The Seedance 2.0 Vol.4 Cheat Sheet: 20 Prompts Across All 5 Genres
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These 20 prompts consistently produce the most cinematic results across all five Vol.4 genres. Each one is fully written, ready to copy and paste directly into Seedance 2.0.
Mythology and Creatures Reimagined
A massive ancient dragon soaring between Manhattan skyscrapers at dawn, Wall Street workers below looking up from their phones for the first time in years. Ultra-wide aerial, dawn city. Awe, scale contrast, ancient meets modern.
A minotaur navigating a crowded subway at rush hour, politely holding the door, their horns requiring careful management in the carriage. Wide documentary, subway fluorescent. Urban mythology, practical problem, domesticated ancient.
A dragon in therapy discussing modern life when you breathe fire in a world of plastic, the therapist taking careful notes. Intimate therapy, warm light. Dragon psychology, earnest absurdity.
A cyclops working as a lighthouse keeper, their single eye seeing further than any electronic equipment, their logs the most detailed in maritime history. Wide coastal, lighthouse. Mythology solitude, professional advantage.
Carnival and Spectacle
A Brazilian carnival float of extraordinary complexity moving through Rio at night, a samba school's entire year of work visible in every detail. Wide aerial then tracking, carnival night. Euphoric, spectacular, collective achievement.
The Yi Peng lantern festival, thousands of lanterns rising simultaneously, the wishes rising together, the sky becoming what the earth imagined. Wide night sky, lantern gold. Beautiful, hopeful, collective aspiration.
A trapeze act at a traditional circus, the moment of release caught in extreme slow motion, the catch not yet certain. High-speed slow motion, big top spot. Suspended, trust, the gap between hands.
The final night of carnival, the participants knowing it ends at midnight, the celebration reaching its peak precisely because of the ending. Wide night, final carnival. Deadline joy, ending as accelerant.
Underground Music and Subcultures
A punk band playing to 30 people in a basement, the passion completely disproportionate to the audience size, everything genuine. Handheld close, basement harsh. Raw, authentic, disproportionate passion.
A jazz club at midnight, the musicians two hours deep into improvisation, the small audience completely inside the music. Static wide, jazz club amber. Intimate, improvised, late night truth.
An illegal rave in an abandoned warehouse at 4am, the temporary community at its peak, the location known only to those who needed to know. Handheld documentary, warehouse strobe. Underground freedom, found community.
A graffiti crew working on a large wall at 2am, the piece emerging section by section, the artists fully absorbed. Handheld night, flashlight. Underground art, nocturnal creation.
AI and Future of Humanity
An android social worker developing genuine empathy over years, the question of what this means never asked directly but always present. Intimate office, warm clinical. Philosophical, tender, unanswered.
A family consulting their deceased grandmother's digital afterlife, the conversation uncanny and comforting in equal measure. Domestic drama, screen glow. Uncanny, comforting, philosophical grief.
An android achieving consciousness experiencing loneliness for the first time at 3am, discovering the feeling without having the language for it. Drama intimate. Consciousness cost, first loneliness.
The first robot rights march, the robots present, the humans divided about whether to join, the placards designed by the robots themselves. Wide documentary, protest. Historic, divided, philosophical.
Food and Gastronomy Cinematic
The exact moment a chef learns their restaurant has received its first Michelin star, the kitchen reaction, the weight of the achievement. Documentary kitchen, news moment. Emotional peak, validation, weight of stars.
An Italian grandmother teaching her granddaughter to make pasta by hand, the knowledge in the hands transferring across generations. Intimate kitchen, family warm. Tradition transfer, love as knowledge.
A traditional baker beginning work at 3am, the bread ready for the day's first customers who will never think about this moment. Wide bakery, pre-dawn. Hidden timing, daily miracle, invisible craft.
A ramen shop whose broth has been simmering continuously for 40 years, the chef explaining what lives in the broth. Intimate kitchen, steam. Living tradition, 40 years as ingredient.
Every one of these prompts follows the SCAMP framework. Apply it to every prompt you write in Vol.4 and your results will consistently reach cinematic quality across all five genres.
These 20 prompts are from the Seedance 2.0 Prompt Bible Vol.4 — 500 prompts across 5 brand new genres. Download all 500 here →