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Summer Evening Pastry Walk Through Old Lanes

Drama & story · Seedance 2.5 · @AIwithkhan ·

A 30-second prompt that generates a friend-shot home video of a young woman in a light-blue cropped tee strolling through narrow old lanes on a summer evening: a flaky pastry at the bakery door, an orange cat, a leaf landing on her head and one look back before the tape cuts. Rewritten beat by beat from the clip.

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Cost on Makernice

$7.776

Seedance 2.5 · text-to-video · 720p · 30 s × $0.2592/s

  • 480p$3.45888
  • 720p$7.776
  • 1080p$19.2456
  • 4k$58.65
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Prompt

A 30-second realistic home video in 16:9, filmed handheld by a friend on a warm summer evening in a quiet, old residential neighbourhood of narrow lanes. No music. Lead: a young woman in her early twenties, an original fictional character, with long black hair pulled into a loose low ponytail and a few loose strands around her face, a fitted light-blue short-sleeved cropped T-shirt with a scoop neck that shows her midriff, loose pale-yellow drawstring sweatpants, black sneakers with white side stripes and a thin silver necklace with a small pendant. She looks the same in every shot. 0-2.5s: she steps out through an old double wooden gate with round iron ring handles, set in a grey plastered wall hung with utility meters and pipes; she glances down and pushes her hair back behind one ear. 2.5-5s: in the narrow grey passage outside the gate, a breeze blows strands of hair across her face; she smiles into the lens, gives a little flick of her hand and walks toward the camera as the friend backs away down the passage. 5-10s: she comes out of the glass doorway of a small neighbourhood bakery, display cases of bread and warm ceiling lights behind her, holding a large flaky pastry in a paper wrapper. She takes a big bite and squeezes her eyes shut with delight, holds the bitten pastry right up to the lens with a grin, then bites again. 10-15s: a wider shot of a lane between brick walls, with bicycles parked on one side, potted plants along a low wall and a thick tree trunk. She walks toward the camera eating; an orange cat stands by the wall. She bends, crouches and reaches out to pet it; the cat wanders off and she straightens up, laughing. 15-20s: under a leafy tree, with low golden sun far down the lane, one yellow leaf drops onto the top of her head. She stops, pouts, touches her head in confusion, looks into the lens and says "Seriously?", then breaks into a laugh with the leaf still in her hair. The friend clumsily zooms in until her smiling face fills the frame, slightly out of focus. 20-25s: a low side shot as she rests beside a weathered concrete wall topped with potted plants, utility poles and overhead wires behind her; a man on a bicycle rides down the lane toward the camera with another cyclist further back. She takes a bite, watches them pass, tucks her hair behind her ear, smooths her ponytail and looks around calmly. 25-29s: the camera follows her from behind as she walks away down the lane under a pale blue sky crossed with wires; she turns her head back over her shoulder with a small playful smile and says "Come on.", then keeps walking, ponytail swinging, growing smaller down the lane. 29-30s: the recording cuts abruptly to black while she is still walking. Look: casual personal footage with slight handheld shake, imperfect framing, one clumsy zoom, soft natural evening light and gentle, slightly faded colour; no stabilised glide, no dramatic lighting, no posing. Sound: natural location sound only, birds, summer insects, footsteps, bicycle bells, leaves in the breeze, faint neighbourhood chatter and a little camera-handling noise; only the two short spoken lines. Keep the frame free of on-screen text, captions and watermarks.

Run it with an AI agent

  1. Create an API key with its own spend limit.
  2. Copy the agent brief and paste it into Claude Code, Codex or another coding agent.
  3. The agent quotes first and waits for your OK, then creates with an Idempotency-Key and polls until the video is ready.

Why it's adapted

The creator's long prompt and the finished 30-second clip share the same route of house, bakery, cat, leaf, rest and walk home, but several details differ. On screen she carries no shopping bag and never locks the door, she is never shown buying the pastry and simply walks out of the bakery already holding it, only one yellow leaf falls and it stays in her hair, her low ponytail sits at the back rather than to the side, and her trousers look pale yellow. She also does not disappear around a corner; the tape cuts while she is still walking down the lane. The image is cleaner than the heavy early-2000s camcorder damage the prompt asks for. This adaptation follows the clip, keeps the creator's ambient sound and two spoken lines, and fits one 16:9, 720p text-to-video run of 30 seconds, the Seedance 2.5 maximum; the prompt asked for 1080p and the published file is 1280×720.

Original prompt

@AIwithkhan · 3,854 characters
Create a 30-second, 1080p ultra-realistic personal home-video showing an ordinary summer evening in the life of a young Korean woman. No reference image. MAIN SUBJECT Young Korean woman in her early 20s, naturally pretty, realistic skin texture, minimal makeup, relaxed and approachable personality. Long black hair loosely tied into a messy side ponytail with a few loose strands around her face. Wearing a fitted pastel-blue short top, loose cream pajama-style pants, black sneakers and a simple silver necklace. Maintain the same face, hairstyle, clothing, body proportions and overall appearance throughout the entire video. SETTING A quiet older Seoul residential neighborhood during a warm summer evening. Narrow concrete lanes, small houses, potted plants, bicycles, old walls, utility poles, overhead wires, a tiny neighborhood bakery, a public water tap and large leafy trees casting shadows across the street. Everything should feel lived-in, ordinary and peaceful. No tourist attractions, advertisements, recognizable brands or commercial activity. CAMERA / VISUAL AESTHETIC Raw personal footage casually recorded by a friend on an early-2000s consumer DV camcorder. Strong handheld shake, imperfect framing, autofocus hunting, exposure shifts, occasional motion blur, faded colors, soft digital detail, mild noise, accidental zooms and natural camera imperfections. No stabilization, drone footage, gimbal movement, dramatic lighting or polished commercial cinematography. — OUTSIDE THE HOUSE She steps outside carrying a small reusable shopping bag. She locks the door, adjusts her messy ponytail and looks toward the camera with a relaxed smile. A light summer breeze moves her hair as she starts walking down the lane. — BAKERY STOP She reaches a tiny neighborhood bakery and buys a warm pastry. She steps outside, takes her first bite and immediately smiles because it tastes good. She notices her friend filming and holds the pastry toward the camera playfully before taking another bite. — WALKING HOME She continues down the narrow street while eating. A neighborhood cat follows her for a few steps. She notices it, crouches down and gently pets it. The cat walks away and she laughs before continuing. — SMALL ACCIDENT She walks beneath a large tree when a few leaves fall onto her hair. She stops, looks confused, then realizes what happened and laughs. She brushes the leaves away while her friend zooms awkwardly toward her face. She looks directly into the camera and says: "Seriously?" — QUIET MOMENT She reaches a low concrete wall beside the street and sits down for a moment. She finishes the pastry while watching bicycles and neighbors passing through the lane. A gentle breeze moves her hair. She casually fixes her ponytail and looks around peacefully. — FINAL MOMENT She stands up and continues walking home. After a few steps, she turns back toward the camera with a small playful smile and says: "Come on." She keeps walking down the sunny lane while the camera follows behind. She disappears around the corner and the recording abruptly cuts to black. AUDIO Natural location sound only: birds, summer insects, footsteps, bicycle bells, distant scooters, leaves moving in the breeze, bakery sounds, neighborhood conversations and subtle camera-handling noise. No music. No narration. No artificial sound effects. Only the two spoken lines specified above. FINAL FEEL The entire video should feel like a forgotten summer recording from the early 2000s. Warm, feminine, casual, slightly playful, intimate and nostalgic. No dramatic events, no exaggerated acting, no model poses and no polished cinematic shots. The realism should come from ordinary surroundings, natural expressions, small accidents, realistic environmental movement and imperfect camcorder operation.

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Shot breakdown

Subject
One young woman, written as an original character: long black hair in a loose low ponytail with stray strands, a fitted light-blue short-sleeved cropped tee, loose pale-yellow drawstring sweatpants, black sneakers with white side stripes and a thin silver necklace. The lane itself carries much of the mood, with wooden gates, brick walls, parked bicycles, potted plants and overhead wires.
Action
Six small moments in a row, roughly five seconds each: she leaves through a wooden gate, bites into a pastry outside a bakery and shows it to the lens, crouches to pet an orange cat, laughs off a yellow leaf that lands on her head, rests by a concrete wall as two cyclists pass, and walks away with one glance back.
Camera
Everything is filmed as if by a friend holding the camera: walking backwards in front of her, following behind, a low side angle by the wall and one sudden zoom that pushes into a soft, out-of-focus close-up of her laughing face. The end is a hard cut to black, not a fade.
Style
Unpolished personal footage in warm, low evening sun, with natural skin, gentle colour, slight shake and loose framing. The realism comes from ordinary details such as utility meters, scuffed walls and bread cases, not from cinematic lighting.
Sound
Location sound only, from birdsong, insects, footsteps and bicycle bells to rustling leaves and a little handling noise, plus two short lines: a puzzled "Seriously?" after the leaf and a light "Come on." as she walks off.

Recommended settings

Model
Seedance 2.5
Duration
30 s
Aspect ratio
16:9
Resolution
720p

Make it yours

  • To change the season or the snack, edit only the 5-10s and 15-20s lines; the falling leaf and the pastry are the two props the later beats keep referring back to, so swap them together.
  • If the zoom in the 15-20s beat comes out smooth and cinematic, add words like "jerky" or "overshoots" to it; the clumsy push-in is what makes it read as a friend filming rather than a crew.
  • Keep the cat and the cyclists as background extras with no close-ups; giving them their own shots tends to pull the camera away from her and breaks the single-operator feel.

FAQ

Can I render this home video at 1080p like the original prompt asked?

Yes. Seedance 2.5 offers 480p, 720p, 1080p and 4K, with 720p as the default used on this page. Since the look is meant to be soft and casual, 720p already suits it; pick 1080p if you need a sharper master.

Can I cut it down to a shorter clip?

Yes. Seedance 2.5 accepts any length from 4 to 30 seconds. For a 10-second version, keep the 0-2.5s gate exit and the bakery beat, retime them to fill the shorter length and set the duration to match, so the prompt never describes more beats than the clip has time for.

How do I make it vertical for phone viewing?

Set the aspect ratio to 9:16, which Seedance 2.5 text-to-video supports along with adaptive, 16:9, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 21:9 and 9:21, and change "16:9" in the first line to match. A tall frame crops the lane sides, so the cat and the cyclists may need to sit closer to her.

Source and copyright

The video and original prompt come from a public post on X by @AIwithkhan. Copyright belongs to the original creator; this page is for reference only. View on X

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