Prime Time: Mummy Day

How it was made

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1. 1What went in: Character Studio refs
2. 2The still (one per shot)
3. 3Motion + native sound
4. 4The finished cut

1. 

   Step 1

   What went in: Character Studio refs

   Brian, Pamela and Circe, all saved in Character Studio. Cast stills use their photos as references. Mummy-only stills use none.

2. 

   Step 2

   The still (one per shot)

   Seedream 5

   PromptCopy prompt

   Medium-wide low-angle shot on the covered wooden boardwalk of a sun-bleached desert ghost town main street at golden hour, clear sky space above their heads. Three heroes stand side by side in three-quarter view, all looking up and to the right at something enormous off frame: the bald man with a shaved head and salt-and-pepper goatee from images 1, 2 and 3 (same face), a thin natural wooden toothpick in the corner of his mouth, wearing a plain solid mustard-yellow nylon jacket with no stripes and no white trim anywhere, a black tee, stonewashed jeans and white high-top sneakers; the woman with big teased side-swept dark brown hair from images 4, 5 and 6 (same face), in an emerald-green satin padded-shoulder jumpsuit with a wide black belt with a gold buckle and chunky gold geometric earrings, holding binoculars; and their adult female German Shepherd from image 7, black-and-tan saddle coat, black muzzle mask, tall upright ears, faded teal bandana with a thin orange stripe, sitting alert beside them looking up. Exactly two people and one dog. Each person has exactly two arms and two hands. A huge puffy cream-white vinyl bandage-wrapped inflatable arm and a giant shadow loom over the street behind them, tumbleweeds blowing past, dust in the air. Weathered wooden false-front buildings, red mesas. Shot like a 1980s prime-time action TV series, high production value: 35mm film, warm sun-bleached golden grade, soft highlight halation, light film grain, slightly lifted blacks, heroic low angle. No signs, no lettering anywhere. Original design only. No logos, no brand designs.

   • shape: 9:16
   • size: 1440x2560
   • references: Brian 3 real photos, Pamela 3 real photos, Circe front (7 Character Studio photos)

   25 credits · Exact prompt of the cast still. 10 stills at 2.5 credits each. The last shot was redone once to wrap the mummy's head.

3. 

   Step 3

   Motion + native sound

   Seedance 2.5

   PromptCopy prompt

   The giant inflatable cartoon mummy in the image (same design: glossy cream-white vinyl wrapped in puffy bandage strips, two big round goofy cartoon eyes peeking through its head wraps) hugs the wooden water tower and shakes it side to side, its big round head bobbing and wobbling like a balloon, and water sloshes out over the top of the tank in big sparkling sheets that splash down onto the street. The tower sways and creaks but stays standing, tumbleweeds roll below, clouds drift across the blue sky. Low camera, slow push in. It keeps its exact shape, exactly one mummy and one water tower, and squashes and bounces like vinyl. No people. Sound: squeaky vinyl rubbing, wooden creaking, heavy water sloshing and splashing, desert wind; sound effects only, no music, no speech.

   • resolution: 1080p
   • shape: 9:16
   • length: 5 s
   • sound: on

   720 credits · Exact prompt of the water-tower shot. 9 clips at 80 credits each, one take per shot.

4. 

   Step 4

   The finished cut

   Best 2 to 3.6 s of each clip, cut hard to the score, two supers and the Pixel Dojo end card.