Avalanche

How it was made

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1. 1Frame one
2. 2Same snowcat, six more stills
3. 3Edit mode: decals off
4. 4Motion + sound
5. 5The finished cut

1. 

   Step 1

   Frame one

   Luma UNI 1

   PromptCopy prompt

   Cinematic blockbuster film still, photoreal, shot on 35mm, vertical frame. A colossal powder avalanche explodes down a steep alpine mountain face and fills the upper two thirds of the frame: a towering boiling white cloud of snow with chunks of ice tumbling out of its front, about to swallow a narrow snow road cut into the slope. On the road in the lower third, one boxy bright yellow tracked snowcat with a square glass cab, black rubber tracks, a front plow blade and orange roof beacon lights races toward the camera, snow spraying from its tracks. Low angle, hard morning sun from the right raking across the powder cloud, deep blue sky at the very top edge, dark pine trees along the road. Exactly one vehicle, no people visible. Original vehicle design, no logos, no badges, no text anywhere.

   • model: max
   • aspect ratio: 9:16

   3 credits · 1 take, MAX tier at 3 credits; output 1504x2672

2. 

   Step 2

   Same snowcat, six more stills

   Luma UNI 1

   PromptCopy prompt

   Keep the exact yellow tracked snowcat from the reference (same boxy yellow body, square glass cab, black rubber tracks, orange roof beacons glowing). New shot, cinematic blockbuster film still, photoreal, vertical frame, inside a long concrete avalanche shelter gallery: the snowcat drives toward the camera down the dim concrete road tunnel, and through the open arches along the right side a massive waterfall of avalanche snow thunders down past the gallery, white powder blasting in through the arches in shafts of sunlight. Exactly one vehicle. No people, no logos, no text, no signs.

   • model: max
   • aspect ratio: 9:16
   • references: Frame one as the reference image

   18 credits · Exact prompt of shot s5 (inside the shelter); s2-s7 share the opening 'Keep the exact yellow tracked snowcat from the reference' line. 6 stills x 3 credits, 1 take each

3. 

   Step 3

   Edit mode: decals off

   Luma UNI 1

   PromptCopy prompt

   Remove the blue sticker and every small decal and badge from the yellow snowcat so its body is plain yellow paint with no stickers, no badges, no markings and no text anywhere. Keep everything else exactly the same: the snowcat's shape, the tunnel, the powder explosion, the lighting and the camera.

   • model: max
   • aspect ratio: 9:16
   • references: The first s6 still

   3 credits · Shot s6 came back with a small blue sticker on the cab, so the still went back into Luma UNI 1 as a reference with this edit instruction. 1 take, 3 credits

4. 

   Step 4

   Motion + sound

   Seedance 2.5

   PromptCopy prompt

   Inside the concrete avalanche shelter: the yellow snowcat (same exact shape and color, orange beacons flashing) drives toward the camera down the tunnel, while through the open arches on the right a massive waterfall of avalanche snow thunders down past the gallery, churning white powder blasting in through the arches and swirling across the road in shafts of sunlight. The concrete arches keep their exact shape. Exactly one vehicle. Camera slowly backs away. Sound effects only, no music, no speech: thundering snow, rushing wind, echoing engine and tracks.

   • resolution: 1080p
   • aspect ratio: 9:16
   • duration: 5
   • thinking: on
   • generate audio: on

   640 credits · Exact prompt of shot c5 (inside the shelter). 8 takes x 80 credits (16 credits/s at 1080p); the tunnel-approach shot was taken twice

5. 

   Step 5

   The finished cut