If you’re a producer, director, or artist working in a high-end pipeline, Seedance 1.0 Pro is the generative Seedance video model you’ll want for fast, cinematic previs. It delivers precise text-to-video (T2V) and image-to-video (I2V) control, making it one of the best AI video models for pre-visualization, lookdev, and storyboard animation.
Use Seedance 1.0 Pro directly in Atlabs - choose Text-to-Video to block shots from script, or Image-to-Video to animate on-model keyframes with consistent characters and sets.

1. Capabilities: Where Seedance Fits in the Production Pipeline

Seedance translates cinematic prompts into motion clips, accelerating creative decisions with instant visual feedback.

• Pre-visualization (Primary): Test complex camera moves, blocking, scale, and timing before costly 3D/CGI.

• Look Development: Iterate color palettes, lighting, atmospherics, materials.

• Generative Storyboarding: Turn script beats into animated sequences to check pacing and performance.

• VFX Element Prototyping: Explore motion ideas for smoke, fire, magic, atmospherics without tying up artists.

2. The Director’s Toolkit: Prompting for Cinematic Control 🎬

Think like you’re writing a shot in a call sheet.

Core syntax: [Subject] + [Action] + [Composition] + [Style]

• Subject: The primary focus of the shot. Be as descriptive as possible to guide the model accurately. Specificity reduces ambiguity.

Basic: a car

Better: a sleek, black sports car

Professional: a vintage 1960s muscle car, black with chrome trim and wide racing stripes, kicking up dust on a desert highway at sunset

• Action: The Power of Cinematic Verbs

  The model reads verbs as direction not just movement, but performance, emotion, and energy. Vague verbs yield vague motion; precise, cinematic verbs deliver intentional results. Your verb choice is the primary lever for shaping the shot’s intent.

By being precise with your verbs, you bake the intent and emotion of the scene directly into your prompt, ensuring the generated video is a much closer starting point for the final vision. Here is a comparative Example: One Scene, Five Different Actions

Scene: A detective in a long trench coat on a rainy city street at night.

Walks (Generic): Medium full shot of a detective in a long trench coat as he walks down a dimly lit, rainy city street, the camera tracking alongside him.

Struts (Confident/Arrogant): Medium full shot of a detective in a long trench coat as he struts down a dimly lit, rainy city street, the camera tracking alongside him.

Trudges (Tired/Difficult): Medium full shot of a detective in a long trench coat as he trudges down a dimly lit, rainy city street, the camera tracking alongside him.

Stalks (Predatory/Menacing): Medium full shot of a detective in a long trench coat as he stalks down a dimly lit, rainy city street, the camera tracking alongside him.

• Composition & Cinematography:

  This is the most critical component for achieving a professional look. Use precise terminology within your descriptive prompt.

Shot Types: establishing shot, extreme wide shot, cowboy shot, medium close-up, insert shot, point-of-view (POV) shot are examples but not limited to them.

Establishing Shot

Establishing shot of a city apartment building at dawn, a single light is on in a high-floor window. Purpose: Establishes the location (a city apartment) and time of day before we go inside.

Extreme wide shot:
Extreme wide shot from the doorway of a huge western kitchen within a city apartment, showing a chef working in a detailed environment, sunlight streaming in at dawn. Purpose: Emphasizes the space and the character's relationship to it.

Cowboy Shot
Cowboy shot of the chef, standing at a wooden island, skillfully chopping cucumber. We see from their mid-thighs to just above their head

  Purpose: Connects the character to their action and tools.

Medium Close-Up:
Medium close-up on the chef's face, showing their focused expression as they carefully seasoning a dish of mixed salad with olive oil and a pinch of salt. Purpose: Conveys emotion and intimacy.

Insert Shot:
Insert shot of the chef's hands swiftly dicing an onion on the cutting board, the knife moving with precision. Purpose: Highlights a critical detail of the action.

Point-of-View (POV) Shot:
Point-of-view (POV) shot from the chef's perspective, looking down at their hands adding fresh herbs to a simmering pot on the stove.
Purpose: Puts the audience directly into the character's experience.

• Camera Movement

The model supports camera movement including static locked-off shot, dynamic tracking shot, handheld shaky cam, slow dolly push-in, crane shot revealing the landscape, orbital track around the subjectbut not limited to above.

Dynamic Tracking Shot
Dynamic tracking shot following the archaeologist as she walks deeper into the tomb, holding a torch. The camera moves alongside her, keeping her centered in the frame.
Purpose: Follows the character's movement and exploration.

Handheld Shaky Cam:

Handheld shot inside an ancient Egyptian tomb as the ground suddenly rumbles. The camera shakes violently as the archaeologist is panic and the lantern is flickering. Dust and small stones fall from the cracked ceiling The air fills with debris illuminated by the trembling lantern light.

Slow Dolly Push-in:
The archaeologist spots a glowing relic on a pedestal. A slow dolly push-in on her face captures her look of awe and wonder.

Purpose: Emphasizes a character's emotional reaction and draws the audience in.

Crane Shot Revealing the Chamber

A crane shot revealing the chamber starts low on the relic and rises up high, showing the immense scale of the cavernous tomb around the archaeologist.

Purpose: Reveals the environment and creates a sense of scale and grandeur.

Orbital Track Around the Subject
An orbital track around the subject shows the camera circling the glowing relic on its pedestal, revealing intricate carvings on all sides.
Purpose: Provides a 360-degree view of an important object or character.

• Lens & Focus: The model also supports different lens and focus.

shot with an anamorphic lens, shallow depth of field, deep focus, rack focus from foreground to background, wide-angle lens with slight distortion.

Shot with an Anamorphic Lens
Cinematic anamorphic lens shot of an Aston Martin speeding toward the camera on a rain-slick London street at night. The wet asphalt reflects vibrant neon lights from shop signs and street lamps. Long, horizontal blue lens flares streak across the frame, and oval bokeh glows softly in the blurred background. The headlights cut through light rai and mist, creating a glossy, high-contrast look with realistic reflections and cinematic depth.
Purpose: Creates a classic, cinematic widescreen look.

Deep Focus
Deep focus cinematic shot inside a dimly lit European café. Two spies sit across from each other at a small round table near the window. The camera is positioned close behind the foreground spy, whose shoulder and profile are sharply in focus, while the other spy’s tense expression across the table and the entire bustling café interior behind them remain equally crisp and detailed. Reflections glimmer in the café’s glassware and window panes, steam drifts from coffee cups, and soft ambient light from streetlamps outside enhances the layered realism of the scene
Purpose: Keeps all elements in the frame in sharp focus, allowing the audience to see multiple points of interest simultaneously and creating a sense of tension.

Shallow Depth of Field
Cut shot to Shallow depth-of-field cinematic close-up focusing tightly on one spy’s anxious eyes, catching subtle tremors and reflections of candlelight. Everything else — the second spy across the table and the bustling café background — melts into a soft, creamy blur of warm color and bokeh. The lighting is low and moody, highlighting micro-expressions and lens texture with photorealistic precision.
Purpose: Isolates the subject and directs the audience's attention to their emotional state.

Rack Focus from Foreground to Background
Camera switch to close up of coffee on table. The shot begins focused on a steaming coffee cup on the table, then do a rack focus to the spy in the background as they begin to speak.
Purpose: Directs the audience's attention from one subject to another within the same shot, often to signal a change in the conversation or a realization.

Wide-Angle Lens with Slight Distortion:
Switch Camera to Wide-angle cinematic shot from a low angle beneath the small café table, slightly distorted by lens perspective. Both spies are visible in the same frame — the nearer spy’s hand clenched around a coffee cup in the foreground, and the other spy leaning forward tensely across the table. The wide lens exaggerates depth and makes the cramped space feel uneasy and surreal. Reflections ripple across polished wood and glassware, while the ambient café light flickers softly, heightening the sense of tension and distorted reality
Purpose: Captures a broad field of view and can be used to create a sense of unease, scale, or altered perception.

4. Art Direction & Lighting:

Define the visual language of the shot. This controls the mood, texture, and overall aesthetic. Style could be but not limited to follows:

photorealistic, hyper-realistic CGI, cinematic fantasy film style, concept art digital painting style, gritty sci-fi aesthetic, ethereal fantasy matte painting.

Photorealistic: A photorealistic shot of a hiker with a backpack walking on a dirt path towards a weathered, ancient stone castle ruin on a misty morning.

Ultra-realistic render of a coffee cup on a wooden table, sharp focus, accurate reflections, global illumination, no film grain

hyper-realistic CGI

A hyper-realistic CGI close-up of a complex robotic arm assembling a delicate watch. Macro shot, every gear, screw, and metallic texture is rendered with perfect, photorealistic detail, with focused studio lighting gleaming off the polished chrome surfaces.

Cinematic fantasy film style
A slow tracking shot pushes towards an female elven warrior on a cliff, her armor detailed with glowing runes. The shot has a shallow depth of field, blurring the colossal, towering black-stone fortress in the distant background. Dramatic god rays break through the clouds, illuminating swirling mist in the valley below, creating an atmospheric and cinematic fantasy film style.

Concept Art Digital Painting Style

A lone wanderer travels towards a mysterious, floating citadel in the clouds, rendered in a concept art digital painting style with visible, textured brushstrokes and a strong focus on atmospheric perspective.

Gritty Sci-fi Aesthetic:

A cyborg detective in a long trench coat navigates a crowded, rain-slicked alleyway in a futuristic city, captured in a gritty sci-fi aesthetic with flickering neon signs reflecting off puddles.

Ethereal Fantasy Matte Painting

A vast, panoramic shot of a crystalline palace shimmering on the horizon of an alien world, rendered in the style of an ethereal fantasy matte painting with soft, pastel colors and a dream-like quality.

Lighting

dramatic volumetric lighting, soft golden hour light, harsh top-down lighting, underwater caustics, ominous chiaroscuro lighting, glowing neon light from city signs.

Dramatic Volumetric Lighting:

A detective stands in a dusty, abandoned library. Dramatic volumetric lighting creates visible beams of light that slice through the darkness from a high window, illuminating floating dust particles.

Soft Golden Hour Light:

A couple walks hand-in-hand through a tall grassy field. The scene is bathed in the soft golden hour light of a setting sun, creating a warm, romantic, and peaceful mood.

Harsh Top-down Lighting:
A lone figure sits at a metal table in a dark, concrete room. A single bare bulb directly overhead creates harsh top-down lighting, casting deep, stark shadows on their face.

Underwater Caustics

A sunken treasure chest rests on the sandy ocean floor. Rippling underwater caustics create shifting patterns of light that dance across its surface.

Ominous Chiaroscuro Lighting

A mysterious figure in a fedora stands in a dark alley. Ominous chiaroscuro lighting from a streetlamp creates a high-contrast scene with deep blacks and bright, sharp highlights, hiding their face in shadow.

Glowing Neon Light from City Signs

A person looks out their apartment window at a rainy city street. Their face is illuminated by the intermittent glowing neon light from city signs below, casting shifting red and blue hues across the room.

5. Mastering the Shot: Key Concepts & Controls ⚙️

These settings help you fine-tune the final look of your video. You can adjust them directly in the UI or describe them naturally in your prompt — no code needed.

5.1 Video Settings

• Aspect Ratio: Defines your frame shape. Pick the format that fits your shot best — 1:1, 3:4, 4:3, 16:9, 9:16, 21:9, or 9:21 — or keep your original ratio.

• Duration: Choose how long your clip should be — anywhere from 3 to 12 seconds.

• Resolution: Controls visual detail and clarity. Seedance 1.0 Pro supports 480p to 1080p, with 720p or 1080p ideal for professional previs.

• Watermark: Toggle it on or off depending on use. For internal reviews, most creators prefer to disable the watermark.

• Fixed Camera: Tells the model how to treat your camera moves.

  Enabled: Keeps the camera still, ignoring any movement cues.

  Disabled: Follows your camera directions (e.g., “the camera pans right”).

This section gives you the essential creative levers to control motion, framing, and presentation inside Seedance 1.0 Pro — whether you’re directing with text or fine-tuning in the Atlabs interface.

6. Conclusion: From Script to Screen with Seedance 1.0 Pro

Seedance 1.0 Pro isn’t just another AI video model — it’s a director’s companion for bringing ideas to life at cinematic quality and production speed. Whether you’re pre-visualizing a scene, testing camera moves, or animating from keyframes, Seedance gives you full creative control through text-to-video and image-to-video workflows.

It’s built for film professionals who need fast, consistent, and visually stunning results — not experiments. Every frame, lens move, and lighting cue can be directed like a real set, giving you an intuitive, studio-grade workflow powered by AI.

Ready to try it yourself?
Create your next cinematic sequence using Seedance 1.0 Pro — available now inside Atlabs.ai.
Go to atlabs.ai, select Video → Seedance 1.0 Pro, and start generating your film-ready shots in minutes.