One paragraph with the camera, the lens, the stock, the light and the grade, pasted word for word into every prompt of the job.

The look block

Several generations look like one film because each was told it is the same film.

Use when: Any video made from more than one generation.

Prompt instructions

Global look: one paragraph with the camera, the lens, the stock, the light and the grade, pasted word for word into every prompt of the job Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Your subjectYour setting

Watch out

Write it from a real reference frame and its data (camera, lens, stock, light, time of day), not from adjectives.practitioner: Rourke Heath (25 Sep 2026) via Director Chair field notes on video prompting
Name the look in the prompt and still grade in the edit: generated clips drift in colour between generations, and one matching pass makes them read as one film.measured: The Director Chair colour grading guide

Shot on 35mm film, rich dense colour, soft highlight rolloff, a limited palette of two or three hues, fine grain and a hint of halation around lights.

Brand filmPrompt