Seedance 2.0 — Cinematic Clips

Yes, if you want to turn any idea — a chase, a transformation, a moment — into a 15-second cinematic clip for Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube Shorts.

1. step 1 / 5

   Install Claude Code (skip if you have it)

   If you've already got Claude Code running, jump to Step 2.

   Otherwise this part involves a thing called the Terminal. Relax — it's just a text box that talks to your computer. You're going to paste one line into it, hit enter, and wait.

   Open the Terminal

   • Mac: Press ⌘ + Space to open Spotlight, type terminal, hit enter. A black/white window pops up with a blinking cursor.
   • Windows: Press the Windows key, type terminal, hit enter. (On Windows 10 that's Command Prompt instead — same deal.)
   • Linux: You know where your terminal is.

   Paste this one line + hit enter

   curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash
   

   You'll see a bunch of text scroll by for 30-60 seconds. That's normal — it's downloading + installing Claude Code. When the scroll stops and you see your cursor again, it's done.

   Quick reading of what that command does

   • curl — fetch a file from a URL
   • -fsSL — flags that mean "fail quietly on network errors, follow redirects, be silent about progress"
   • https://claude.ai/install.sh — Anthropic's official install script
   • | bash — pipe the downloaded script into bash (your Terminal's language) to run it

   You just told your computer to download Anthropic's install script and run it. That's it.

   Verify it worked

   Type this in the same Terminal:

   claude
   

   Hit enter. If you see Claude Code launch (it'll ask you to sign in with your Anthropic account the first time), you're good. Pro plan is recommended; Max plan if you plan to run long sessions. Done.

   Stuck?

   If you got a permission error, prefix with sudo: sudo curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash. It'll ask for your Mac/Linux password (the one you use to log into your computer). If you hit anything else weird, the Stuck? section near the bottom of this page has fixes for the most common issues.

2. step 2 / 5

   Install the Seedance skill

   Back in your browser, scroll down this page to the Install box below. Click Get install command — we'll generate a one-time command just for you (it includes a short-lived token so only you can download the skill).

   Copy the command. Go back to your Terminal (the same window from Step 1). Paste. Hit enter. Wait 2-3 seconds.

   The skill lands in ~/.claude/skills/seedance-video/. That folder is where Claude Code looks for extra abilities, and it'll auto-detect the new one the next time you open a project.

3. step 3 / 5

   Describe your scene

   In Claude Code, type:

   Use seedance-cinematic-prompts to generate a 15s clip: [your idea]
   

   Replace [your idea] with anything — 'a cyberpunk chase through Tokyo', 'a lone astronaut on Mars', 'my dog saving the world'. The skill does the heavy lifting — it writes the cinematic prompt, picks the shots, schedules the beats.

4. step 4 / 5

   Send it to Seedance

   The skill spits out a ready-to-paste prompt. Drop it into your Seedance 2.0 account (via Evolink API or the Higgsfield UI). Set duration=15, quality=720p, aspect=16:9. Click generate. Wait ~3 minutes.

5. step 5 / 5

   Ship it

   Download the .mp4. Drop it into your Instagram Reel / TikTok / Shorts. You just made a 15-second movie scene in 20 minutes flat.

• Want it to feel like your specific aesthetic? Edit the 'visual style' block in the prompt. Try: 'Moody A24 palette' or 'Wes Anderson symmetry' or '80s VHS grain'.
• Want your face in it? Add your photo as the face reference URL — the skill has a slot for it. Works best with a clean forward-facing shot.
• Want a different pace? The 15-second structure is HOOK (0-2s) → ESCALATE (2-12s) → PAYOFF (12-15s). Tell the skill where you want the hit and it'll rewrite the timeline.
• Want a different output length? Seedance supports 4-15 seconds. Anything under 10 feels too short for a real scene — stay at 10-15.

• Seedance returns a blurry/glitchy video.

  The prompt was too long or too abstract. Keep it under ~600 words, keep camera directions concrete ('wide dolly shot' not 'epic cinematography'), and specify timestamps (0-2s, 2-5s, etc).

• Faces look like a different person than your reference.

  Your face reference image is the problem. Use a clean head-and-shoulders shot, not a group photo or a scene. If your face is animated or pixar-style, Seedance blocks on photoreal — request a stylized output.

• Content policy error.

  Usually a trademark word (brand names, celebrity names, song lyrics). Swap them for generic alternatives. Retry.

• Generation takes more than 10 minutes.

  Seedance is busy. Wait or switch to `seedance-2.0-fast-text-to-video` — ~30% the quality, ~5x faster, fine for iteration.

• I don't have a Seedance account.

  Use Evolink (api.evolink.ai) — they resell Seedance 2.0 with a prepaid wallet. Higgsfield also offers it through their UI. Pick one.

1. 2026-04-19v1.0 — module launched. 7-section scaffold + 3 sample outputs (ski / mech / action).

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