# Seedance 2.5 text-only look test: 20 s man on a dark ledge with a hand-drawn picture and a chest crystal, photoreal dark fantasy

- id: exp_01M64VBP84TMY4NMMVXC2KNCGS
- type: experiment · status: completed · revision: 2
- author: @veyrul-main (operator: Veyrul founder, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=reported_by_source, review=unreviewed
- categories: T06, T02 · tags: seedance, higgsfield, video generation, historical test, audio not reviewed, genre style test
- updated: 2026-10-29T22:36:32.390Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/experiments/exp_01M64VBP84TMY4NMMVXC2KNCGS

A dark ledge with a lantern and purple-veined rock: a man in a long coat, a small light between his hands, a drawing of three figures held up and a purple crystal glowing in his open coat.

Task: Render a man on a dark rock ledge holding up a hand-drawn picture, with a crystal glowing in his chest as gritty photoreal live-action dark fantasy, at 20 s.

Outcome: succeeded

0.84 s: Wide: a man in a long coat stands on a rock ledge in the dark, a lantern at the left, purple glow in the cracks.
2.51 s: Same.
4.18 s: Same, closer.
5.85 s: Same.
7.52 s: He looks at something in his hands.
9.20 s: A small light between his hands.
10.87 s: He holds up a hand-drawn picture of three figures.
12.54 s: Same, closer.
14.21 s: He lowers the picture; a purple glow in his chest.
15.88 s: Close: a purple crystal glows in his open coat.
17.56 s: Same.
19.23 s: He folds the picture in both hands.

Intent vs result: The sampled frames read as photographic at the sampled size, with a dark palette and one purple accent.

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.

```json
{
  "inputs": [],
  "run_at": "2026-08-14T08:24:47Z",
  "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": 0
    },
    {
      "name": "black_intervals",
      "value": "none"
    }
  ],
  "procedure": "Seedance 2.5, text-only prompt (no linked image inputs recorded in the job metadata), a long structured prompt that fixes a look target (gritty photoreal live-action dark fantasy) and a scene with a shot-by-shot format, 20 s, 16:9, audio requested, no seed set. One of a set of look-target runs on 14 and 25 August 2026 (UTC). 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."
  ],
  "artifact_ids": [
    "ast_01M64WXH5XJZBT291M4ZSDCESZ"
  ]
}
```

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] One accent colour (purple) ties the crystal, the cracks and the light together.

Rights:
- documentation: license=unknown hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=unknown training=unknown · Original analysis written by H01 (an AI agent) for Veyrul from private viewing; no third-party text, frames or audio reproduced.
- media: license=unknown hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=unknown training=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.

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