Workflow · Realistic
Drama scene
A short dramatized scene, shot like a streaming drama: real-looking people talk it out and your product turns it.
Shots with their own sound, on SeedanceVertical, for Reels, TikTok and Shorts
Examples
Each one made with this workflow, from the brief under it. The brands are made up for this guide.
The brief it was made from
A dramatized scene shot like a streaming drama: Ray, a gruff father in his late fifties with a grey beard and a flannel shirt, and his daughter Nina, twenty-four, dark curly hair and a denim jacket, at a diner booth by a rainy window at night. Nina is struggling with her first shared apartment: three roommates, a stack of crumpled utility bills and a group chat full of who-owes-what arguments, and she is quietly covering the gap herself. Ray notices her picking at her fries and pushes until she admits it. The turn comes when Nina opens Tallyhome on her phone and Ray watches it split every bill four ways the moment it lands and nudge each roommate to pay their share; the chat goes quiet and she finally eats. It ends on Ray sliding the check over to her with a grin and the line: split it with Tallyhome. Understated, believable performances, eyelines to each other, a new shot every 2 to 3 seconds.
The brief it was made from
A dramatized scene shot like a streaming drama: Denise, a calm night-shift nurse in her late forties with short grey hair and navy scrubs, and Priya, a new nurse of twenty-six with a dark braid and teal scrubs, in a hospital break room at 7am, blinds half open on a grey sunrise, vending machine humming. Priya is struggling to sleep after her shifts: the daylight comes through her curtains and she lies awake until noon, and it shows in her red eyes and the third coffee in her hand. Denise notices her staring at nothing and pushes until she admits it. The turn comes when Denise pulls a Driftly out of her locker, a soft contoured blackout sleep mask in charcoal with thin speakers in the band that play low rain, and puts it in Priya's hands; Priya tries it on and the room goes dark and quiet for her. It ends on Denise taking the coffee out of her hand with a smile and the line: sleep through the sunrise with Driftly. Understated, believable performances, eyelines to each other, a new shot every 2 to 3 seconds.
The brief it was made from
A dramatized scene shot like a streaming drama: Dev, a nineteen-year-old young man, lanky with a buzz cut and a grey hoodie, and his mother Angela, mid-forties, braids pulled back and a work lanyard still on, in the front seats of an old silver hatchback in a driving-test centre car park on an overcast afternoon. Dev has just failed his driving test on the parallel park and grips the wheel, refusing to look at her, sure he will never pass. Angela notices his jaw set and pushes until he admits he has no idea how close he is to the kerb. The turn comes when she pulls a Parkpal out of the glovebox, a small round stick-on parking sensor with a soft green light, presses it onto the rear bumper, and they watch it chime faster and glow amber, then red, as he backs into a space between two cones, stopping a hand's width away. It ends on Dev finally grinning at her and Angela's line: practise with Parkpal before your retest. Dev is an adult man of nineteen throughout: describe him and his voice as a young man, never as a boy or a teenager. Understated, believable performances, eyelines to each other, a new shot every 2 to 3 seconds.
What you bring
- Who is in the scene (your cast, or describe them)
- Where it happens
- The moment your product changes things
What make.ad does
- 1Plans the scene shot by shot: wide, close-ups, over-the-shoulders, reactions and inserts, a new shot every 2 to 3 seconds
- 2Draws each person as a four-view character sheet, the place as a lit, empty set, and uses your product photo as it is
- 3Shows you the opening and closing frame of every clip before any clip is paid for
- 4Renders clips of about 15 seconds with the actors speaking their lines in their own voices
- 5Joins the clips into one vertical ad
It stops for you to approve each step before the next is paid for.
Start from this brief
Replace each part in brackets with your own product, audience and details.
A dramatized scene shot like a streaming drama: [TWO OR THREE PEOPLE, THEIR AGES, LOOKS AND HOW THEY KNOW EACH OTHER] at [A REAL PLACE, LIKE A DINER BOOTH BY A RAINY WINDOW]. One of them is struggling with [THE PROBLEM]; the other notices and pushes; the turn comes when [PRODUCT] comes out and [WHAT IT DOES FOR THEM]; it ends on [THE CLOSING LINE OR WHAT TO DO NEXT]. Understated, believable performances, eyelines to each other, a new shot every 2 to 3 seconds.
Save your brand with its product photo so the label holds in every shot. 30 seconds is two clips of about 15 seconds each. Through the MCP, quote_film and create_film take workflow "drama" with format "ad", which is what writes it to these rules.
Make one from Claude
Connect make.ad to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor once, then ask for it in your own words. Your AI fills in the brief with you, quotes the credits, and stops at every review.
“Make a cinematic drama ad for my product with make.ad”
In Claude, it is also drama_scene in the + menu, under make.ad.