Ice Age Documentary, made with Seedream + Seedance

0 words, written to be spoken rather than read.

Elevenlabs narrating in “nPczCjzI2devNBz1zQrb” — 1:08 of audio.

A custom style: Photorealistic Cinematic Documentary. Every frame is drawn to match it, so the video holds together.

A highly detailed, photorealistic style resembling a high-end historical or nature documentary with cinematic lighting and naturalistic colors.

6 recurring characters, locked to reference sheets so they stay the same person from scene to scene.

• Early Human Hunter A rugged, weathered early human male in his 30s. He has a thick, unkempt dark beard, dirt-smudged skin with visible pores and wrinkles, and intense dark eyes. He is heavily built and wears thick, high
• Neanderthal A robust early hominid male with anatomical exactness. He features a prominent brow ridge, a broad nose, thick unkempt dark hair, and a muscular, stocky build. His skin is deeply weathered and texture
• Woolly Mammoth A massive, prehistoric elephantine animal. It has a pronounced humped back, extremely thick and shaggy dark brown fur composed of individual coarse strands, and exceptionally long, deeply curved ivory
• Frozen Tundra A vast, desolate icy plain. The ground is covered in thick white snow and patches of exposed, frozen permafrost. Distant, towering glacier walls and jagged ice formations rise in the background under
• Wonderwerk Cave A dark, expansive rocky interior. The walls are composed of rough, jagged stone with deep crevices. The floor is packed dirt scattered with small rocks and ancient ash. The lighting is primarily drive
• Wooden Spear A long, thick wooden shaft crafted from a straight tree branch. The tip is hand-sharpened to a deadly point and bears the blackened, charred marks of being fire-hardened. The wood has a rough, natural

A single visual idea carried across every frame, so the video looks like one piece of work rather than 110 separate images.

14 frames, one per beat of the script. Tap any of them to read the prompt that drew it.

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Scene 1 Seedream 4.5 Seedance 1.0 Pro Fast Zoom in

Narration

If you think the Ice Age was just a long freezing winter, you are entirely wrong.

Image prompt

Wide establishing shot of the Frozen Tundra. A massive glacier wall looms on the left, towering over a vast, snow-covered plain. The sky is a pale, overcast grey, casting soft, diffused light over the icy expanse. In the foreground, jagged ice formations jut out from the permafrost, catching subtle specular highlights. The camera is positioned low to the ground, emphasizing the immense scale and desolate emptiness of the glacial landscape. A harsh wind blows loose snow across the frame, creating a misty, atmospheric depth. Epic, desolate mood.

Animation prompt

Camera pushes in slowly through heavy, swirling snow. The blizzard suddenly breaks, revealing a dynamic, shifting landscape. Wind aggressively whips through the frame.

14 of the stills were turned into moving clips — 67.6 seconds of generated footage.

1 generated tracks in loop mode, ducked under the narration.

2 concepts generated, one picked.

Motion on every still, 250ms crossfades between them, captions burned in.

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14 scenes cut together into one 16:9 video, 1:08 long.