# A girl and her mischievous shadow

> A stylized girl encounters an independent shadow at a backyard hopscotch grid, shares a glowing hand contact, and appears at dinner beside a smiling wall silhouette with an elongated arm.

- Kind: Video
- Page: https://meetreference.com/v/video-a-girl-and-her-mischievous-shadow-e37f8e/
- Ready-to-use agent handoff: https://meetreference.com/v/video-a-girl-and-her-mischievous-shadow-e37f8e/agent.txt
- Exact prompt as plain text: https://meetreference.com/v/video-a-girl-and-her-mischievous-shadow-e37f8e/prompt.txt
- Authorship: AI-made, per the source
- Made with: Not stated
- Model: Seedance 2.5
- Built with: not stated
- Style: 3D & WebGL; stylized 3d, family fantasy, golden hour, silhouette contrast, suburban, character comedy
- Length and format: 30 sec, 16:9 (1280x720 source)
- Playback: a muted visual reference. The original soundtrack is available only at the source.
- Shared by @sebatheepan in X, Aug 2, 2026: https://x.com/sebatheepan/status/2084023216440246455
- Prompt fidelity: Verbatim. This is the complete prompt exactly as the creator published it.

## Before you start

Guidance from Reference, separate from the creator's instructions.

1. Read the reference and inspect the project, installed libraries, and available agent skills before writing code. Reuse suitable tools already present.
2. Prefer the creator-reported libraries and skills when they fit the task. Explain what useful additions help with, and install missing project dependencies or relevant skills from official sources when the environment and the user's existing permissions allow it. Respect the project's package manager and setup rules; do not ask again for routine setup already authorized.
3. Distinguish tools used by the creator from your own recommendations. A listed tool is not automatically required, and an empty tools or requirements list means the setup is unknown, not that nothing is needed.
4. Ask concise questions when missing inputs or choices materially affect the result: paid services, credentials, the user's assets, or a different production approach. Use existing answers and permissions; continue independent work while waiting.
5. If a useful library, skill, or service cannot be installed or used, explain an available alternative and its expected effect on quality, features, or effort. Get the user's choice before a material compromise; otherwise state the fallback and continue. Never silently simplify the result or claim to have used a tool you did not use.

## Recreating this video

These are the creator's published instructions, unedited.

## Prompt

```text
{ "title": "The Shadow Quit", "style": "3D Pixar family animation. Warm suburban dusk, golden-hour lighting, stylized characters, handheld feel.", "shots": [ {"time":"00:00-00:03","type":"EXT. CLOSE-UP","action":"Mina's sneakers hit grass. She stops. Her shadow stays seated cross-legged.","camera":"Low angle, slight handheld wobble.","dialogue":"Mina: 'Come on, we have mac and cheese tonight!'"}, {"time":"00:03-00:05","type":"WIDE","action":"Mina stands confused. Her shadow points at the swing set, arms folded.","camera":"Static wide. Swing set silhouetted.","dialogue":"Shadow: (shakes head silently)"}, {"time":"00:05-00:08","type":"MEDIUM","action":"Mina crouches, pleading. Shadow draws hopscotch in dirt with dreamy lag.","camera":"Push-in on Mina's face.","dialogue":"Mina: 'You can swing tomorrow. I promise.'"}, {"time":"00:08-00:12","type":"OVERHEAD","action":"Shadow hops hopscotch alone. Mina watches, smiling. Leaves fall slow-motion.","camera":"Crane shot descending.","dialogue":"Mina: (soft giggle)"}, {"time":"00:12-00:16","type":"CLOSE-UP","action":"Shadow stops, reaches up for high-five.","camera":"Two-shot becoming extreme close-up. Sunset flares.","dialogue":"(none)"}, {"time":"00:16-00:19","type":"SLOW-MO CLOSE-UP","action":"Hands meet. Shadow reattaches with soft snap and ripple of light.","camera":"Macro lens. Dust particles explode.","dialogue":"(soft snap sound)"}, {"time":"00:19-00:24","type":"TRACKING","action":"Mina runs to house. Shadow runs beside her on grass, up wall, synced.","camera":"Side-tracking.","dialogue":"(none)"}, {"time":"00:24-00:30","type":"INT. WIDE","action":"Mina slides into chair. Shadow on wall steals macaroni with impossibly long arm.","camera":"Wide through doorway.","dialogue":"Mina: 'Hey!' (laughs)"} ] }
```

## What it looks like

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

A young child in a colorful shirt encounters a shadowy figure, with outdoor and warmly lit indoor scenes.

- Color: Muted greens and browns outdoors, cool blue-gray house siding, and warm amber light indoors; the child’s shirt adds bright rainbow colors.
- Type: Stylized 3D animation with rounded characters, soft shading, and expressive faces.
- Framing: Close views of shoes and the child alternate with wider views of the yard and house. The dark shadow figure is set against lighter ground or walls, while the child is framed near the center or beside a table.
- Structure: Visible settings include a grassy yard with a paved path and a house exterior, followed by an interior with a table and bowl. The child, a shadow-shaped figure, and a glowing hand-like shape are recurring visual elements.

Storyboard, nine frames spread across the video: https://meetreference.com/media/video-a-girl-and-her-mischievous-shadow-e37f8e/storyboard.webp

- Frame 1 at 1.7s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-a-girl-and-her-mischievous-shadow-e37f8e/f1.webp
- Frame 2 at 5.0s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-a-girl-and-her-mischievous-shadow-e37f8e/f2.webp
- Frame 3 at 8.4s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-a-girl-and-her-mischievous-shadow-e37f8e/f3.webp
- Frame 4 at 11.7s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-a-girl-and-her-mischievous-shadow-e37f8e/f4.webp
- Frame 5 at 15.1s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-a-girl-and-her-mischievous-shadow-e37f8e/f5.webp
- Frame 6 at 18.4s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-a-girl-and-her-mischievous-shadow-e37f8e/f6.webp
- Frame 7 at 21.8s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-a-girl-and-her-mischievous-shadow-e37f8e/f7.webp
- Frame 8 at 25.1s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-a-girl-and-her-mischievous-shadow-e37f8e/f8.webp
- Frame 9 at 28.5s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-a-girl-and-her-mischievous-shadow-e37f8e/f9.webp

## Links

- Watch: https://x.com/sebatheepan/status/2084023216440246455
- Original post: https://x.com/sebatheepan/status/2084023216440246455
- Discovery collection: https://beatapi.io/seedance-2-5-prompts