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Oct 27, 2026

Ice Out

Eight 4K stills to a frozen-lake chase

A racing iceboat outruns a frozen lake that is breaking apart under it. Every shot started as a native 4K 9:16 still from WAN 2.7 Pro, then Seedance 2.5 animated each one at 1080p with its own sound effects. Original score from Seed Audio.

WAN 2.7 Pro (WAN 2.7 Image)Seedance 2.5

About 654.4 credits in all.

Ice Out, the finished videoMade in Pixel Dojo
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How it was made

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  1. 1Frame one
  2. 2All eight frames
  3. 3Motion + sound
  4. 4The finished cut
  1. Step 1: Frame one

    Step 1

    Frame one

    Prompt
    Vertical cinematic action frame, low wide angle on a 24mm lens at ice level: a single sleek racing iceboat with one tall crimson sail and a slim white hull on three steel runner blades rockets straight toward camera across a vast frozen lake, a jagged black crack rips through the ice right beside it and dark water bursts up through the fracture in white spray, chunks of ice flying, snow dust streaming off the runners, low winter sun rim-lighting the sail, deep blue sky, distant pine-covered shore, one pilot hidden low in the cockpit in a red helmet and dark goggles with a fully covered face, big-budget disaster movie still, 35mm film look, razor sharp detail. Exactly one iceboat. Original design, no logos, no text, no numbers.
    • size: 2160*3840
    • thinking mode: on

    1.5 credits · 1 take used. 1.5 credits per image.

  2. Step 2: All eight frames

    Step 2

    All eight frames

    Prompt
    Vertical cinematic stunt frame, low angle from the ice looking up: a racing iceboat with one tall crimson sail and a slim white hull fully airborne, launched off the top edge of a tilted slab of thick blue-white lake ice, its three steel runners clear of the ice, ice shards and water spray hanging in the air below it, low winter sun flaring behind the sail, deep blue sky, big-budget disaster movie still, 35mm film look, razor sharp detail. Exactly one iceboat, pilot hidden low in the cockpit in a red helmet. Original design, no logos, no text, no numbers.
    • size: 2160*3840
    • thinking mode: on

    10.5 credits · Exact prompt of shot 5 (the jump); the other seven shots follow the same pattern (framing and lens, the action, the light, 'exactly one iceboat', no text). 7 more stills x 1.5 credits.

  3. Step 3: Motion + sound

    Step 3

    Motion + sound

    Prompt
    Slow-motion stunt: the iceboat in the image (same crimson sail and white hull, one pilot) flies through the air off the edge of the tilted ice slab in a smooth arc, ice shards and water spray falling away below, sun flaring behind the sail, the camera tilts up to follow it. The boat keeps its exact shape. Sound effects only, no music, no speech: whoosh of wind, splashing water, ice cracking.
    • resolution: 1080p
    • duration: 5
    • aspect ratio: 9:16
    • thinking: on
    • generate audio: on
    • image: the WAN 2.7 Pro still for that shot

    640 credits · Exact prompt of shot 5; 8 clips x 5 s x 16 credits/s at 1080p, 1 take each.

  4. Step 4: The finished cut

    Step 4

    The finished cut

Music

Prompt
Original instrumental cinematic action trailer cue, 24 seconds, pounding taiko and orchestral drums, low brass hits, icy string ostinato, rising tension, big hit at 2 seconds, triumphant swell, soft fade ending. No vocals.

Putting it together

  1. Trimmed each clip to its best 1.7 to 3.2 s (8 shots, 17.9 s body)
  2. Three supers: the WAN 2.7 Pro claim, '8 frames', 'Seedance 2.5'
  3. 0.6 s fade into a 3.5 s Pixel Dojo end card
  4. Seedance sound effects at 0.7 under the Seed Audio score, limiter, peaks -1.7 dB

Total: about 654.4 credits

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