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Finger-Snap Hard Cuts Across Three Cities

Action · Seedance 2.0 · Adam也叫吉米 ·

A 10-second travel vlog in three time-coded scenes (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou) linked by finger snaps and hard cuts. Most of the text is a continuity checklist for the coffee cup, hands and face.

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Prompt

Generate a 10-second realistic travel vlog style short video. The protagonist is always the same young Asian woman; facial features, hairstyle, clothing, and body proportions must remain consistent throughout. No face swapping or outfit changes. The entire video consists of 3 independent scenes: Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. City transitions are completed using 'hard cut after snap' method, without background blending, spatial distortion, or architectural dissolving. 0-3s, Beijing. The girl stands near a representative landmark in Beijing, looking natural and relaxed with empty hands. She looks at the camera, raises her right hand, and snaps her fingers. After the snap, the screen immediately hard cuts to Shanghai. 3-6s, Shanghai. The girl is already standing near the Bund or Lujiazui in Shanghai, holding a cup of coffee in her right hand. She walks forward naturally two steps, then takes a sip of coffee. After drinking, she walks to a nearby railing platform or small table where items can be placed, clearly putting down the coffee cup in her right hand. The coffee cup must truly contact the platform, fingers completely release, and the right hand thoroughly leaves the coffee cup. Pause for about half a second to confirm the right hand is empty. Then she raises her right hand again to snap her fingers. After the snap, the screen immediately hard cuts to Guangzhou. The coffee cup stays in its original position in Shanghai, does not teleport with the person, and is not allowed to disappear into thin air, float, deform, or suddenly switch hands. 6-10s, Guangzhou. The girl appears empty-handed near Canton Tower. She walks forward naturally two steps, turns to look at Canton Tower, then stands at a suitable position to take a photo with Canton Tower, finally looking gently at the camera and smiling to end. Maintain real smartphone travel vlog texture throughout, slight handheld feel, natural and simple movements, center of gravity and limb motion conforming to real physical laws. Special emphasis: Shanghai segment: Right hand holds coffee → Take a sip → Put coffee cup on fixed platform → Completely release hand → Right hand becomes empty → Snap fingers again. Do not skip the action of 'putting down coffee', do not allow the coffee cup to directly disappear. Avoid: Face swapping, clothing changes, body proportion changes, character duplication, extra arms, finger deformities, coffee cup disappearing, coffee cup deforming, cup floating, cup switching hands, character snapping while holding coffee, architectural blending, simultaneous appearance of Beijing/Shanghai/Guangzhou landmarks, city background residuals, overly complex camera movements.

Shot breakdown

Subject
One young Asian woman whose face, hairstyle, outfit and body proportions must stay identical across three city landmarks.
Action
Snap in Beijing, then in Shanghai sip coffee, put the cup down on a platform, release it and snap again, then walk and pose with Canton Tower in Guangzhou.
Camera
Smartphone vlog feel with slight handheld movement, and plain hard cuts with no blending between cities.
Style
Realistic travel vlog with natural movement and real-world physics.
Sound
No sound direction; the model will add ambient audio.

Recommended settings

Model
Seedance 2.0
Duration
10 s
Aspect ratio
16:9
Resolution
1080p

Make it yours

  • Keep the spelled-out Shanghai sequence (hold, sip, put down, release, empty hand, snap); the cup handover is where models usually fail, so the explicit steps matter.
  • The Avoid list names specific failures (cup floating, switching hands, background residue); keep it and add any new failure you observe.
  • To add a fourth city, re-time to 4 x 3 seconds, within the 15-second Seedance 2.0 limit, and repeat the hard-cut snap wording.

Source and license

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License
CC BY 4.0
Changes
Makernice added the summary, breakdown, recommended settings and tips, and removed lines with links or @mentions, hashtag-only lines and thread replies from the post. The remaining prompt wording is unchanged.

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