THE NIGHT REEL

The Style Block

Append this to every prompt in this document (the prompts below already include it, but keep it handy for your own experiments).

Character Sheets — the cast references

Generated tonight from the in-game portraits: full body plus close-up on a flat ground, made for the reference slot. Upload all four to your Higgsfield library once; attach the right student to every shot they appear in. Full-resolution files are in the chat.

The Intro — Night Falls on the School

Three 20-second shots that cut together into the opening: the school turns hostile, the club walks in anyway. Generate each separately; the edit is shot 1 → 2 → 3 with the first bell landing on the cut to gameplay.

SHOT 1 — The Gates at 9 PM

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Establishing dread. The daylight world clocks out; something else clocks in.

A Japanese high school front gate at night, wrought iron bars and stone pillars, empty street, a single sodium street lamp flickering warm orange against deep blue darkness, wind moves fallen papers across the asphalt, the school building looms behind the gate with every window dark except one on the top floor glowing faintly, the camera pushes in slowly and continuously toward the gate for the entire 20 seconds, one unbroken cinematic dolly-in, no cuts, no camera shake, mist creeping low along the ground, painterly dark-fantasy anime film still, cel-shaded with soft painterly shadows, neon-noir night palette of deep blue and slate with one warm light source, subtle film grain, cinematic anime composition, high detail, no text, no captions, no watermark, no logos

Edit note: hold the first 12s under the opening VO/music; the flicker gives you a natural cut point.

SHOT 2 — The Club Walks In

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The hero walk. Four silhouettes cross the empty schoolyard, each trailing their color.

Four teenage exorcist students walking side by side across an empty dark schoolyard at night toward the camera, seen from a low locked-off angle, a boy in a red blazer with bandaged fists trailing red flame smoke, a girl with a black bob holding a glowing cyan needle with silk thread drifting behind her, a tired boy in a violet-trimmed dark uniform with a small violet void orb floating at his shoulder, a grinning girl with platinum twin-tails fanning glowing golden paper talismans, their long shadows stretch toward camera under a single tall floodlight behind them, slow confident walk, wind in their uniforms, painterly dark-fantasy anime film still, cel-shaded characters with soft painterly shadows, neon-noir night palette of deep blue and slate with one warm light source, subtle film grain, cinematic anime composition, high detail, no text, no captions, no watermark, no logos

Reference: use ensemble-walk.png from the kit as the start frame — all four are already in it, so Seedance only has to animate the walk. Solo walk-ins per student (sheet as reference) remain a great alternate cut.

SHOT 3 — First Toll

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The bell tower against the moon; the toll that starts the night shift.

A school clock tower and rooftop bell against a huge pale full moon at night, clouds drift slowly across the moon, the bell begins to swing and toll, each toll releases a faint visible ripple of dark energy across the sky, crows scatter from the roofline in silhouette, dramatic low angle, the camera pushes in slowly and continuously toward the bell tower and the moon for the entire 20 seconds, one unbroken cinematic dolly-in, no cuts, no camera shake, deep blue night with the moon as the single cold light source and one warm window glowing in the tower, painterly dark-fantasy anime film still, cel-shaded with soft painterly shadows, subtle film grain, cinematic anime composition, high detail, no text, no captions, no watermark, no logos

Edit note: the energy ripple is your match-cut into gameplay — cut on toll three.

Stage Mood Pieces — one per campus

Twenty-second level bumpers, one per playable stage. One continuous cinematic push-in each — stage-select bumpers, night-start stingers, or B-roll in the ads. Each has a painted start frame in the kit (places/) — start from it and the campus stays one place across the whole film.

THE YARD

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An empty night schoolyard with a basketball court, blue-grey asphalt with white court lines, chain-link fences, a few planters and a graffiti tag on the ground, a single tall sodium floodlight pouring one warm cone of light onto the court while everything else sits in deep blue darkness, loose exam papers blow slowly across the court in the wind, moths circle the floodlight, wide shot, the camera pushes in slowly and continuously toward the floodlight cone at center court for the entire 20 seconds, one unbroken cinematic dolly-in, no cuts, no camera shake, gentle ambient motion only, painterly dark-fantasy anime film still, cel-shaded with soft painterly shadows, neon-noir night palette, subtle film grain, cinematic anime composition, no text, no captions, no watermark, no logos

THE GYM

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An empty school gymnasium at night, polished honey-wood floor with painted court lines reflecting faint light, folded bleachers in shadow, championship banners hanging dark and unreadable in the rafters, one caged wall lamp buzzing warm orange near the double doors, a basketball rolls slowly across the floor by itself and comes to rest, dust motes drift through the lamp light, wide shot from the corner, the camera pushes in slowly and continuously toward center court for the entire 20 seconds, one unbroken cinematic dolly-in, no cuts, no camera shake, painterly dark-fantasy anime film still, cel-shaded with soft painterly shadows, neon-noir night palette, subtle film grain, cinematic anime composition, no text, no captions, no watermark, no logos

No-text guard: the banners stay in shadow and unreadable — if a generation renders readable lettering, discard it.

THE SECOND FLOOR

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A long dark school corridor at night lined with steel lockers, moonlight falls through tall windows in slanted pale blue panels across the linoleum floor, one fluorescent ceiling light far down the hall flickers erratically, a locker door at the far end slowly creaks open by itself into darkness, papers settle on the floor, the camera creeps forward down the center of the hall in one slow continuous unbroken dolly-in toward the flickering light for the entire 20 seconds, no cuts, no camera shake, painterly dark-fantasy anime film still, cel-shaded with soft painterly shadows, neon-noir night palette, subtle film grain, cinematic anime composition, no text, no captions, no watermark, no logos

THE ROOF

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A school rooftop at night, chain-link safety fence around the edge, rooftop machinery and a water tank in silhouette, the city skyline glitters far below under a huge sky, laundry-line of forgotten gym shirts swaying in the strong wind, one red aircraft warning lamp blinking slow and warm on a distant antenna, clouds race across the moon casting moving shadows over the rooftop, wide shot, the camera pushes in slowly and continuously toward the roof edge and the glittering skyline beyond for the entire 20 seconds, one unbroken cinematic dolly-in, no cuts, no camera shake, painterly dark-fantasy anime film still, cel-shaded with soft painterly shadows, neon-noir night palette, subtle film grain, cinematic anime composition, no text, no captions, no watermark, no logos

THE POOL

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An outdoor school swimming pool at night, still dark water reflecting the moon like black glass, white lane ropes and starting blocks, a diving board casting a long shadow, underwater pool lights glow faint warm gold making the water luminous from below, gentle ripples spread from the center of the pool as if something moved beneath, steam rises off the surface, wide shot from the pool deck, the camera pushes in slowly and continuously toward the moon's reflection on the black water for the entire 20 seconds, one unbroken cinematic dolly-in, no cuts, no camera shake, painterly dark-fantasy anime film still, cel-shaded with soft painterly shadows, neon-noir night palette, subtle film grain, cinematic anime composition, no text, no captions, no watermark, no logos

Student Spotlights — technique showcases

One clip per student: character in their element, technique building to a release. Attach the matching sheet as reference every time. These are the backbone of the character-select flourishes and the ads.

REN — Knuckle & Flame

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A fierce teenage boy exorcist with spiky dark red hair and a red school blazer stands alone on a night basketball court under one floodlight, he slowly raises his fists as the white cloth bandages around them ignite with curling red flame smoke, his red eyes catch the light as he settles into a fighting stance, embers spiral around him, wind whips his blazer, the camera pushes in slowly and continuously for the entire 20 seconds, one unbroken dolly-in from medium shot to close on the burning fists then up to his eyes, no cuts, no camera shake, painterly dark-fantasy anime film still, cel-shaded characters with soft painterly shadows, neon-noir night palette of deep blue with red flame as the warm source, subtle film grain, cinematic anime composition, no text, no captions, no watermark, no logos

YUI — Silk Cathedral

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A calm teenage girl exorcist with a black bob haircut stands in a dark school corridor in moonlight, she lifts one gloved hand holding a long glowing cyan needle, luminous silk threads unspool from her fingers and weave outward in slow geometric patterns filling the corridor like a glowing cathedral of thread, the threads shimmer and tighten, her expression stays perfectly serene, the camera pushes in slowly and continuously toward her serene face as the silk cathedral weaves itself around her for the entire 20 seconds, one unbroken cinematic dolly-in, no cuts, no camera shake, painterly dark-fantasy anime film still, cel-shaded characters with soft painterly shadows, neon-noir night palette of deep blue with cyan thread light, subtle film grain, cinematic anime composition, no text, no captions, no watermark, no logos

KAITO — Blackout Grid

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A tired lanky teenage boy exorcist with messy violet hair stands slouched on a school rooftop at night, hands in pockets, a small crackling violet void orb hovers at his shoulder, he sighs and looks up as the orb suddenly expands and violet lightning arcs down around him in a perfect grid of bolts striking the rooftop, his hair and jacket blow upward from the shockwave while he stays completely unbothered, medium shot, the camera pushes in slowly and continuously toward his tired eyes as the grid ignites for the entire 20 seconds, one unbroken cinematic dolly-in, no cuts, no camera shake, painterly dark-fantasy anime film still, cel-shaded characters with soft painterly shadows, neon-noir night palette of deep blue with violet lightning, subtle film grain, cinematic anime composition, no text, no captions, no watermark, no logos

SORA — Paper Storm

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A mischievous teenage girl exorcist with platinum twin-tails and yellow ribbons stands at the edge of a night swimming pool, she grins showing a small fang and flicks her wrist, a fan of glowing golden paper talismans leaps from her hand and multiplies into hundreds of charms spiraling around her in a storm of golden paper reflected in the dark water, she takes a playful bow as the storm orbits her, the camera pushes in slowly and continuously toward her grin for the entire 20 seconds, one unbroken cinematic dolly-in, no cuts, no camera shake, painterly dark-fantasy anime film still, cel-shaded characters with soft painterly shadows, neon-noir night palette of deep blue with golden charm light, subtle film grain, cinematic anime composition, no text, no captions, no watermark, no logos

Cut-Scene Moments

Story beats for between-night interstitials and the ads' emotional peaks.

BOSS ARRIVAL — The Janitor

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You already have the 9 boss splash loops; this is the full-scene version for ads. Use the janitor splash art as start frame.

A hulking cursed school janitor in a grey hooded coverall and flat cap stands at the far end of a dark school corridor, his single amber eye glowing under the cap, he drags a gnarled mop whose ragged head smolders with embers, a ring of ghostly keys sways at his belt, he begins a slow heavy walk toward camera as the fluorescent lights die one by one above him, each dying light makes his eye glow brighter, smoke curls off his shoulders, locked-off corridor shot, painterly dark-fantasy anime film still, cel-shaded with soft painterly shadows, neon-noir night palette with amber ember light, subtle film grain, cinematic anime composition, no text, no captions, no watermark, no logos

FIRST BELL — Dawn Survival

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The win condition as a feeling: you made it to 6 AM.

A teenage exorcist student stands exhausted in a wrecked night schoolyard as the sky behind the school building shifts from deep blue to warm gold sunrise, the first rays of dawn sweep across the asphalt and burn away drifting dark mist, the student lowers their guard and exhales as golden light washes over their face, papers and dust settle peacefully, a school bell swings once in the distance tower, the camera pushes in slowly and continuously toward the student silhouetted against the sunrise for the entire 20 seconds, one unbroken cinematic dolly-in, no cuts, no camera shake, painterly dark-fantasy anime film still, cel-shaded characters with soft painterly shadows, palette shifting from deep blue night to warm gold dawn, subtle film grain, cinematic anime composition, no text, no captions, no watermark, no logos

Variant: run once per student for four character-specific endings.

The 30-Second Store Ad

Cut plan. Sources are the clips above plus captured gameplay (I can record clean gameplay off the deployed build whenever you want it). All titles, wordmark, and store CTA are comped in post, so this board survives the rename.

Rhythm: cinematics carry shots 1–2, then strict alternation — every fantasy beat pays off with a real gameplay beat. Store reviewers and players both punish ads that never show the game.

The 60-Second Cut

The 30s ad with room to breathe: cold open, all four students, two bosses, one full domain moment.

Club Walk-Ins — 15 lineups

The game now plays your current lineup's walk-in at the start of every night — and each Seedance clip you make here goes STRAIGHT INTO THE GAME (send me the mp4s named by their key, I bake them in). One shared animation prompt, fifteen start frames. Priority order: the 4 solos, then the 6 duos, then the full squad, then trios.