Landscape 4:3. Cinematic low-altitude helicopter shot of a night Formula 1 race, camera about 15 meters high on the outside of a sweeping corner, looking down the track at a steep angle, 135mm telephoto lens with strong compressed perspective, level horizon. T
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What's inside the pack
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Frame prompts
Every still in the film, written for GPT Image 2.
44
Animation prompts
Camera, motion and timing for Kling 3 and Seedance.
103
Reference guide
Every prompt tells you which sheets and frames to attach, so nothing drifts between shots.
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Character sheets
Squib, Pepe, Otto and the crews, locked before a single shot.
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The rules
What worked and what broke, so you skip the mistakes.
Tools & workflow
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Characters
Character sheets in GPT Image 2 for the three tiny fans and the giant crews, locking the look before any shot.
02
Frames
Every shot starts as a 4:3 still in GPT Image 2, with the character and car sheets attached as references.
03
Motion
Kling 3 for most shots, start and end frames for continuity, Seedance for the onboard and crane shots. The finish was blocked out in Blender first.
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Edit
DaVinci Resolve for the cut, text, broadcast graphics, Speed Warp slow motion and sound.
Meet the characters
Squib
The hero. Red Bull's palm-sized spotter on the rear wing, headphones on, coral goggles pushed up.
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Character sheet of a small palm-sized baby octopus named Squib, front view, side view and three poses (excited arms raised, nervous curled up, determined gripping), neutral warm-grey studio background. Realistic octopus shape: soft rounded mantle, eight slender curling arms, big side-set eyes that are fully solid glossy black with one soft catchlight. No mouth, no cheeks, no eyebrows. Smooth soft satin peach-orange skin with very subtle muted color variation, minimal texture, clean and dry-looking with a gentle soft sheen, small understated suction cups. Wears tiny navy Red Bull Racing over-ear headphones with a boom mic, a tiny fitted navy Red Bull team jersey, and small coral racing goggles pushed up on the mantle. Emotion shown through posture only. Shot on 35mm film with a 1/4 Pro-Mist diffusion filter, low micro-contrast, smooth tonal gradations, soft light, muted colors, gentle film grain. No over-sharpening, no slimy or gross textures, no cartoon look, clean simplified logos, no watermark.
Pepe
Ferrari's spotter. Smug when ahead, dramatic when not.
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Character sheet of a small palm-sized baby octopus named Pepe, front view, side view and three poses (offended arms thrown up, dramatic flop, sulking curled). Neutral warm-grey studio background. Realistic octopus shape: soft rounded mantle, eight slender curling arms, big side-set eyes that are fully solid glossy black with one soft catchlight. No mouth, no cheeks, no eyebrows. Smooth soft satin deep reddish-brown skin with very subtle muted color variation, minimal texture, clean and dry-looking with a gentle soft sheen, small understated suction cups. Wears tiny red Ferrari team over-ear headphones with a boom mic and a tiny fitted red Ferrari team jersey. Emotion shown through posture only. Shot on 35mm film with a 1/4 Pro-Mist diffusion filter, low micro-contrast, smooth tonal gradations, soft light, muted colors, gentle film grain. No over-sharpening, no slimy or gross textures, no cartoon look, clean simplified logos, no watermark.
Otto
Mercedes' spotter. Never bothered by anything until the final lap.
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Character sheet of a small palm-sized baby octopus named Otto, front view, side view and three poses (calm resting, sleepy flattened, one arm raised in a thumbs-up). Neutral warm-grey studio background. Realistic octopus shape: soft rounded mantle, eight slender curling arms, big side-set eyes that are fully solid glossy black with one soft catchlight, calmly half-lidded. No mouth, no cheeks, no eyebrows. Smooth soft satin pale grey-lilac skin with very subtle muted color variation, minimal texture, clean and dry-looking with a gentle soft sheen, small understated suction cups. Wears tiny silver-and-black Mercedes team over-ear headphones with teal accents and a tiny fitted black Mercedes team jersey. Shot on 35mm film with a 1/4 Pro-Mist diffusion filter, low micro-contrast, smooth tonal gradations, soft light, muted colors, gentle film grain. No over-sharpening, no slimy or gross textures, no cartoon look, clean simplified logos, no watermark.
Red Bull crew chief (giant octopus)
Human-sized crew chief on the pit wall. Bored, focused, then quietly proud.
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Soft cinematic creature reference sheet of a giant octopus pit crew chief, human-sized, standing upright on its thick arms, front view, side view, back view and three poses (bored leaning, focused working, gently patting a small octopus). Neutral warm-grey studio background. Realistic octopus shape scaled up: large smooth rounded mantle, big side-set eyes that are fully solid glossy black with one soft catchlight, a soft heavy fold of skin above each eye. No mouth, no eyebrows. Smooth soft satin coral-orange skin with very subtle muted color variation, minimal texture, clean and dry-looking with a gentle soft sheen, soft rounded understated suction cups. Wears a real fabric navy Red Bull Racing pit crew shirt with red and yellow accents and team headphones. Arms hold a grey microfiber towel, a wheel gun and a paper coffee cup. Shot on 35mm film with a 1/4 Pro-Mist diffusion filter, low micro-contrast, smooth tonal gradations, soft light, muted colors, gentle film grain. No over-sharpening, no slimy or gross textures, no cartoon look, clean simplified logos, no watermark.
Ferrari crew (giant octopus)
The giant crimson pit crew who celebrate one second too early.
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Soft cinematic creature reference sheet of a giant octopus pit crew member, human-sized, standing upright on thick arms, front, side and back views plus poses (working, shocked, arms thrown up). Neutral warm-grey studio. Large smooth rounded mantle, big side-set eyes fully solid glossy black with one soft catchlight, soft fold of skin above each eye, no mouth, no eyebrows. Smooth soft satin deep crimson-red skin with very subtle muted color variation, minimal texture, gentle soft sheen, soft understated suction cups. Wears a real fabric red Ferrari pit crew shirt with black accents and team headphones. Shot on 35mm film with a 1/4 Pro-Mist diffusion filter, low micro-contrast, soft light, muted colors, film grain. No slimy or gross textures, no cartoon look, clean simplified logos, no watermark.
Race marshal (pearly white octopus)
The pearly white race marshal who waves the checkered flag at the finish.
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Soft cinematic creature reference sheet of a giant octopus race marshal, human-sized, standing upright on thick arms, front, side and back views plus poses (waving a checkered flag high, pointing down the track, arms crossed waiting). Neutral warm-grey studio. Large smooth rounded mantle, big side-set eyes fully solid glossy black with one soft catchlight, soft fold of skin above each eye, no mouth, no eyebrows. Smooth soft satin pearly white skin with a faint soft pink tint in the folds, very subtle muted color variation, minimal texture, gentle realistic sheen, soft understated suction cups. Wears a real fabric orange race marshal suit top with reflective silver stripes and a utility belt fitted around its body, a black cap perched on top of its mantle and a headset over it. One long soft arm reaches out of the right sleeve to hold the flag pole. No human hands, no gloves, no human legs. Shot on 35mm film with a 1/4 Pro-Mist diffusion filter, low micro-contrast, soft light, muted colors, film grain. No slimy or gross textures, no cartoon look, clean simplified logos, no watermark.
Ferrari #16
The red #16 Ferrari Pepe rides on, locked from every angle before a single race shot.
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Suit, helmet, gloves, boots and face angles for the Ferrari driver.
No prompt needed. Download this sheet and use it directly as a reference image.Download the sheet ↓︎
Red Bull driver (#3)
Front, side, back and face angles for the Red Bull driver.
No prompt needed. Download this sheet and use it directly as a reference image.Download the sheet ↓︎
Frame by frame
SHOT 01
Aerial opener
Frame — GPT Image 2FREE
Attach
Red Bull #3 sheet
Ferrari #16 sheet
Squib sheet
Pepe sheet
Landscape 4:3. Cinematic low-altitude helicopter shot of a night Formula 1 race, camera about 15 meters high on the outside of a sweeping corner, looking down the track at a steep angle, 135mm telephoto lens with strong compressed perspective, level horizon. The track curves in a bold S-shaped diagonal from the top-right to the bottom-left of the frame. The pack streams through the corner toward the bottom-left: a glossy red Ferrari leading in the lower-left third, sharp and in focus, a matte navy Red Bull Racing car glued to its gearbox, a silver Mercedes behind, then more cars in orange, pink and red trailing up the curve into soft focus. On top of the rear wings of the Ferrari and the Red Bull sit tiny hand-sized octopi, small details only: reddish-brown with red headphones on the Ferrari, peach-orange with navy headphones and coral goggles on the Red Bull. Light haze and dust hanging over the track, floodlight beams cutting through the haze from towers on the left, each car with a bright rim light on its bodywork and a long soft shadow on the asphalt. Red-white kerbs glowing along the right edge, catch fencing and a dark grandstand full of tiny camera flashes on the left, near-black night sky at the top edge. Subtle motion blur on the asphalt and wheels. Real live-action F1 broadcast footage look, 35mm film, soft diffusion, gentle halation, deep blacks, warm highlights, muted realistic colors, film grain. Correct F1 car proportions, no text, no graphics, no lap counter, no oversized octopi, no small sponsor text, no watermark.
Animation — Kling 3, 4sFREE
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Start frame: this shot's frame
Night Formula 1 race, all cars already at full racing speed from the very first frame, about 300 km/h, no build-up. The pack streams through the curve straight TOWARD the camera and the bottom-left of the frame, noses pointing forward, driving smoothly along the racing line in a steady line. The red Ferrari leads in front and grows bigger fast as it rushes toward the bottom-left corner, the navy Red Bull glued right behind its gearbox, the silver Mercedes and the rest of the field following in order down the curve. All cars stay planted and stable on the asphalt, in the same order.
The camera is a long telephoto lens on an elevated trackside position, smoothly panning left and tilting down to follow the Ferrari as it approaches, with a subtle slow push-in. Stable framing with fine natural camera vibration.
The tiny octopi on the rear wings of the Ferrari and the Red Bull grip the wing edges tight, their small smooth arms streaming back in the wind.
Haze and dust hang over the track and swirl up behind each passing car, floodlight beams cutting through it. Wheels spin fast, subtle heat shimmer over the asphalt, motion blur streaking the track surface. The crowd in the grandstand flickers with phone lights. Photoreal live-action F1 broadcast footage, 35mm film look, soft diffusion, gentle halation, deep blacks, warm highlights, muted realistic colors, fine grain, near-black night sky.
Negative: slow start, acceleration from standstill, slow motion, cars reversing, cars moving away from camera, cars getting smaller, drifting, sliding, swerving, overtaking, cars changing order, cars colliding, warping cars, morphing wheels, cars changing shape, extra cars, oversized octopi, camera shake, jerky pan, text, cartoon motion
Overlay (GPT, transparent PNG, added in DaVinci top-left)FREE
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A clean broadcast TV graphic for a Formula 1 race, isolated on a transparent background (if transparency is not available, use a flat solid pure green #00FF00 background). Horizontal badge, wide format: on the left a red angled panel with the official F1 logo in white, on the right a dark charcoal-black angled panel with slightly slanted edges reading "FINAL LAP" in bold white italic sans-serif capital letters, a thin red accent stripe along the right edge. Sleek modern motorsport broadcast style, sharp crisp edges, subtle soft drop shadow, perfectly flat front view, centered, no perspective, no background scene, no extra text, exact spelling "FINAL LAP".
SHOT 02
Asphalt level
Frame — GPT Image 2FREE
Attach
Red Bull #3 sheet
Ferrari #16 sheet
Squib sheet
Pepe sheet
Landscape 4:3. A frame from a high-budget live-action feature film, not CGI or animation. Match the attached reference sheets exactly for every octopus, car and driver. Night Formula 1 race, camera locked just above the asphalt in the middle of the straight, 85mm lens, level horizon, looking straight up the track at the oncoming cars. Two cars race side by side toward the camera at full speed: the matte navy Red Bull #3 on the left and the glossy red Ferrari #16 on the right, the Ferrari half a car length ahead and closer to the lens, a narrow strip of dark asphalt between them. Both drivers in helmets under the black carbon halos. Further back between them, a silver-black Mercedes follows, smaller and soft.
On top of each rear wing, centered behind the airbox, sits a tiny octopus, much smaller than the driver's helmet, a small detail in the frame: on the Red Bull, a tiny octopus the size of a human hand: smooth round bulb-shaped head-mantle, big solid glossy black eyes with one soft catchlight, no mouth, smooth satin peach-orange skin, tiny navy Red Bull over-ear headphones, small coral racing goggles pushed up on his head, a fitted navy t-shirt; on the Ferrari, a tiny octopus the size of a human hand: smooth round bulb-shaped head-mantle, big solid glossy black eyes with one soft catchlight, no mouth, smooth satin deep reddish-brown skin, tiny red Ferrari headphones with a boom mic, a fitted red t-shirt. Both lean forward, arms gripping the wing edge, loose arm tips streaming back in the wind.
The asphalt in the foreground streaks with heavy motion blur, rubber dust and haze kicked up behind the cars, catch fencing on the right, tall floodlight towers glowing in soft bokeh against a near-black sky, blurred grandstand lights on both sides.
Lighting: cool floodlights from above rim-lighting the cars and octopi, warm amber bounce off the asphalt. Muted filmic grade, low saturation, deep soft blacks, teal-cool shadows, warm amber highlights. Shot on 35mm film with a 1/4 Pro-Mist diffusion filter, shallow depth of field, subtle halation, fine organic film grain, low micro-contrast, slight softness. Correct F1 car proportions. No cartoon look, no plastic or toy-like skin, no mouths on the octopi, no eye whites, no human hands on the octopi, no oversaturation, no small sponsor text, no watermark.
Animation — Kling 3, 5sFREE
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Start frame: this shot's frame
Night Formula 1 race, camera locked just above the asphalt, both cars already at full racing speed from the very first frame, about 300 km/h, no acceleration, no build-up. The navy Red Bull on the left and the red Ferrari on the right, half a car ahead, rush straight TOWARD the camera side by side, noses pointing forward, rock-solid and planted on the asphalt, no drifting, no sliding. The Mercedes follows behind between them.
0-3s: the two leaders grow bigger in the frame, holding their lanes, the Red Bull edging up to the Ferrari's sidepod. The tiny octopi on the rear wings lean forward, arms whipping back in the wind.
3-5s: both cars blast past the lens at once, the Ferrari exiting the right edge and the Red Bull the left edge in a burst of motion blur, a jolt of air shaking the camera, the Mercedes rushing in behind them.
Constant speed throughout, no slowing down. Sparks and rubber dust under the floors, heavy motion blur on the asphalt, floodlight bokeh streaking. Real live-action F1 broadcast footage, 35mm film, soft diffusion, muted realistic colors, film grain, near-black night sky.
Negative: slow start, acceleration, slowing down, braking, slow motion, static cars, cars reversing, drifting, sliding, swerving, wobbling, cars colliding, cars changing lanes, warping, morphing wheels, cars changing shape, extra cars, oversized octopi, flicker, cartoon motion
SHOT 03
Crew chief on the pit wall
Frame — GPT Image 2FREE
Attach
Red Bull crew chief sheet
Landscape 4:3. A frame from a high-budget live-action feature film, not CGI or animation. Night, a Red Bull Racing pit wall at a Formula 1 race. Over-the-shoulder medium shot from behind-left of a giant human-sized octopus crew chief seated at the pit wall console, three-quarter back view, his head turned toward a large live-race monitor on the right. He looks like a real living creature filmed on set: natural muted coral-orange skin with subtle darker tones in the folds, soft satin surface with fine natural variation and a gentle realistic sheen, pale soft suction cups, one big solid glossy black eye with a soft catchlight, a heavy soft fold of skin above it. He wears a real fabric navy Red Bull Racing crew shirt and a black team headset, one arm curled up holding the boom mic close, other arms resting heavily on the console edge. At the left edge, two race engineers in navy team shirts and headsets, focused on their screens, in soft focus.
The big monitor shows live race footage: a red Ferrari just ahead of a navy Red Bull on track, and a timing tower on the left of the screen reading LAP 56/58 with fictional driver codes VAN, MOR, OTT, KES, DRA, LUV, BEN, SOL, HAR, TAV. Below it, smaller screens with telemetry graphs and a track map, and a Red Bull water bottle on the console.
Lighting: moody low-key night lighting. The cool blue-white glow of the monitors lights the octopus's face and arms from the right, warm dim overhead pit lights from behind give a rim light on his head and shoulders, deep soft shadows elsewhere. Background: out-of-focus floodlight towers and grandstand lights melting into soft bokeh against a near-black night sky.
Color: muted filmic grade, low saturation, deep rich blacks, teal-cool shadows, warm amber highlights. Shot on 35mm film with a soft diffusion filter, shallow depth of field, subtle halation, fine organic film grain, slight softness, low micro-contrast. No cartoon look, no oversaturation, no plastic or toy-like skin, no over-sharpening, no watermark.
Animation — Kling 3, 5sFREE
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Start frame: this shot's frame
Cinematic night scene at a Formula 1 pit wall. A giant octopus crew chief with smooth satin coral-orange skin, wearing a navy Red Bull crew shirt and a black team headset, sits at the console watching a big live race monitor. On the monitor, the red Ferrari and the navy Red Bull race at full speed, 300 km/h, nose to tail, the track and grandstands on the screen streaking past in heavy motion blur. The monitor footage moves fast and continuously the whole time.
Camera: starts over the chief's shoulder, then slowly and smoothly arcs around him to the right while pushing in, ending in a tight side profile of his big eye with the glowing monitor reflected in it. A rack focus shifts from the racing cars on the screen to his eye. Subtle handheld breathing movement, cinematic and controlled.
The chief is completely still at first, then his eye slowly narrows as the soft skin fold above it lowers. One arm tip curls up and presses the headset mic closer to him. Two other arms slowly tighten around the edge of the console, suction cups gripping the metal. The engineers beside him keep working on their screens in soft focus.
His eye is a solid glossy black orb with no white and no iris, reflecting the flickering monitor light.
Lighting: cool blue-white monitor glow on his face side, warm overhead pit lights from behind, soft floodlight bokeh in the background, near-black night sky. Photoreal live-action film look, 35mm, soft diffusion, gentle halation, muted realistic colors, fine grain.
Negative: white of the eye, eye whites, iris, pupil, cartoon eyes, human eyes, static monitor, frozen screen image, slow cars on screen, warping monitor, flickering text, morphing arms, extra arms, slimy skin, fast camera shake, jerky motion, cartoon motion
Voice line (DaVinci)FREE
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Record or generate the voice, lay it over the clip
"I see... We should do something about that!"
SHOT 04
Pepe close-up
Frame — GPT Image 2FREE
Attach
Ferrari #16 sheet
Red Bull #3 sheet
Pepe sheet
Squib sheet
Landscape 4:3. A frame from a high-budget live-action feature film, not CGI or animation. Match the attached reference sheets exactly for every octopus, car and driver. Night Formula 1 race, rigid onboard camera mounted on the glossy red Ferrari #16, facing backward over its rear wing, 24mm lens, very close. The red rear wing fills the right two thirds of the frame, a large white "16" on its face, the rear tire and red bodywork soft in the lower foreground.
On the top edge of the wing, right of center, sits a tiny octopus the size of a human hand: smooth round bulb-shaped head-mantle, big solid glossy black eyes with one soft catchlight, no mouth, smooth satin deep reddish-brown skin, tiny red Ferrari headphones with a boom mic, a fitted red t-shirt. He hangs over the edge with three arms draped lazily across the top, the others tucked under him, his body turned toward the left, staring back at the car behind. Eight smooth, rounded, clearly separate arms, soft and boneless, tapering to thin tips, small pale suction cups only on the underside.
Three meters behind, on the left, the matte navy Red Bull #3 chases at full speed, its nose with the number 3 and yellow tip pointing at the camera, the driver's helmet visible under the halo, its own rear wing and a tiny peach-orange octopus far behind and soft.
Background: the floodlit straight streaming away in heavy motion blur, a row of floodlight towers in soft bokeh, blurred grandstands, near-black night sky.
Lighting: cool floodlight sliding across the glossy red wing, a warm rim light on Pepe, deep soft shadows. Muted filmic grade, low saturation, deep soft blacks, teal-cool shadows, warm amber highlights. Shot on 35mm film with a 1/4 Pro-Mist diffusion filter, shallow depth of field, subtle halation, fine organic film grain, low micro-contrast, slight softness. Correct F1 car proportions. No cartoon look, no plastic or toy-like skin, no mouths on the octopi, no eye whites, no human hands on the octopi, no oversaturation, no small sponsor text, no watermark.
Animation — Seedance 2.0 Fast, 5sFREE
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Start frame: this shot's frame
SCENE CONTEXT
Night race at 300 km/h. A tiny octopus rides the red Ferrari's rear wing, smug, while the navy Red Bull chases right behind.
ACTIVE REFERENCES
@image1: first frame (this shot's frame). Tiny palm-sized octopus, smooth satin reddish-brown skin, solid glossy black eyes, red Ferrari headphones with boom mic, red team jersey. 100% matches the reference.
LOCATION MAP
Foreground: Ferrari rear wing, octopus on top edge. Midground left: navy Red Bull 3 meters behind. Background: floodlit grandstands, pit wall, near-black sky.
FIRST FRAME / BLOCKING
Octopus on the wing's top edge, right of center, facing the Red Bull, arms gripping the edge. Red Bull fills the left third, nose toward camera.
FORMAT MODE
One continuous shot, the camera does not cut on its own.
CAMERA
Rigid onboard rig on the Ferrari, facing backward, 63°, locked to the car. Constant high-frequency vibration, 1-2 cm tremor, with sharp jolts over every bump and kerb.
ACTION
Both cars at a constant 300 km/h from the first frame. Grandstands, lights and asphalt stream away past both sides of the frame toward the background in heavy motion blur. The Red Bull holds 3 meters behind, bobbing and weaving 20 cm side to side, looking for a gap.
0-2s: octopus lounges smugly, one arm draped over the wing edge.
2-3.5s: he glances at the Red Bull and flutters one arm in a lazy "bye-bye" wave.
3.5-5s: Ferrari hits a kerb, the wing jolts, the octopus clutches the edge with four arms, then settles back, smug again.
PHYSICS
Airflow rushes from behind the camera toward the Red Bull. The octopus's loose arms stream straight back toward the Red Bull, rippling in the wind. His soft mantle is pushed back and flattened, the skin fluttering at the edges. The headphone cable and jersey hem whip in the wind. The suction cups on his gripping arms press flat against the wing. Wing and car vibrate hard at speed.
LIGHTING
Floodlights from above sweep across the wing and the octopus as the car passes each tower, sliding highlights over the glossy paint.
AUDIO
Screaming V6 engine, wind roar, kerb rattle.
STYLE
Photoreal live-action F1 onboard footage, 35mm film look, soft diffusion, muted realistic colors, fine grain, strong motion blur.
POSITIVE LOCKS
Constant full speed from frame one to the last frame. Ferrari stays locked in frame, background streams away continuously. Red Bull stays close behind, same size. Octopus stays palm-sized with smooth satin skin and solid glossy black eyes. Real-time speed.
SHOT 05
Otto chilling
Frame — GPT Image 2LOCKED
Attach
Otto sheet
Mercedes car reference (optional)
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Animation — Seedance 2.0, 4s (Blender camera move)LOCKED
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@video1: Blender animation (the moving image in this shot)
@image1: Frame 2
@image2: Frame 3
@image3: Frame 4
The grey images and the animation above are the Blender blockout: the camera path and car timing are built there first, then each key frame is turned photoreal with GPT Image 2.
[ Full creative direction and prompt details ]
[ Camera, movement, composition and lighting ]
[ The complete prompt is available in the pack ]
Make the character and car sheets first, then attach the sheets listed under each prompt every time you generate a frame. That is what keeps Squib, the crews and the cars identical from shot to shot.
Octopus faces: no mouth, no lips, smooth skin below the eyes; eyes fully solid glossy black with one soft catchlight, no white, no iris. Emotion only through tentacles, posture and skin color.
Tentacles: soft, boneless, tapering, small suction cups only underneath, each tentacle clearly belongs to one body. Give each tentacle a job (e.g. "four grip the wing, four do the acting").
Skin: smooth satin, subtle texture, gentle sheen. Avoid "wet / bumpy / glossy" or it turns plastic or caviar-like.
Look tail: "Raw live-action film look, 35mm, soft diffusion, low micro-contrast, muted colors, deep soft blacks, warm amber highlights, gentle halation, fine grain. No over-sharpening, no HDR."
Speed shots: "already at full speed from the very first frame" + negatives "slow start, slow motion, cars reversing".
Never put emotion words ("happy", "joy", "smile") on an octopus in video prompts — the model adds a mouth. Describe only body movement.
On-screen text (winner screens, CCTV overlays) is written into the still with GPT Image 2. In the video prompt, tell the model the text stays exactly the same.
Start + end frames lock continuity (pit stops, screen flips, car positions).