{
 "slug": "preset-character-replacement",
 "name": "Shoot the performance, generate the rest",
 "category": "preset",
 "group": "Production",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-10-13",
 "effect": "Real acting and timing, with the person, room or costume replaced by the model.",
 "use_when": "Ads where the budget goes to a performer, not to a set.",
 "phrase": "film the performance in a cheap plain room, then replace the person, the costume or the setting with Seedance 2.5 video edit, keeping the mouth and the timing",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "When the face and lipsync must stay exactly real, no generative edit works: they re-render the person. Use a matte and composite instead.",
   "evidence": "measured",
   "source": "House rule"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "guide-seedance-2-5",
  "real-person-references"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "practitioner",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Own words from Director Chair notes on Seedance 2.5 character replacement"
 },
 "body": "",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/preset/preset-character-replacement",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/preset/preset-character-replacement.md",
 "prompts": {
  "chat": "Give me a production plan: the shots or scenes in order, what each one needs, and the edit settings, for a short video about [your product], for [your audience]. The technique is shoot the performance, generate the rest: real acting and timing, with the person, room or costume replaced by the model. How it works: film the performance in a cheap plain room, then replace the person, the costume or the setting with Seedance 2.5 video edit, keeping the mouth and the timing. It is right for: ads where the budget goes to a performer, not to a set. When the face and lipsync must stay exactly real, no generative edit works: they re-render the person. Be concrete: numbers, seconds and settings, no theory. Ask me one question first if something you need is missing."
 },
 "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."
 }
}