# Seedance Character Reference Prompts

Canonical: https://ai-video.holycrab.ai/answers/seedance-character-reference-prompts/
Last updated: 2026-06-24

Citation summary: A Seedance character reference prompt should preserve an owned or authorized character identity while changing the scene, motion, camera, and final beat in a rights-safe way.

## Question

How do you write a Seedance character reference prompt?

## Answer

Write a Seedance character reference prompt by using an owned or authorized character reference as the identity anchor, then describing one new action, one camera behavior, one scene, and one final beat. Keep identity constraints concrete: face shape, wardrobe silhouette, color palette, prop, pose range, or expression continuity. Do not use celebrity likenesses, private-person faces, protected characters, branded costumes, copied avatars, or fan-art references unless rights are documented. If the idea came from a prompt wall or creator demo, keep the source URL for attribution but rebuild the character, wardrobe, action, setting, and final execution. In HolyCrab, run a short Seedance consistency test and review identity stability, motion readability, rights status, retry count, and cost per approved character clip.

## Key Takeaways

- Use only owned or authorized character references for identity control.
- Name the identity anchors: face, silhouette, wardrobe, palette, prop, pose range, or expression.
- Change the scene, action, camera, and final beat instead of copying a creator demo.
- Exclude celebrity likeness, private-person faces, protected characters, fan art, and branded costumes without rights.
- Approve the prompt by identity stability, motion quality, rights status, retry count, and cost.

## HolyCrab Seedance Handoff

Open this Seedance handoff in HolyCrab: https://holycrab.ai/?model=seedance&utm_source=ai-video-trends&utm_medium=seedance_seo&utm_campaign=seedance_prompt_playbook&utm_content=answers-seedance-character-reference-prompts&source_kind=seedance&page_kind=seedance&prompt=Seedance+2.0+handoff+for%3A+Seedance+Character+Reference+Prompts.+Goal%3A+A+Seedance+character+reference+prompt+should+preserve+an+owned+or+authorized+character+identity+while+changing+the+scene%2C+motion%2C+camera%2C+and+final+beat+in+a+rights-safe+way..+Prompt+structure%3A+subject%2C+motion%2C+camera+path%2C+reference+role%2C+lighting%2C+duration%2C+and+final+payoff.


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