Seedance 2.5 Tutorial: Cinematic AI Video From Start To Finish

Higgsfield: https://higgsfield.ai/s/rourke-wOaoBm Claude Seedance Prompt Skill: https://go.genhq.io/seedance-25-skillclaude-genhq-638052 Join GenHQ: https://join.genhq.io/ Most AI video looks like AI video. The characters drift, the look changes every shot, and the story falls apart the moment someone has to act. Seedance 2.5 can do genuinely cinematic work, but only if you feed it the right ingredients and give it a proper script to work from. In this video, I'm going to walk you through my complete process for making a cinematic short film with Seedance 2.5, from the very first reference image all the way to the final edit in Premiere Pro. Every prompt is on screen, and you'll see the generations that didn't work as well as the ones that did. In this video, you'll learn: Finding references: Using ShotDeck to find the best cinematic references, then taking that inspiration into Midjourney to build your own locations from scratch. Getting Claude to write your prompts: How I use Claude to write both my Midjourney prompts and my Seedance 2.5 prompts, so I'm not starting from a blank page every time. Script writing: The part most people get wrong. How to write for acting nuance, emotion and performance, and how to find the actual story before you generate a single frame. Character sheets and ingredients: Building the character, prop and location references that keep everything consistent across the whole film. Prompting in 30 second chunks: Splitting your script up, mining the best parts of every generation, and giving Claude detailed feedback with Whisper Flow. Locking in the look: How to keep the same global look and the same voice across every single generation. Post-production: Cutting it all together in Premiere Pro, then adding sound effects and custom music with Artlist and Suno. Whether you're a filmmaker, content creator or editor trying to make AI video that actually feels like a film, this is the full process, nothing skipped. Not "AI video generator 2026", Not "best AI video tools", Not "Seedance 2.5 review", Not "Artcraft tutorial", Not "AI filmmaking for beginners", Not "how to make AI videos", Not "AI short film tutorial", Not "Midjourney to video workflow", Not "Claude AI tutorial", But this video shows you exactly how to make a cinematic short film with Seedance 2.5, from references and script to prompts, generations and the final edit. If you're searching for a Seedance 2.5 tutorial, how to make cinematic AI video, AI filmmaking workflow, character consistency in AI video, Seedance 2.5 prompts, how to write AI video prompts with Claude, or how to make an AI short film, this video covers all of it. Chapters: 00:00 What you'll learn in this video 01:21 ShotDeck: where to find the best references 06:25 Finding location inspiration and taking it to Midjourney 07:51 Getting Claude to write your Midjourney prompt 12:21 Building your own location reference from scratch 17:34 Script writing: the part most people get wrong 21:06 Acting nuance, emotion and performance direction 24:51 Finding the story: the Tamagotchi metaphor 25:57 Watch the finished cinematic piece 27:55 Character sheets, props and reference ingredients 30:29 Why we generate in Artcraft 32:41 Writing the Seedance 2.5 prompt in Claude 34:45 Splitting your script into 30 second chunks 35:47 Installing the Video Prompt Builder Claude skill 36:44 Mining the best parts of every generation 39:38 Giving Claude detailed feedback with Whisper Flow 45:36 Locking in the global look across every prompt 48:42 How to lock in your own voice across generations 52:33 Post-production: cutting it together in Premiere Pro 58:42 Sound effects and custom music with Artlist and Suno 1:01:13 Project breakdowns and joining GenHQ