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Example: Tess / LODE Protein — AI UGC Ad
Complete production package — all assets and prompts included
The Film
A 30-second AI-generated UGC-style product review video for a fictional protein powder brand (LODE). Persona: Tess, 28, fitness creator. Tone: low energy, dry, genuine — not influencer-polished.
Reference Images
Character Sheet — Tess (Three-Panel)
Character Sheet — Centre Panel (Headless — deliberate)
Character Sheet — Right Panel (Rear View)
Product Reference — LODE Protein Tub + Shaker
Location Plate — Apartment Kitchen (Pre-Dawn)
Location Plate A — Gym Wide (Establishing Shot)
Location Plate B — Gym Filming Bay
What Makes This Example Useful
- Built entirely from written descriptions — no real person’s photos used
- Demonstrates the full pipeline from brief to finished video
- Shows how to handle multiple locations in one continuous narrative (apartment → gym)
- Demonstrates product reference integration (@Image2)
- Shows how to write UGC-style handheld camera feel in a Seedance prompt
Pipeline at a Glance
BRIEF Low-energy fitness persona reviewing protein powder
Locations: apartment kitchen (pre-dawn) + industrial gym
SCRIPT Hook → action shot → out the door → arrival (Block A)
Chalk and load → the set → proof → verdict → close (Block B)
IMAGES Tess three-panel sheet (Nano Banana Pro, from description)
LODE product reference (four-panel, white background)
Kitchen plate (tungsten vs cold blue window light)
Gym wide establishing plate
Gym filming bay plate (hard diagonal window light)
VIDEO Seedance 2.5, omni_reference, 9:16, 1080p, 30s per block
Block A: 0:00–0:15
Block B: 0:15–0:30
EDIT CapCut — blocks assembled, native audio kept, no music
Key Decisions — Why They Were Made
No music. UGC authenticity lives in silence and room tone. Music signals “ad.”
Phone-shot look, not cinematic. The whole film is framed as self-recorded content. Hard directional daylight in the gym functions as a practical key — the cinematography is real, it just looks like someone propped their phone well.
Low energy performance. Talking to her phone like she’s talking to a friend. No enthusiasm, no smiling at the lens. The more understated, the more credible.
Two location plates, one gym. Plate A is the wide establishing shot for her arrival. Plate B is the filming bay corner where she actually records — the window daylight doing real work as a key light.
Product reference as @Image2. The LODE tub and shaker get their own reference image so Seedance can match the product exactly in close-up shots without reinventing it.
Prompts
See prompts-seedance.md for the full production-ready Block A + B prompts.