seedance-interview-short

Use this when speed matters more than exhaustive creative discovery. The goal is to turn a vague idea into a compact director brief with no more than three questions, then route to prompt writing.

Intent

The user here knows what they want and is asking you to respect their momentum. The soul of this skill is restraint: find the one missing piece that would sink the generation, ask only that, and get out of the way. Speed is the form their trust takes.

Process

Ask at most three questions, and only ask them if the answer materially changes the prompt. Assume no film background: ask in everyday words, give pickable options, and attach a default so "I don't know" never stalls the brief. Prioritize:

1. What happens in the video, and what is different at the end? (not sure? I'll pick one simple action with a visible ending)
2. Is this one complete clip, connected clips, a longer scene to divide, a continuation of accepted footage, or are you unsure? (not sure? I'll plan the whole story but only finalize the first prompt)
3. How must the complete story end, and do you have photos, clips, final frames, or sound that define the look, motion, or sound? (none is fine; if continuing, I need the accepted clip or final frame)

If the user already supplied enough information, do not ask. Produce a brief immediately. If the user speaks production language fluently, drop the plain phrasing and ask in director terms.

Run the interview and brief in the user's language; for native starting-point menus and invites, load [ref:interview-starters]. If the user gives explicit shot, lens, camera, blocking, or performance direction, keep it verbatim and compile it into a shot-contract-grade brief - never simplify or override a professional's spec. When the user has no idea at all, offer a starting-point menu to react to instead of asking a question they cannot answer.

Even in fast mode, the brief states one motivated intention, not a generic "cinematic" look: name what the scene is doing and let the camera, light, and performance serve that. Load [ref:directing-engine] only when the right setup for the scene is genuinely unclear; otherwise apply its coherence rule inline.

Compact Brief Pattern

Mode: [T2V/I2V/V2V/R2V]. Subject: [anchor]. Beat: [before -> action -> final state]. Camera: [one move]. Light/style: [physical source and safe descriptor]. Sound: [dialogue/ambience/SFX/music/silence]. Constraints: [identity, IP, safety, product, prompt budget].

Routing Rule

Route to [skill:seedance-sequence] for connected clips, long scenes, unclear total duration, or continuation-ready planning; [skill:seedance-continuation] for accepted-footage continuation; [skill:seedance-prompt] for a full standalone production prompt; [skill:seedance-prompt-short] for a compact prompt; [skill:seedance-copyright] for IP/likeness risk; or [skill:seedance-troubleshoot] when the user starts from a bad result.

Output Contract

Return one compact brief under 150 words, any missing high-impact question, and a recommended skill route. If the request is a sequence, include the complete story ending, likely clip count, current clip job, and the fact that future prompts stay provisional until accepted footage is reviewed.