Macro dawn portrait: one breath, one bead of water
- Model
- Seedance 2.5
- Task
- Text to video
- Resolution
- 720p
- Duration
- 5.1 s
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
Output
PromptEN413 characters
Extreme close-up, macro shallow focus, locked-off camera. An adult woman's face and bare shoulder in the blue half-light of a bedroom just before dawn. A single strand of hair lies across her cheek and a bead of water runs from her hairline down her jaw. She breathes out, opens her eyes slowly and looks just past the lens. Nothing else moves. Cool steel blue grade, fine film grain, 100mm macro, no camera move.Written in English, exactly as we sent it.
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Same model, starting from this prompt. Other settings use their defaults.
Why this prompt works
The smallest shot this family can be asked for: a 100mm macro on a face and shoulder, camera locked, and only two events in five seconds — a breath out and the eyes opening. A bead of water runs from the hairline down the jaw, which is the detail that tells you whether the render is holding at this distance.
Settings used
| Setting | Value | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| resolution | 720p | 480p, 720p or 1080p, default 720p, and it feeds directly into the billed quantity. Iterate on prompts at 480p or 720p and raise the tier only for the final take. The tier you pick is the tier the model renders at — there is no upscaling or enhancement step layered on top. |
| aspect_ratio | 16:9 | Defaults to `adaptive`, which lets the model choose the framing from the prompt — say "vertical short-form" and you will usually get a vertical composition. Lock a shape explicitly only when the delivery slot demands it (9:16 for feeds, 16:9 for landscape, 21:9 for widescreen); otherwise adaptive tends to compose more naturally. No effect on billing. |
| generate_audio | true | On by default. Produces a native soundtrack synchronized to the picture — voice, room tone, movement effects. Switch it off whenever the edit will carry its own music or narration: it stops the generated track from clashing with the one you add later. |
| duration_seconds | 5 | 4 to 30 seconds, default 5. The 30-second ceiling is the substantive change in this generation: a complete shot fits in one request instead of being chained together from closing frames. Length scales the billed quantity linearly, so confirm the motion and pacing at 5 seconds before going long. |
