Time Freeze Finger Snap
The exact Seedance 2.0 prompt behind the video on this page, word for word. Copy it, follow the steps below, and make your own version.
The prompt
@Image1 is the main character — maintain consistent facial features and body type throughout. Cinematic time-freeze short film, 15 seconds, ultra-realistic, Arri Alexa Mini shooting texture, 50mm lens, natural daylight hard shadows, shallow depth of field. [0:00-0:03] Busy city sidewalk, normal time flow. Steadicam front-facing medium shot tracking: the main character wearing a black suit and a white shirt walks confidently through the crowd. Pedestrians walk, check phones, chat; a flock of pigeons flies across the bright sunny sky in the distance. As he walks, he raises his right hand — and snaps his fingers. [0:03-0:06] The instant of the snap — a powerful white spherical shockwave bursts from his fingertips, carrying visible air distortion and light refraction, spreading rapidly in all directions. It sweeps across the ground, kicking up dust and fallen leaves that freeze mid-air instantly. It sweeps over pedestrians — each one freezes mid-stride. It sweeps across the sky — every pigeon locks in a different wing-spread pose, hovering motionless in mid-air. The shockwave ripples a streak of light across distant building windows. After the shockwave vanishes — absolute silence. Subtle time-freeze particles float in the air, gently shimmering in the sunlight. [0:06-0:09] In the silence, only the main character's footsteps echo crisply. Camera flies backward ahead of him — he walks toward the lens, casually strolling through the frozen crowd, looking around this still world with a smug expression. He looks up and sees a pigeon hovering above, reaches out and gently strokes its feathers. The pigeon doesn't move at all, like a sculpture, but lets out a deep coo that reverberates through the silence. Satisfied, he keeps walking. [0:09-0:11] The main character walks up to a frozen young woman — she's wearing a flowing yellow dress, her long hair caught by the wind and frozen mid-air in an elegant arc, one hand locked in a hair-tucking pose, expression graceful. He stops, hands in pockets, tilts his head and admires her. He comes around to face her, gives a slight nod with a corner smile, and whispers "perfect." [0:11-0:15] The main character turns around to face the camera, smirks, raises his right hand and snaps again — a second shockwave, even more powerful, bursts outward from his fingertips in reverse, carrying air distortion and light refraction, spreading at high speed. Everything it touches instantly unfreezes: pedestrians resume walking, pigeons scatter flapping, the woman in the yellow dress continues tucking her hair and walks on completely unaware, fallen leaves finally land. City noise naturally returns. The main character calmly turns and walks away. Camera slowly rises and pulls back into an overhead wide shot — his silhouette blends into the city. Fade to black. Sound design: City noise → finger snap triggers a low-frequency explosive shockwave rumble radiating outward from near to far → absolute silence → footsteps echoing → pigeon cooing → whispered "perfect" → second finger snap → stronger reverse shockwave explosion rumble → city noise naturally restored.
How to use this prompt
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Copy the prompt
Hit Copy prompt. You get the full text exactly as it was used to make the video on this page.
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Open Seedance 2.0
Start a new Seedance 2.0 video in the generator you already use. Pick vertical 9:16 for Reels, TikTok and Shorts, or 16:9 for YouTube.
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Add your own reference photo
This prompt is built around a reference image. Upload a sharp, well-lit, front-facing photo of yourself (or whoever should star in it) as the first image, so @Image1 or "the reference image" in the prompt points at it. If the prompt also mentions @Image2 or more, add those references too, like a second person, a car or a location.
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Paste, match the length, generate
Paste the prompt and set the clip length to match the timestamps in it. Swap names, outfits, cars or places to make it yours, but keep the shot by shot timing, because that structure is what makes it look cinematic.
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Run a few takes
Generate 2 or 3 takes and keep the best one. Small wording changes give very different results, so tweak one detail at a time.
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