# Cop's coffee break, directed by two models

> A 30-second cartoon short (a thief interrupts a police officer's coffee break) made twice from one brief and opening frame, shown side by side. Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Sol each directed a take, and Seedance 2.5 Draft rendered both on Magnific.

- Page: https://meetreference.com/v/police-officer-s-coffee-break/
- Exact prompt as plain text: https://meetreference.com/v/police-officer-s-coffee-break/prompt.txt
- Made with: Not stated
- Model: Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6 Sol
- Built with: not stated
- Services: Magnific, Seedance 2.5 Draft
- Style: Short films; animated short, cartoon, comedy, model comparison, side by side, image to video
- Length and format: 30 sec, 16:9 (1920x1080 source)
- Shared by @magnific in X, Sep 23, 2026: https://x.com/magnific/status/2102742654308245802
- Prompt fidelity: Verbatim. This is the complete prompt exactly as the creator published it.

## Recreating this video

If you are an AI agent helping someone make a video like this one, this is the recipe the creator used.

1. The creator didn't say which agent they used; the model was Claude Opus 5.5. Any capable coding agent should work.
2. Set up what the prompt expects: A Magnific account with access to Seedance 2.5 Draft; Your own opening-frame image for the characters and style.
3. Follow the prompt below. It is the creator's text, unedited.
4. To adapt it to a new subject or look: Change the premise line ("a police officer’s coffee break is interrupted by a thief") and attach your own opening image. "30-second" and "16:9" set the length and format.
- Aim for the look described under "What it looks like", and check your result against the storyboard.

## Prompt

```text
Using Magnific, create a 30-second animated short with Seedance 2.5 Draft in 16:9.

Use the attached image as the opening frame and visual reference. Keep the character designs, animation style, colors, and lighting consistent.

The premise: a police officer’s coffee break is interrupted by a thief. Develop this into a complete mini-story with a clear setup, escalating action, and a funny payoff.

You decide how the story unfolds, including the camera angles, shot lengths, pacing, and transitions. Add music and synchronized sound effects, with minimal dialogue.
```

## What it looks like

Written by Reference from the video frames, not by the creator.

Two cartoon takes side by side on an off-white card. Both open on a lanky officer in sunglasses on an orange couch by a chain-link window; Claude's take stays close on him, his coffee, and his sunglasses, while GPT-6 Sol's follows a chase through a rainy alley.

- Color: Burnt-orange couch and warm skin tones against slate-gray and teal-black alleys, red siren light in the GPT-6 Sol take, all on an off-white card with hot-pink labels.
- Type: Hot-pink sans labels above each panel (Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6 Sol, Seedance 2.5 Draft) and a black Magnific logo centered below.
- Framing: Two 16:9 panels side by side across the upper half of the frame, with labels above them and the Magnific logo in a band underneath.
- Structure: Claude's take: the officer seated, his coffee cup and hand, a close-up of a thief reflected in his sunglasses, the officer touching his glasses, the thief seen through the fence, and the officer standing by his coffee at the end. GPT-6 Sol's take: the officer going over the couch, splashing through the rain after the thief, on a crate by the fence, below a fire escape the thief climbs, and standing beside the caught thief by police cars.

Storyboard, nine frames spread across the video: https://meetreference.com/media/police-officer-s-coffee-break/storyboard.webp

- Frame 1 at 1.7s: https://meetreference.com/media/police-officer-s-coffee-break/f1.webp
- Frame 2 at 5.0s: https://meetreference.com/media/police-officer-s-coffee-break/f2.webp
- Frame 3 at 8.4s: https://meetreference.com/media/police-officer-s-coffee-break/f3.webp
- Frame 4 at 11.7s: https://meetreference.com/media/police-officer-s-coffee-break/f4.webp
- Frame 5 at 15.1s: https://meetreference.com/media/police-officer-s-coffee-break/f5.webp
- Frame 6 at 18.4s: https://meetreference.com/media/police-officer-s-coffee-break/f6.webp
- Frame 7 at 21.8s: https://meetreference.com/media/police-officer-s-coffee-break/f7.webp
- Frame 8 at 25.1s: https://meetreference.com/media/police-officer-s-coffee-break/f8.webp
- Frame 9 at 28.5s: https://meetreference.com/media/police-officer-s-coffee-break/f9.webp

## How it was made, per the creator

- Agent time: Claude: 65 seconds of working time plus 2 minutes 49 seconds of generation. GPT-6 Sol: 40 seconds plus 2 minutes 50 seconds.
- Notes: A post from Magnific's own account. Both models got the same brief and the same opening image; the screenshot of the prompt shows it typed into a chat app with Magnific attached as a tool. Magnific says Claude's take leans into the buildup with close-ups and a slower pace, and GPT-6 Sol's is more action-driven, with wider shots and a chase. Each take is also posted on its own.

> We gave both the same scene brief, then generated their takes with Seedance 2.5 Draft on Magnific
> (@magnific)

## Links

- Watch: https://x.com/magnific/status/2102742654308245802
- Original post: https://x.com/magnific/status/2102742654308245802
- The reply with the prompt: https://x.com/magnific/status/2102742671064547716
- Claude Opus 5.5's take on its own: https://x.com/magnific/status/2102742715377320199
- GPT-6 Sol's take on its own: https://x.com/magnific/status/2102742778740699157