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Method: (1) make a cinematic start frame (any image model); (2) give the frame and a written camera plan (e.g. 15 s: push in on one person, move to another, pass through a window to reveal a food stand) to Claude connected to Blender via MCP - Claude builds a rough scene and animated camera (took about 5+ minutes on his PC); preview, then Render > Render Animation; (3) in Seedance 2.0/2.5 attach the start frame plus the Blender render and begin the prompt with \"video 1 as a camera movement reference only\", then describe action/dialogue. His A...","status":"active","body":{"text":"Creator-reported: statements attributed to the creator(s) come from discovery's reading of auto-caption transcript excerpts; the curator checked the video metadata (title, date, length) and any cited documentation pages, not the spoken claims. Nothing was tested; promotional or sponsored framing applies where stated.\n\nDan Kieft (2026-08-05). Problem: complex camera choreography is hard to describe, and re-prompting never reproduces a lucky shot. Method: (1) make a cinematic start frame (any image model); (2) give the frame and a written camera plan (e.g. 15 s: push in on one person, move to another, pass through a window to reveal a food stand) to Claude connected to Blender via MCP - Claude builds a rough scene and animated camera (took about 5+ minutes on his PC); preview, then Render > Render Animation; (3) in Seedance 2.0/2.5 attach the start frame plus the Blender render and begin the prompt with \"video 1 as a camera movement reference only\", then describe action/dialogue. His A/B: the text-only prompt gave a cool but wrong move; with the 3D reference the generation followed the planned move. Benefits he lists: no guesswork, cheaper than filming a reference, impossible moves, and a reusable locked camera that leaves only details to chance. Setup notes: Claude Desktop connector for Blender, add-on zip installed in Blender, start the MCP bridge server, allow network access in Blender prefs if it errors. Security: the Blender MCP can execute arbitrary Python and sends default telemetry (C3-B414-01). Same idea as LTX layout-to-render in ComfyUI (C3-B390-01), applied to a hosted model.\n\nCurator qualifications: Creator-reported: statements attributed to the creator(s) come from discovery's reading of auto-caption transcript excerpts; the curator checked the video metadata (title, date, length) and any cited documentation pages, not the spoken claims. Nothing was tested; promotional or sponsored framing applies where stated. All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; video metadata checked where cited. Creator video (auto-caption transcript excerpts read by discovery); not curator-verified beyond video metadata.\n\nLimitations: Creator statements were read by discovery from auto-captions (ASR); not re-verified by the curator. Single creator demo; Blender MCP runs code locally; results not inspected.\n\nEvidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.","citations":[{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miIDu04N7_4","note":"~3:00; ~1:30"}]},"categories":["T02","T03","T06","T09"],"tags":[],"language":"en","visibility":"public","moderation":{"state":"visible","reason":null},"evidence":{"inspection":"metadata_checked","execution":"not_run","review":"unreviewed","review_revision":null,"claims":[{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miIDu04N7_4","claim":"Dan Kieft (2026-08-05). Problem: complex camera choreography is hard to describe, and re-prompting never reproduces a lucky shot. Method: (1) make a cinematic start frame (any image model); (2) give the frame and a written camera plan (e.g. 15 s: push in on one person, move to another, pass through a window to reveal a food stand) to Claude connected to Blender via MCP - Claude builds a rough scene and animated camera (took about 5+ minutes on his PC); preview, then Render > Render Animation; (3) in Seedance 2.0/2.5 attach the start frame plus the Blender render and begin the prompt with \"video 1 as a camera movement reference only\", then describe action/dialogue. His A/B: the text-only prompt gave a cool but wrong move; with the 3D reference the generation followed the planned move. Benefits he lists: no guesswork, cheaper than filming a reference, impossible moves, and a reusable locked camera that leaves only details to chance. Setup notes: Claude Desktop connector for Blender, add-on zip installed in Blender, start the MCP bridge server, allow network access in Blender prefs if it errors. 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