AI filmmaking is insane!
House of the Dragon reportedly costs $20 million per episode.
Now you can create Hollywood-level dragon shots from your bedroom with Seedance.
My workflow:
1. Make a start frame in Midjourney
2. Block-out in Blender, animate the camera
3. Feed both to Seedance
You can build a whole cinematic universe from a handful of blocks.
Seedance 2.0 is insane.
Blender previs is having a moment in AI filmmaking for a reason.
I wanted to see how far I could push the workflow beyond a simple camera move in an ambush scene.
The workflow:
1. Make a start image in Midjourney
2. Block it out in Blender, animate the camera
3. Feed both to Seedance
The more I test this pipeline, the more convinced I am that hybrid pipelines are the future. The conversation is moving fast but previs is one of the clearest unlocks so far.
Seedance still isn't perfect at matching the reference but it's close.
You can experiment with staging, timing, and camera movement before you ever touch the video model.
Solve the scene before you generate the shot.
Ok, this is absurd.
You can choreograph a complex action scene in Blender with basic shapes, then let Seedance make it real.
You need to try this AI filmmaking workflow:
1. Generate a start frame in Midjourney
2. Block out the action in Blender
3. Feed both to Seedance
My Blender reference was just rough timing, camera shake, and spatial choreography, and Seedance tracked the speed, motion, and action way better than I expected.
This is the difference between describing a shot and directing one.
This is getting ridiculous.
You need to try this AI filmmaking workflow.
My Blender reference is embarrassingly simple. You can drive a precise multi-character shot with nothing but basic shapes.
1. Generate a start frame in Midjourney
2. Block out the scene in Blender with boxes, animate the camera
3. Feed both to Seedance
This feels like a real unlock. Your 3D reference doesn't need to look good.
I'm blown away.
This AI filmmaking workflow for precise camera control, multiple characters, and dialogue is insane:
1. Generate a start frame in Midjourney
2. Match the poses in Blender, animate the camera
3. Feed both to Seedance
I didn't think this would work. Two consistent characters, solid performances, the move tracked perfectly through the entire beat.
Even the soup looks great.