Asking for Directions
Two strangers point opposite ways down the same street and laugh about it.
Fills the prompt and every setting below into the Seedance 2.5 form. Nothing is submitted until you press generate.
The prompt
A tourist holds up a phone map for a stranger on a busy corner, pointing at the screen and then down the street; the stranger squints, shakes their head, and points the opposite way, and both laugh at the confusion. The camera stands back at head height in the foot traffic, letting pedestrians cross the foreground. Overcast midday, flat light, pavement still wet from earlier rain. Backpacks, umbrellas, paper cups. Street traffic and overlapping footsteps.
Settings this prompt was written for
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Mode | Text to video |
| Duration | 5 seconds |
| Resolution | 480p |
| Aspect ratio | 9:16 |
| Audio | Audio on |
| Credits | 87 |
They are the real price of that exact configuration — computed with the same pricing engine the API charges with, at the resolution, duration and audio setting shown on the card. Change any of those in the generator and the price updates with it.
Why it works
The comedy is two conflicting gestures, so the prompt gives the model a clear mismatch to animate: one arm points left, one points right, and both people shrug it off. Shooting vertically from inside the crowd mirrors how this moment is actually filmed on a phone, and the 480p setting matches that register. Pedestrians crossing the foreground are deliberate cover, hiding the imperfect edges that busy street scenes usually produce.
Mode
Most cases are text-to-video and need nothing but the prompt. The ones marked "needs one reference image" are image-to-video: you supply a photo and the prompt keeps that subject or product locked while the camera moves.
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