{
 "slug": "repeated-action-rule",
 "name": "Repeated action as a rule",
 "category": "motion",
 "group": "Physics",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-10-13",
 "effect": "An action that looks the same every time it happens.",
 "use_when": "Sport technique, a product mechanism, a magic effect, a signature gesture.",
 "phrase": "rule for the whole video: she only pours from the left hand, one smooth tilt, never a splash; every pour follows it",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Define the mechanic once with fixed parts, speed and result; otherwise the model invents a new version per shot.",
   "evidence": "vendor",
   "source": "Higgsfield Seedance 2.5 prompting guide, read 28 Sep 2026"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "one-way-state"
 ],
 "rights": "vendor-summary",
 "evidence": "film-craft",
 "source": {
  "url": "https://higgsfield.ai/blog/seedance-2-5-prompting-guide",
  "note": "Own words from the Higgsfield guide summary"
 },
 "body": "",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/motion/repeated-action-rule",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/motion/repeated-action-rule.md",
 "prompts": {
  "seedance-2.5": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): rule for the whole video: she only pours from the left hand, one smooth tilt, never a splash; every pour follows it",
  "seedance-2.0": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1: rule for the whole video: she only pours from the left hand, one smooth tilt, never a splash; every pour follows it",
  "kling-3": "[your subject]. Rule for the whole video: she only pours from the left hand, one smooth tilt, never a splash; every pour follows it. The scene is [your setting].",
  "veo-3.1": "[your subject] in [your setting]. Rule for the whole video: she only pours from the left hand, one smooth tilt, never a splash; every pour follows it. Framing and subject stay as in the start image."
 },
 "licence": {
  "code": "MIT",
  "text": "CC BY 4.0",
  "third_party": "Clips and card texts inside a \"licensed\" block belong to their makers and are shown with permission and credit."
 }
}