18 effects, 20 seconds in large type at the top left of the first frame, and a checklist that ticks on every item.

A finite promise with a counter

A countable promise turns the clip into something to finish, and to save.

Use when: List videos and capability reels.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. 18 effects, 20 seconds in large type at the top left of the first frame, and a checklist that ticks on every item. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

SubjectSetting

Watch out

Measured on the reference: 8.3 percent of plays saved at 12 times the median of the account's other clips.measured: Director Chair measurement of a published short, 22 Oct 2026
A list concept without a tracker on screen gives the viewer no progress to watch.practitioner: Director Chair field notes on hooks and ideas

The viewer watches the promise being kept item by item and stays to the end of the list.

Checklist with a counterPrompt

The first frame shows the entire board zoomed out, the title and all ten numbered steps, before the camera goes to step one.

The whole list as a map in frame 0Prompt

The viewer sees a counted promise being kept in real time.

Ticking effects listPrompt