Seedance 2.0

Steaming hot spring at a snowy mountain inn prompt

A cosy winter shot for Seedance 2.0: a steaming outdoor pool beside a wooden inn, snow falling at blue hour, and one small event, a clump of snow slipping off a branch into the water. It suits a travel trailer, a slow channel intro, a calm background for a playlist, or a winter campaign that needs warmth without people. The single splash gives the clip a moment to cut on, so it edits well against music.

Seedance 2.0

An outdoor hot spring pool of teal water ringed by dark rocks capped with snow, a stone lantern glowing at each side, a two-storey wooden mountain inn behind it with snowy roofs and warm lit windows, tall pines heavy with snow, a mountain slope fading into blue twilight. Shot 1: wide, slow push-in toward the pool as thick white steam curls off the water and large soft snowflakes fall evenly. Shot 2: the push-in continues; a small clump of snow slides off a pine branch above the pool and drops into the water near the centre, making a small splash and rings that spread and fade. Setting and light: deep blue hour, the lanterns and windows are the only warm light and glow steadily. Style: cinematic, quiet and cosy, rich blues and amber, soft film grain. Sound: bubbling water, one soft splash, the hush of falling snow. Duration: 5 seconds.

Cinematic video16:9, 5 secClip made with Seedance 2.0

Adapted from a prompt by f on prompts.chat (CC0-1.0), rewritten as a template by us.

More inspiration

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What each part of the prompt does

A scheduled event: Most calm landscape clips have nothing happen, so viewers scroll on. Putting one small, physical event in Shot 2 gives the five seconds a beginning and an end without breaking the mood.
Warm against blue: Lanterns and windows described as "the only warm light" keep the twilight blue and make the inn feel inviting. Telling them to glow steadily stops the candle flicker models often add to any lantern.
Steam that curls: "Thick" and "curls" give the steam body and slow motion. Thin steam vanishes against snow, and fast steam looks like smoke from a fire.
Snow falls evenly: Even snowfall reads as calm. Without that word the model may add gusts or blizzard streaks that fight the slow camera move.

Variations to try

Same idea, one thing changed. These have no clip yet.

Night with stars
An outdoor hot spring pool of teal water ringed by snow-capped dark rocks, stone lanterns glowing at each side, a wooden mountain inn behind it, snowy pines, a clear night sky full of stars. Shot 1: wide, slow push-in as steam rises off the pool into the cold air. Shot 2: the camera tilts up slowly from the steam to the stars over the ridge. Setting and light: deep night, warm lanterns, the snow lit faintly by starlight. Style: cinematic, quiet, rich blues and amber. Sound: bubbling water, total stillness. Duration: 5 seconds.
Vertical close-up
The edge of an outdoor hot spring pool, teal water, dark rocks capped with snow, a small stone lantern glowing beside it. Shot 1: close shot at water level, steam curling across the frame, large snowflakes melting as they touch the water. Shot 2: the camera rises slowly to reveal the lit windows of a wooden inn behind the steam. Setting and light: blue hour, warm lantern glow. Style: cinematic, cosy, soft film grain. Sound: bubbling water, falling snow. Duration: 5 seconds, vertical 9:16.

If the result isn't right

If the snow clump never falls, move it into its own sentence at the start of Shot 2; events buried at the end of a long line are often skipped.
A swimmer or a figure in the pool tends to appear when the scene feels empty. Add "no people in the pool" if one shows up.
Steam can wash out the inn. Ask for "steam thinner near the inn, windows clearly visible" when the background disappears into white.
Use the variation with stars when the clip will sit under white titles; the darker sky gives text more contrast than the blue hour version.