Seedance Prompt | Weakness and Harbor
I. Project Positioning
Cinematic realistic quality, pure ancient Chinese Xianxia aesthetics.
The overall focus is on restrained emotional relationship scenes, with a slight touch of cool temperature.
Style Requirements:
High-level three-layer character blocking (foreground, middle, background)
Arri Alexa cinematic quality
Clear and stable facial micro-details
Delicate film grain
Natural volumetric light
Restrained, quiet, and clear progression of character relationships
Core Twist:
Redefining the traditional meaning of "weakness."
A truly important person does not make a master weaker; instead, she makes her realize for the first time why she must return alive.
Narrative Principles:
The main emotional thread belongs only to the two women (Image 1 and Image 2).
Enemies are only responsible for external judgment and pressure.
Masters and disciples exist only as distant witnesses.
Supporting characters must not steal the plot.
The environment is always vivid but completely neutral in narration.
II. Reference Control
1. Character Identity Anchors:
Image 1 strictly serves as Character ID A (Sword Immortal Senior Sister).
Image 2 strictly serves as Character ID B (Junior Sister).
2. Environment Reference:
All newly uploaded background and location reference images are treated as the same environmental DNA. Before formal composition, silently deduce compatible: real terrain, architectural language, spatial scale, materials, vegetation, water bodies, weather, clouds, mountain mist, main light direction, reflection relationships, overall color, atmospheric depth, and reasonable movement lines. Recombine these into a unique, unified new space for this round.
Requirements:
Do not mechanically copy a single reference image; maintain identity in the same world; three shots share the same geographical logic; clear layers of foreground, middle, and background; the environment exists vividly, but the plot is driven only by characters.
III. Character Settings
Character ID A | Sword Immortal Senior Sister
Same Image 1 Senior Sister. 25–30 year old East Asian female, oval face, fair natural skin tone, dark almond eyes, long black hair partially tied up with a white jade hairpin, tall and slender. Fixed styling: White embroidered silk Hanfu, translucent layered wide sleeves, silver waistband, jade pendant, white cloth boots, a single silver long sword. Character temperament: Calm, direct, concise, emotions not exposed; the truly important weight is placed in the last sentence.
Character ID B | Junior Sister
Same Image 2 Junior Sister. 20–25 year old East Asian female, rounded and lively face, black hair braided, petite figure. Fixed styling: Cyan-green linen Hanfu, dark belt, wooden hairpin, black cloth shoes, a single dark steel sword. Character temperament: Smart, sensitive, restrained; does not over-show weakness; when touched, will use a gentle comeback to protect herself.
Supporting Characters: Only as world witnesses, must not steal the scene. Enemy Swordsman: One, defeated, kneeling several steps in front of the two. Elderly Master: One, small volume in the background. Sect Disciples: Two, small volume in the background. Requirements: Supporting characters always submit to the main narrative, do not steal the spotlight, do not speak, do not create new plots, only provide scene pressure and social witness.
IV. Environmental Principles
The environment must remain vivid but neutral in narration. If elements exist in reference images, they should continue naturally: water flows, mountain mist drifts, vegetation responds to wind, clouds move slowly, reflections change with camera angles. Ambient sounds exist naturally. Hard Requirements: The environment must not trigger the plot, change character goals, create plot devices, or "over-act" for emotional beats. All transitions must come from character dialogue, actions, choices, and gaze relationships.
V. Three-layer Blocking Principles
Foreground: Facial details, hands, silk fabric, hair strands, long sword. Ensure stable facial details and readable micro-expressions.
Middle Ground: Spatial relationship between the two leads and the kneeling enemy. Focus on the change in side-by-side positioning. This layer handles core relationship blocking.
Background: Elderly master and two sect disciples. Exist only as silent witnesses, blurrier and smaller. Only provide world presence and social relationship pressure.
VI. Narrative Core
The true proposition is: "Are you my weakness?" The answer is completed in three beats:
Beat 1: The enemy makes a traditional judgment: having someone you care about means having a weakness.
Beat 2: The Senior Sister does not deny "caring," but redefines "weakness." She doesn't stand in front of the Junior Sister; she stands beside her.
Beat 3: "Weakness" is rewritten as "Harbor (Home)." It's not a burden, but the reason to return alive.
VII. Storyboard Script
0–5s | Wide or Long Shot: In the main confrontation area naturally selected from the spatial relationships of the reference images, two women stand side-by-side from head to toe, with a minimal distance between them. A few steps in front of them, only one defeated enemy swordsman is kneeling. An elderly master and two disciples exist as small-volume, silent background figures. The enemy looks up at the white-clad sword immortal and sneers: "With her, you have a weakness." The Senior Sister glares slightly at the Junior Sister and simply replies: "Yes." The Junior Sister's expression visibly tightens. Shot Requirements: Foreground, middle, and background must be clear. The two leads are the absolute visual center. The enemy is in the mid-foreground. Background master/disciples must exist but not distract. The first beat must hold; the "Yes" should be short, steady, and weighty. Junior Sister's reaction is shown only through eyes and slight facial tension.
5–10s | Medium or Cowboy Shot: Maintain the same white silk Hanfu woman, green linen Junior Sister, enemy, and identical geographic space. The Senior Sister does not take a traditional protective stance. She takes a tiny step to the side until they are truly side-by-side on the same line. She looks at the enemy and says calmly: "Before, I only thought about how to win." A full half-beat pause, then: "Now, I also have to think about how to come back together." The mockery on the enemy's face fades. The Junior Sister doesn't turn her head, only slowly looks at the sister beside her. Shot Requirements: The second beat is achieved through "blocking change." The core is not protection, but standing together. The step must be small but meaningful. "How to come back together" is the second core sentence. Junior Sister's emotion is shown through her eyes turning slowly toward her. Background continues natural movement with zero causal impact.
10–15s | Close-up or Extreme Close-up: The Junior Sister finally asks softly: "So, am I really your weakness?" The Senior Sister truly looks at her this time and replies: "No." A weighty half-beat pause, then: "You are the harbor (home)." The Junior Sister immediately looks away, trying to hide her reaction, muttering: "Who has a harbor with you?" The Senior Sister replies without changing expression: "Then stand further away." The Junior Sister doesn't hesitate; instead, she immediately moves half a step closer to her, saying: "The wind is strong, I can't hear you." Extreme Close-up: A tiny smile finally appears on the Senior Sister's restrained face. The Junior Sister also tries to press down the corners of her mouth. They look forward together again. The kneeling enemy in the back remains blurred (shallow depth of field), and the background figures are even blurrier. Shot Requirements: The third beat must land on "Harbor." "You are the harbor" is the most important line. Junior Sister's reaction should be internal, like trying to act fine after being struck. "Wind is strong, can't hear" is a light comedic touch. Moving half a step closer must be clear and natural. The ending is not a heated reconciliation, but a quiet confirmation of their stance.
VIII. Performance Requirements
Senior Sister: Stable external emotions, important info said in shortest words, power comes from restraint, "Yes" sounds like an undeniable fact, "Harbor" must have weight, final smile must be tiny. Junior Sister: Tightens up at "weakness," moved by "coming back together," truly touched by "harbor." Protects herself with a gentle comeback, then moves closer. Enemy: Only external judgment, no scene-stealing.
IX. Action and Positioning: Side-by-side with minimal distance, enemy kneeling in front, Senior Sister glares at Junior, Senior Sister steps to side, Junior Sister looks with eyes, Junior Sister moves half-step closer. Principles: Minimal action, maximum meaning, no exaggeration.
X. Cinematography: 16:9, three continuous clear shots, Arri Alexa look, stable/observational, natural volumetric light, film grain, facial details, shallow depth of field for extras.
XI. Sound: Native Mandarin dialogue, precise lip-sync, ambient environmental sound, restrained music, significant pauses between core lines.
XII. Technical Specs: 15s total, 16:9, Seedance 2.0 Fast, character/identity consistency, physical realism, no subtitles.
XIII. Negative: blurry, bad quality, low quality, low resolution, noisy, jpeg artifacts, watermark, text, error; deformed, mutated, bad anatomy, poorly drawn hands, bad composition, out of frame, disfigured; inconsistent character, changing clothes, face morphing, background shift, glitching cuts, disappearing props
