Level 1, the delivery robot slumped at a bus stop; level 2, the same robot in a fur coat; level 3, holding a wilted flower and looking down the empty road.

Contrast in four levels

Tells you before you generate whether an idea is strange enough to stop a scroll.

Use when: Scoring a concept for a still or an opening shot.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Level 1, the delivery robot slumped at a bus stop; level 2, the same robot in a fur coat; level 3, holding a wilted flower and looking down the empty road. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

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The four levels: in the place it belongs, in an unexpected situation, plus unexpected styling, plus feeling. The creator's claim is that social images stop the scroll from level 1 up; not measured by us.practitioner: Director Chair notes on Seedance 2.5 realism (Dan Kieft)

A river of oranges flows down the escalator of an empty shopping centre, filmed from the bottom step.

The image nobody could filmPrompt

A three-seat sofa stands in the middle of a supermarket aisle and shoppers steer their trolleys around it.

The object that should not be therePrompt

The running shoe drawn entirely in city street maps, the outline of the shoe intact, on plain paper.

Subject built from a symbolPrompt

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Own words from Director Chair notes on Seedance 2.5 realism (Dan Kieft) Checked 2026-11-13.

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Contrast in four levels

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