Every AI video tool gives you a blank box. Directors don't start with a blank box — they start with a shot list. Describe what you're making; get back numbered shots with camera moves, ready-to-generate prompts, and the real cost of the whole piece — before spending a credit.
Why plan shots before generating?
Because wasted generations are where AI video budgets die. A 30-second piece generated as one prompt gives the model too many jobs at once; generated as six planned shots, each prompt does one job well, failures are cheap to re-roll individually (draft at 480p for 2 credits), and the cut has actual rhythm. This is how production works — we just compressed the pre-production into ten seconds.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the shot planner actually do?
- It turns a one-line brief into a director's shot list: 3-8 shots with durations, camera moves, and a complete generation prompt per shot following ByteDance's official three-block prompt structure (subject & action → environment & style → camera & audio). It also totals the exact credit cost of generating the whole plan before you spend anything.
- How does it keep characters consistent across shots?
- The planner locks one precise descriptor phrase per recurring subject and repeats it word-for-word in every prompt — the most effective consistency technique available without reference images. When generation opens, you can add reference images on top for even tighter consistency.
- Is it really free? What's the catch?
- 5 plans per day, free, no signup. The 'catch' is honest: we hope you'll generate the shots here when Seedance 2.5 opens (first clip free, then one-time credit packs), and the optional email-me-this-plan button subscribes you to our launch alerts.
- Which models do the prompts work with?
- They're written for the Seedance family's prompt conventions, which transfer well to Kling and Veo with minor tweaks. Multi-model prompt conversion is on our roadmap.