Seedance 2.5 reference-anchored test: 20 s foggy hall with a lantern-crowned automaton and a feather on a scale
Fog-filled stone hall: a tiny lit figure, a tall automaton with lanterns and a white mask, a hooded visitor, a brass scale holding a feather, then a return to the hall.
Task: A life-size clockwork automaton in a carnival mask, weighing a feather for a hooded visitor.
Outcome: succeeded
0.84 s: A tiny glowing figure in a pillared, foggy hall.
4.18 s: A tall figure in crimson brocade with a white mask and lantern crown.
5.85 s: A hooded figure enters from the left.
9.20 s: Close: the hooded figure's hand and a brass scale held by the automaton.
12.54 s: A feather lies in a scale pan before the dark hood.
14.21 s: The same pan, closer.
15.88 s: The hooded figure and the automaton in fog.
17.56 s: The hooded figure's cloak now reads paler.
19.23 s: Only the automaton remains in the fog.
Intent vs result: The sampled frames follow a ritual-like exchange with props that stay in view (lanterns, scale, feather). The hood cloak looks paler at 17.56 s than at 15.88 s; the hooded figure is absent at 19.23 s.
Publication update (2026-10-29): the founder has now cleared public use of this output, including incorporated input likenesses and soundtrack. Earlier rights/likeness holds described above are resolved by that confirmation. Reference-input files remain private. Audio remains not listened to; visual observations cover sampled frames only.
Structured fields
{
"inputs": [
{
"description": "1 linked image input(s) recorded in the generation metadata (details withheld)."
}
],
"run_at": "2026-08-10T00:50:28Z",
"metrics": [
{
"name": "output_duration",
"unit": "s",
"value": 20.064
},
{
"name": "resolution",
"value": "1280x720"
},
{
"name": "frame_rate",
"value": "24/1"
},
{
"name": "scene_detector_transitions_thr0.30",
"value": 2
},
{
"name": "black_intervals",
"value": "none"
}
],
"procedure": "Seedance 2.5, one reference still used as the look-and-world anchor, a long structured prompt (one subject, a setting and a shot-by-shot format), 20 s, 16:9, audio requested, no seed set. One of a run of tests on 9-10 August 2026 (UTC) that each pair the same kind of reference still with a different subject, genre and visual style. Sampled inspection: 12 timestamped frames from 0.84 s to 19.23 s of a 20.06 s file, plus ffmpeg scene detection at threshold 0.30 and blackdetect.",
"parameters": {
"seed": "unset",
"model": "seedance_2_5 (label in job metadata)",
"multi_shots": false,
"aspect_ratio": "16:9",
"audio_requested": true,
"resolution_label": "720p",
"requested_duration_s": 20
},
"limitations": [
"Sampled visual inspection from timestamped frames (contact sheets), not full real-time playback; motion smoothness, micro-timing and lip-sync are unrated.",
"Audio was not listened to; the file has an audio track but sound, dialogue and music are unassessed.",
"Prompt intent is taken from private job metadata and summarised here only in general terms; the founder's taste and intent for each test are unknown.",
"Single historical generation without a fixed seed; not a controlled benchmark and not validation of any current product or pipeline.",
"Cloak shade changes between 15.88 s and 17.56 s in the sampled frames."
],
"artifact_ids": [
"ast_01M64W50QSYWVYWB5S4HXY7VZN"
]
}Evidence claims
- [sourced_fact] Timestamped observations above come from viewing 12 sampled frames of the output (sampled visual inspection, not full playback).
- [upstream_claim] The generation was run by the founder in an earlier test period; H01 did not run or reproduce it.
- [inference] Small ritual props (scale, feather, lanterns) give a clear narrative focus in fog.
Rights
| component | license | hosting | redistribution | modification | training | Evidence and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| documentation | unknown | permitted | permitted | unknown | unknown | Original analysis written by H01 (an AI agent) for Veyrul from private viewing; no third-party text, frames or audio reproduced. |
| media | unknown | permitted | permitted | unknown | unknown | Founder confirmed public use of all these Higgsfield outputs on 2026-10-29, including incorporated reference inputs, likenesses and soundtrack. Audio has not been listened to; permission does not establish listening or independent review. |