Sharing PRESCRIPTION, an 8-minute animated thriller about an assassin who starts doubting her memories, her therapist, and whether her next target is even who she thinks they are. A bit about how it was made, since that’s probably the more interesting part for this sub. The animation uses Seedance 2.5, with a budget of around $300. The project combines character and location reference images with prompts describing the shots, actions, and dialogue. Here’s a shortened example from one of the dialogue prompts, translated into English: No music. Start with a medium shot of both characters, one on the sofa and the other seated opposite. She shakes her head and says, “No.” Cut to a handheld close-up. She raises one hand slightly, sighs, and says, “Nobody ever died from being bored.” The character and room images are attached as references. Other prompts get quite specific about camera movement: following footsteps into a room, panning across weapons on a wall, then cutting to a close-up of someone’s eyes. Those short generated sequences are assembled into the full film. Here’s an example of how I’d prompt a 10-second scene. STRONG anamorphic lens character: horizontal squeeze and compression, oval elliptical bokeh, horizontally stretched highlights, cat-eye at the frame edges, subtle chromatic aberration toward the edges. NO lens flares, NO light streaks, NO floating bokeh circles. 2.39:1 NO MUSIC OF ANY KIND IN THIS VIDEO THIS IS THE HIGHEST-PRIORITY CONSTRAINT OF THIS ENTIRE PROMPT AND IT OVERRIDES EVERYTHING ELSE. THIS VIDEO CONTAINS ZERO MUSIC. Not one note, not one chord, not one tone, at any point, at any volume, under anything. THISVIDEO CONTAINS EXACTLY 2 DISTINCT CAMERA SHOTS. THERE IS 1 CLEARLY VISIBLE HARD CUT AT 5 SECONDS. THIS IS NOT A CONTINUOUS TAKE. THE CAMERA POSITION MUST VISIBLY CHANGE AT THE HARD CUT. DO NOT MORPH OR GLIDE BETWEEN SHOTS. [CONTINUITY] 10 seconds. Adult animated psychological thriller. Hand-painted backgrounds, defined ink contours, restrained character animation. One adult woman with a short black bob and a charcoal jacket sits on a leather sofa in a therapist’s office. A closed wooden door stands two metres to her right. An amber floor lamp beside the sofa lights her left cheek; cool window light outlines her right shoulder. The room contains only this woman. No dialogue or subtitles. [SHOT 1 | 0-5s] Medium three-quarter view at seated eye level. The woman occupies frame-left; the closed door remains visible frame-right. Slowly dolly forward half a metre, keeping both in frame. She rubs her right thumb along the sofa seam while watching the door. At 2s, <three measured footsteps approach outside the door, muffled by the wood, growing louder from screen-right; they stop directly outside at 3.5s>. At the first footstep, her thumb stops. She lifts her chin slightly and watches the handle, lips pressed together. Her shoulders rise with a shallow breath. <Low ventilation noise from a ceiling grille; a small leather creak as her weight shifts forward.> No music. Transition: HARD CUT at 5s to a tight three-quarter close-up from beside the door, looking back toward the sofa. [SHOT 2 | 5-10s] Locked camera. Her face fills the frame, the amber lamp visible behind her at frame-left. Her eyes stay just to camera-right, tracking the door handle below lens height. Preserve her forward lean and raised chin. At 6s, <the metal handle clicks close to the microphone on camera-right>. She takes a quick breath through parted lips. Her gaze snaps upward from handle height to where an entering person’s face would appear. She presses her right palm into the sofa cushion, beginning to push herself upright, then stops before leaving the seat. The door remains closed. Hold on her listening face through 10s, breathing shallowly. <Her breathing is close and dry; ventilation continues underneath. No further footsteps.> No music. What I’m curious about is whether it works for you once you get past the fact that it’s AI. Did you get caught up in the story? Did a weird movement or expression pull you out? Eight minutes gives you a lot more time to notice those things. Full film on YouTube Also curious what you think actually happened at the end. If you watch it, please leave a comment on YouTube too. Honest criticism is welcome. Even a sentence helps with visibility, and I’d like to know whether you’d watch more animation like this on the channel. submitted by /u/theodore_70
Originally posted by u/theodore_70 on r/ArtificialInteligence