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Filmmaking template

One take, three shots

Each shot opens on the last frame of the one before, so a paper boat’s journey plays as one unbroken take.

4 stages · 7 cards · 5 finished samples

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Opening it is free. Nothing is charged until you press Run on a card.

Made with this template · Seedance 2.0 · 5s · 720p

What it makes

Every card arrives already run.

These are the outputs the board ships with, each made from the prompt on its card. Run any card again and it makes a new take from the same wires.

  • Clip from the One take, three shots template: Low tracking shot at water level: a small paper boat folded from newspaper rides the rushing, rain-filled gutter of a cobbled street at dusk, streetlights smeared in the water. The camera glides beside it at its speed. One continuous move, no cuts, no text.

    Video · Seedance 2.0 · 5s · 720p

    Low tracking shot at water level: a small paper boat folded from newspaper rides the rushing, rain-filled gutter of a cobbled street at dusk, streetlights smeared in the water. The camera glides beside it at its speed. One continuous move, no cuts, no text.

  • Still from the One take, three shots template

    Image · Nano Banana · Still

  • Clip from the One take, three shots template: The same paper boat tips over the edge of a drain grate and drops into the dark with the water, falling into an echoing brick tunnel lit by shafts of light from above. The camera follows it down. One continuous move, no cuts, no text.

    Video · Seedance 2.0 · 5s · 720p

    The same paper boat tips over the edge of a drain grate and drops into the dark with the water, falling into an echoing brick tunnel lit by shafts of light from above. The camera follows it down. One continuous move, no cuts, no text.

  • Still from the One take, three shots template

    Image · Nano Banana · Still

  • Clip from the One take, three shots template: The same paper boat sails out of the tunnel mouth onto a wide, calm sea at dawn, the sky turning gold; the camera rises slowly as it drifts away. One continuous move, no cuts, no text.

    Video · Seedance 2.0 · 5s · 720p

    The same paper boat sails out of the tunnel mouth onto a wide, calm sea at dawn, the sky turning gold; the camera rises slowly as it drifts away. One continuous move, no cuts, no text.

The stages

How the board runs.

  1. 01

    Shot 1

    Start here: the first shot, written as one continuous camera move. Every shot after it opens where this one ends.

  2. 02

    Next shot

    Next shot: the last frame of shot 1, taken free, and the clip that opens on it. The boat, the light and the water carry straight across the cut. To go on, right-click any clip and choose Next shot.

  3. 03

    Next shot

    The same again from shot 2’s last frame: the tunnel opens onto the sea.

  4. 04

    One take

    The finish plays the three shots in the order they are wired, with the title over the opening.

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