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He glances over quickly, as though the other man is overreacting, and says the line dry, leaning on the word NOW.

Expressions

Three layers per line

Spoken lines with subtext, not flat readings.

Use when: Any scene with dialogue.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): he glances over quickly, as though the other man is overreacting, and says the line dry, leaning on the word NOW

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

SubjectSetting

Watch out

The as-though clause rides on a visible action; it never replaces one.practitioner: Rourke Heath (25 Sep 2026) via Director Chair field notes on video prompting

Both people in a dialogue feel alive.

The listener acts tooPrompt

Voices that sound like a place and a person, not a cartoon.

Accent in five fieldsPrompt

Sources

Rules from Director Chair field notes on video prompting Checked 2026-10-13.

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