From script to six shots: cut a 24-second scene
Recorded 2026-11-07
Model: Seedance 2.5

Poppie steps into a grey crowd, sinks at the kerb, is marked as an exception by surveillance, blows a pink bubble, and sends it up past the face on a billboard.

Shot list
1. steps.mp4: Establish small scale and entrance; source 0–4s, 1x; timeline 0–4s; cut: None.
2. kerb.mp4: Give the pause a feeling; source 0–4s, 1x; timeline 4–8s; cut: None.
3. surveillance.mp4: Mark an exception; source 0–4s, 1x; timeline 8–12s; cut: None.
4. bubble.mp4: Create the bubble; source 0–4s, 1x; timeline 12–16s; cut: None.
5. skyward.mp4: Follow its ascent; source 0–4s, 1x; timeline 16–20s; cut: None.
6. billboard.mp4: Give the bubble a destination; source 0–4s, 1x; timeline 20–24s; cut: None.

Instructions
Import steps,kerb,surveillance,bubble,skyward,billboard in that order. Set every Trim to0–4s and Speed1.
Use five straight cuts. Check both sides of each cut and follow lilac character then pink bubble.
Turn Clip sound off for this picture exercise; the source files contain sound.
Export video > Start export. Reopen the24s downloaded file, verify six shots, first frame and last frame.
Keep the script,shot list and export together; /ai-film-maker and /previs are related planning routes.

Settings
{
  "practice": {
    "page": "https://popnow.ai/video?feature=image-to-video",
    "tab": "Generate",
    "Input": "From a photo",
    "model": "seedance-2-5",
    "Start from a photo": "learn/script-to-scene/bubble-start.png",
    "durationSeconds": 4,
    "resolution": "480p",
    "Sound": false,
    "count": 1,
    "aspectRatio": "adaptive",
    "purpose": "Practice adaptation; saved production sources are 720p. Sound off is the lesson review setting, not a recovered production flag.",
    "End on this photo": "learn/script-to-scene/bubble-end.png"
  },
  "edit": {
    "page": "https://popnow.ai/editor",
    "Aspect ratio": "16:9",
    "Transition": "None",
    "Clip sound": false,
    "Resolution": "720p",
    "Quality": "Standard",
    "durationSeconds": 24
  }
}

Translated from our original prompt

Steps
Begin naturally from the first frame. Low tracking camera: Poppie hops down the steps from the doorway, compressing slightly on landing and springing up again. Passers-by’s legs keep crossing the foreground; nobody looks at it. Keep Poppie’s body proportions unchanged, with a smooth matte surface, no mouth, no new arms or legs, and no fur. Only street footsteps, no music or voices. Real camera film grain and slight handheld shake, with ordinary imperfections. Keep the people, materials and colours of the first frame; do not turn it into CG. Do not add subtitles or text.

Kerb
Begin naturally from the first frame. Poppie sits by the road, looks up at the passing crowd, then slowly lowers its eyelids and noticeably sags, like a long sigh. The crowd keeps walking with heads down over their phones. The camera slowly pushes towards Poppie. Keep Poppie’s body proportions unchanged, with a smooth matte surface, no mouth, no new arms or legs, and no fur. Only street footsteps and Poppie’s soft sigh, no music or voices. Real camera film grain and slight handheld shake, with ordinary imperfections. Keep the people, materials and colours of the first frame; do not turn it into CG. Do not add subtitles or text.

Surveillance
Begin naturally from the first frame. Fixed surveillance camera. Pedestrians walk; white recognition boxes track them and flicker, with MATCH 100% unchanged. A red UNKNOWN box around Poppie at the kerb shakes and flickers, with slight dropped frames and scan lines. Only surveillance electrical hum, no music or voices. Real camera film grain and slight handheld shake, with ordinary imperfections. Keep the people, materials and colours of the first frame; do not turn it into CG. Do not add subtitles or text.

Bubble growth
Begin naturally from the first frame and finish on the last frame. Poppie’s body pulses as it blows hard. The pink bubble slowly grows from pea-sized to three times its size while the crowd continues walking behind it. Keep Poppie’s body proportions unchanged, with a smooth matte surface, no mouth, no new arms or legs, and no fur. The bubble is a real pink soap film, thin and transparent. Once detached from Poppie it is a perfect sphere with no tail, not glass and not a balloon. Only blowing and street sounds, no music or voices. Real camera film grain and slight handheld shake, with ordinary imperfections. Keep the people, materials and colours of the first frame; do not turn it into CG. Do not add subtitles or text.

Skyward
Begin naturally from the first frame. The camera tilts quickly up from the street, following the bubble into the grey sky. The bubble gently wobbles and its rainbow surface patterns flow; the people at the bottom keep walking with their heads down. The bubble is a real pink soap film, thin and transparent. Once detached from Poppie it is a perfect sphere with no tail, not glass and not a balloon. Only wind, no music or voices. Real camera film grain and slight handheld shake, with ordinary imperfections. Keep the people, materials and colours of the first frame; do not turn it into CG. Do not add subtitles or text.

Billboard
Begin naturally from the first frame. The camera slowly pushes towards the huge billboard. The bubble drifts past; the printed woman’s eyes follow it without changing expression, as if alive. The people below do not notice. The bubble is a real pink soap film, thin and transparent. Once detached from Poppie it is a perfect sphere with no tail, not glass and not a balloon. Only low city ambience, no music or voices. Real camera film grain and slight handheld shake, with ordinary imperfections. Keep the people, materials and colours of the first frame; do not turn it into CG. Do not add subtitles or text.

Checklist
Six actual source clips,not six labels on one take.
24.00s total at1x.
Every shot adds a new fact.
Colour and eyeline carry attention across cuts.
Reject unplanned body flattening.
No blend hides a missing action.