. Independent sources report the same allocation and describe using the inputs to carry character, set, palette, motion, and sound constraints.

Treat “50 references” as a budget, not a target. The JXP guide warns that uploading everything you have is the wrong instinct. If you are not filling all 50 slots, prioritize in this order:

1. Identity references: a small, internally consistent set for the character’s face, hair, outfit, and key accessories.
2. World/style references: images that establish the set, color palette, materials, lighting, and product design.
3. Motion/camera references: short clips only when you want a particular performance rhythm, choreography, or camera behavior.
4. Audio references: dialogue/voice, ambience, effects, or musical direction, each labeled by role.

Explicitly label references in the prompt—for example, “Image 1–3: character identity; Image 4: coat; Image 5–7: café interior; Video 1: walking pace; Audio 1: café ambience.” Multiple independent guides recommend assigning references roles so the model can distinguish what each input is intended to control.

Do not use redundant or contradictory references—such as several different faces for one protagonist, incompatible costume versions, or both daytime and night versions of the same locked scene—unless the transition is explicitly part of the story.

Reusable 30-Second Prompt Template

Below is a complete template based on the structure and techniques described above. Adapt the specific scene, references, and beats to your project:

CONTINUITY LOCK
One woman, early 30s, short black bob, cream trench coat, red scarf, carries a matte-black umbrella.
Keep her face, coat, scarf, umbrella, rainy blue-hour street, and cool teal-and-amber palette consistent.
[Images 1–3: character identity; Image 4: outfit; Images 5–7: street and palette;
Video 1: walking rhythm; Audio 1: light rain and distant traffic.]

0–5s — ESTABLISH
Wide shot. She stands under an awning on the right side of frame; rain falls steadily.
Camera makes a slow dolly-in. Blue-hour lighting remains constant.

5–25s — ACTION
She opens the umbrella and walks right-to-left toward a glowing corner café.
Camera tracks beside her at walking speed, medium profile framing.
She glances through the café window; keep her face and wardrobe unchanged.

25–30s — RESOLUTION
She stops at the café door, turns toward camera, and smiles once.
Camera settles into a medium close-up; end with her centered beneath the warm doorway light.

AUDIO
Light rain, distant traffic, door chime at the final second. No dialogue. No text on screen.

The key constraint is that the extra duration should support a fuller arc, not more unrelated events. The 30-second setting adds time—it does not automatically make a prompt capable of supporting more action. Keep the action simple, the references clean, and the ending explicit.

JXP's official guide recommends dividing the prompt into three timed beats rather than writing one undifferentiated idea:

• Opening (0–5 seconds): Lock the scene. State who or what is in frame, the environment, baseline lighting, and any reference anchors.
• Development (5–25 seconds): One escalating action or discovery. Avoid cramming in several unrelated events. The JXP prompt guide notes that the 30-second setting adds time, not capacity for more story beats.
• Closing (25–30 seconds): Lock the final frame. This is where most Seedance 2.5 prompts fall apart, because people forget to direct the ending at all. Specify the resolved action and final composition.

Camera Language That Stays Stable

Camera instructions work best as a sequence of clear production decisions. Choose one primary move per beat instead of stacking multiple techniques:

• Framing: “wide establishing shot,” “waist-up medium,” “tight close-up,” or “over-the-shoulder.”
• Movement: “static tripod,” “slow dolly-in,” “gentle handheld follow,” “lateral tracking,” or “slow orbit.”
• Screen direction: “she walks left to right,” “camera tracks beside him from his right,” or “end facing the doorway.”
• Focus/composition: “keep her face centered,” “background remains softly out of focus,” “finish on a close-up of the product.”
• Lighting continuity: “warm late-afternoon side light remains constant” is more controllable than changing from daylight to neon night mid-shot.

Avoid using camera jargon decoratively. A “dolly zoom,” Dutch angle, or rapid whip-pan can be useful when it serves the story, but each introduces another constraint that can compete with identity, action, and reference adherence. JXP's broader Seedance camera guide lists techniques including dolly zooms, Dutch angles, and time-lapse—use those as deliberate shot choices, not stacked flourishes.

The 50-Reference System: Budget, Not Target

Seedance 2.5 supports up to 50 uploaded multimodal inputs per generation: up to 30 images, 10 video clips, and 10 audio files. Independent sources report the same allocation and describe using the inputs to carry character, set, palette, motion, and sound constraints.

Treat “50 references” as a budget, not a target. The JXP guide warns that uploading everything you have is the wrong instinct. If you are not filling all 50 slots, prioritize in this order:

1. Identity references: a small, internally consistent set for the character’s face, hair, outfit, and key accessories.
2. World/style references: images that establish the set, color palette, materials, lighting, and product design.
3. Motion/camera references: short clips only when you want a particular performance rhythm, choreography, or camera behavior.
4. Audio references: dialogue/voice, ambience, effects, or musical direction, each labeled by role.

Explicitly label references in the prompt—for example, “Image 1–3: character identity; Image 4: coat; Image 5–7: café interior; Video 1: walking pace; Audio 1: café ambience.” Multiple independent guides recommend assigning references roles so the model can distinguish what each input is intended to control.

Do not use redundant or contradictory references—such as several different faces for one protagonist, incompatible costume versions, or both daytime and night versions of the same locked scene—unless the transition is explicitly part of the story.

Reusable 30-Second Prompt Template

Below is a complete template based on the structure and techniques described above. Adapt the specific scene, references, and beats to your project:

CONTINUITY LOCK
One woman, early 30s, short black bob, cream trench coat, red scarf, carries a matte-black umbrella.
Keep her face, coat, scarf, umbrella, rainy blue-hour street, and cool teal-and-amber palette consistent.
[Images 1–3: character identity; Image 4: outfit; Images 5–7: street and palette;
Video 1: walking rhythm; Audio 1: light rain and distant traffic.]

0–5s — ESTABLISH
Wide shot. She stands under an awning on the right side of frame; rain falls steadily.
Camera makes a slow dolly-in. Blue-hour lighting remains constant.

5–25s — ACTION
She opens the umbrella and walks right-to-left toward a glowing corner café.
Camera tracks beside her at walking speed, medium profile framing.
She glances through the café window; keep her face and wardrobe unchanged.

25–30s — RESOLUTION
She stops at the café door, turns toward camera, and smiles once.
Camera settles into a medium close-up; end with her centered beneath the warm doorway light.

AUDIO
Light rain, distant traffic, door chime at the final second. No dialogue. No text on screen.

The key constraint is that the extra duration should support a fuller arc, not more unrelated events. The 30-second setting adds time—it does not automatically make a prompt capable of supporting more action. Keep the action simple, the references clean, and the ending explicit.