carnival heart awakening brings its concept to life through expressive 2D character animation and illustrated storytelling. It feels clear from start to finish.
Create and deliver a finished 15-second cinematic animated short from the uploaded illustration.
MANDATORY MODEL: Use Seedance 2.0 only — exact Seedance 2.0 reference/image-to-video model. Do not substitute another video model.
OUTPUT: exactly 15 seconds, 16:9 horizontal, 1280×720 or higher, 24fps or higher, synchronized stereo audio, one finished MP4. Remove and never reproduce the screenshot UI, rounded black frame, bottom-right expand/refresh buttons, icons, borders, or watermark. Expand the artwork naturally to a full cinematic widescreen world. No subtitles, captions, logos, or newly generated readable text.
STRICT ART-STYLE LOCK:
Preserve the uploaded illustration’s exact whimsical European storybook style: delicate imperfect black ink outlines, colored-pencil and watercolor fills, aged cream paper, visible fibers and grain, muted ochre/brown/gray with vivid crimson and dusty pink accents, quirky elongated faces, handmade theatrical architecture, dense crowd composition, and surreal folk-carnival charm. Animate it as a living hand-drawn illustration with layered 2D/2.5D paper depth. Do NOT turn it into photorealism, glossy 3D, generic anime, smooth vector animation, plastic puppets, claymation, or realistic humans.
WORLD / CHARACTER CONSISTENCY:
Keep the same crowded carnival market and its key motifs recognizable: giant moustached ringmaster peeking over the wooden fence, red circus canopy, large sleepy golden sun puppet held by the giant pale hand, wooden stairs and red theater curtain, accordion player at lower right, wizard at lower left, dense eccentric townspeople, fruit stall, white teapot character, large red heart in the crowd, and warm wooden structures. Preserve costumes, facial designs, proportions and positions sufficiently for the original world to remain identifiable. No random modern objects or new lead characters.
CONCEPT: “Carnival Heart Awakening.” At noon the enchanted carnival wakes all at once. A glowing red paper heart escapes from the crowd and races through the market, awakening every performer. The sun puppet ignites the celebration, and the entire town unfolds into a spectacular living pop-up theater. Joyful, energetic, magical and emotionally uplifting—not dark, sinister or chaotic.
15-SECOND FAST-PACED STORYBOARD:
0.0–1.8s — INSTANT HOOK: Extreme close-up on the large red heart squeezed between hands in the lower crowd. It gives one powerful beat; concentric hand-drawn red lines ripple across the paper. Camera snap-pulls backward through layers of faces as every eye turns toward it. Loose paper stars lift into the air.
1.8–4.5s — HEART RUN: The heart pops free, becomes a glowing folded-paper heart, and zips forward above the crowd along a clear curved path. Camera chases it at shoulder height through the dense market. People duck, hats spin, the accordion bellows open, fruit bounces, the white teapot character whistles steam-shaped paper curls. Strong foreground wipes and layered parallax, but keep the heart readable at center.
4.5–7.5s — CARNIVAL AWAKENS: The heart circles the red circus canopy once, leaving a crimson ribbon trail. The canopy unfolds upward like a pop-up book, wooden balconies extend, curtains fly open, and performers spring to life in synchronized waves. Camera rises in a fast spiral around the tent while the crowd claps and sways below.
7.5–11.2s — SUN IGNITION / CLIMAX BUILD: The flying heart lands at the center of the golden sun puppet held by the giant hand. Brief 0.35-second anticipation: music and movement pause, the sun opens both eyes. Then its triangular rays spin and burst outward as golden paper beams. Camera performs a fast readable 180-degree orbit while the entire carnival erupts—stairs flex like an accordion, red curtains billow, paper stars and confetti fill the bright sky.
11.2–15.0s — GRAND FINALE: The sun sends the glowing heart back down through the crowd. It lands between the two central hands and pulses once more. On that beat, the whole carnival folds outward into a vast multilayered pop-up theater: performers bow, accordion player finishes with a flourish, ringmaster raises his hat, crowd forms a giant heart shape. Camera cranes rapidly upward to reveal the complete living illustration, then settles for a clean final 0.6-second tableau under the smiling golden sun.
CAMERA / RHYTHM:
Optimized for a 15-second showcase. A clear visual escalation every 1.5–3 seconds: macro heartbeat → chase through crowd → spiral canopy reveal → sun ignition → crane-up finale. Use snap pullback, energetic tracking, foreground character wipes, controlled spiral rise, brief impact anticipation, 180-degree orbit and final crane. Maintain screen direction and spatial logic. Fast and exciting but readable. Avoid long static shots, random cuts, excessive shake, nonstop blur, floating camera, or confusing subject changes.
ANIMATION LANGUAGE:
Everything moves according to illustrated paper physics: ink lines flex but do not boil, layered cutouts pivot at believable paper joints, fabric behaves like painted paper/cloth, wooden stairs unfold along hinges, hats and fruit bounce with stylized weight, heart folds and unfolds cleanly, sun rays rotate like a handcrafted stage mechanism. Preserve visible pencil marks and paper grain throughout. No melted faces, rubber limbs, extra fingers, duplicated people, morphing architecture, disappearing objects, flickering line art, changing art style, or incoherent crowd motion.
COLOR / LIGHT:
Keep the scene bright and celebratory. Warm cream paper, honey-gold wood and sun, vivid crimson heart/curtain/canopy, dusty rose costumes, soft gray-blue background silhouettes. Add luminous golden highlights and red accents without destroying the original muted illustration palette. No dark horror grade, night, heavy shadows, muddy brown cast, neon cyberpunk color, smoke obscuring the crowd, or overexposure.
AUDIO:
Sound on, no speech and no lyrics. Energetic folk-carnival score led by accordion, hand percussion, pizzicato strings, brass accents and clapping. Synchronize heartbeats, paper flutter, wooden clicks, accordion bellows, fruit bumps, teapot whistle, canopy unfolding, curtain snap, sun-ray mechanism, crowd cheer, confetti rustle and final musical flourish. Music briefly drops at 7.5s before the sun opens its eyes, then explodes into the climax. Avoid frightening sounds, distorted laughter or generic trailer booms.
AUTONOMOUS EXECUTION:
Do not ask questions. Analyze the uploaded artwork, remove all screenshot UI, generate the complete 15-second 16:9 video using Seedance 2.0, QA style consistency, crowd readability, timing and audio, and deliver the final_video asset.
