# Red umbrella in a rainy city

> A red umbrella with a face appears among rainy sidewalks, pedestrians, a lamppost and leafy branches. A child in a yellow raincoat joins the tree scenes, and a black title card closes the stylized 3D short.

- Kind: Video
- Page: https://meetreference.com/v/video-red-umbrella-in-a-rainy-city-159895/
- Ready-to-use agent handoff: https://meetreference.com/v/video-red-umbrella-in-a-rainy-city-159895/agent.txt
- Exact prompt as plain text: https://meetreference.com/v/video-red-umbrella-in-a-rainy-city-159895/prompt.txt
- Authorship: AI-made, per the source
- Made with: Not stated
- Model: Seedance 2.5
- Built with: not stated
- Style: Short films; 3d cartoon, anthropomorphic, cinematic, rainy urban, family comedy
- Length and format: 30 sec, 16:9 (854x480 source)
- Playback: a muted visual reference. The original soundtrack is available only at the source.
- Shared by @Dheepanratnam in X, Aug 5, 2026: https://x.com/Dheepanratnam/status/2085033492870488195
- 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 Umbrella Escape", "style": "3D Pixar family animation. Rainy city afternoon, vibrant reflections on wet pavement, action-comedy chase, warm and cool contrast, dynamic camera.", "shots": [ {"time":"00:00-00:03","type":"CLOSE-UP","action":"Kid in yellow raincoat opens a bright red umbrella. A gust of wind hits. The umbrella inverts and yanks free.","camera":"Macro, raindrops flying.","dialogue":"Umbrella: 'FREEDOM!' Kid: 'Hey!'"}, {"time":"00:03-00:06","type":"TRACKING","action":"Umbrella surfs down the sidewalk, opening and closing to dodge pedestrians. It hops over a puddle like a skipping stone.","camera":"Low tracking, fast.","dialogue":"Umbrella: 'Can't catch me! I'm born to fly!'"}, {"time":"00:06-00:09","type":"WIDE","action":"Umbrella weaves through a flock of pigeons. They scatter. One pigeon gets caught inside and spins out dizzy.","camera":"Chaotic wide.","dialogue":"Pigeon: 'What the-'"}, {"time":"00:09-00:12","type":"ACTION","action":"Umbrella surfs a puddle wave, then catches a crosswind and smacks into a lamppost, spinning around it like a tetherball.","camera":"Spinning camera with umbrella.","dialogue":"Umbrella: 'Wheee! Okay, that hurt.'"}, {"time":"00:12-00:15","type":"TRACKING","action":"A street sweeper approaches. The umbrella gets sucked into the brush, spins wildly, and launches out like a frisbee.","camera":"Following shot, fast.","dialogue":"Umbrella: 'I REGRET NOTHING!'"}, {"time":"00:15-00:18","type":"WIDE","action":"Umbrella glides toward a tree, sticks perfectly in the branches, and sighs. Kid arrives below, out of breath.","camera":"Wide, rain falling.","dialogue":"Kid: 'Got... you...'"}, {"time":"00:18-00:22","type":"TWO-SHOT","action":"Kid climbs up. Reaches for umbrella. Umbrella closes tight, refusing. Kid pouts. Umbrella opens one eye.","camera":"Close two-shot in the tree.","dialogue":"Umbrella: 'I'm not coming back. I tasted the wild.' Kid: 'I'll let you pick the movie.'"}, {"time":"00:22-00:25","type":"CLOSE-UP","action":"Umbrella pauses. Opens fully. Gently covers the kid from the rain, settling onto their shoulder.","camera":"Warm push-in.","dialogue":"Umbrella: 'Fine. But I'm driving next time.'"}, {"time":"00:25-00:28","type":"WIDE","action":"Kid walks home under the umbrella. The umbrella steers them left, then right, playfully. They splash through puddles together.","camera":"Wide, beautiful rainy street.","dialogue":"Kid: 'You're impossible.' Umbrella: 'Thank you.'"}, {"time":"00:28-00:30","type":"TITLE CARD","action":"Black screen. Title 'THE UMBRELLA ESCAPE' in raindrop letters with a red umbrella icon.","camera":"Static.","dialogue":"(soft rain)"} ] }
```

## What it looks like

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

Stylized 3D storybook scenes feature a bright red umbrella character in a rainy city and a child in a yellow coat beneath leafy trees.

- Color: Deep navy and slate-blue city tones, dark greens, reflective purples, and vivid red, with warm yellow accents.
- Type: Rounded, clean sans-serif lettering appears in the title card; no prominent text is visible in the story scenes.
- Framing: Scenes alternate between wide urban or treetop views and closer character views. The red umbrella is the main focal point, often set against darker backgrounds.
- Structure: The artwork moves from city scenes featuring the umbrella to a child reaching for it among trees, then ends with the title, “THE UMBRELLA ESCAPE,” on black.

Storyboard, nine frames spread across the video: https://meetreference.com/media/video-red-umbrella-in-a-rainy-city-159895/storyboard.webp

- Frame 1 at 1.7s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-red-umbrella-in-a-rainy-city-159895/f1.webp
- Frame 2 at 5.0s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-red-umbrella-in-a-rainy-city-159895/f2.webp
- Frame 3 at 8.4s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-red-umbrella-in-a-rainy-city-159895/f3.webp
- Frame 4 at 11.7s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-red-umbrella-in-a-rainy-city-159895/f4.webp
- Frame 5 at 15.1s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-red-umbrella-in-a-rainy-city-159895/f5.webp
- Frame 6 at 18.4s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-red-umbrella-in-a-rainy-city-159895/f6.webp
- Frame 7 at 21.8s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-red-umbrella-in-a-rainy-city-159895/f7.webp
- Frame 8 at 25.1s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-red-umbrella-in-a-rainy-city-159895/f8.webp
- Frame 9 at 28.5s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-red-umbrella-in-a-rainy-city-159895/f9.webp

## Links

- Watch: https://x.com/Dheepanratnam/status/2085033492870488195
- Original post: https://x.com/Dheepanratnam/status/2085033492870488195
- Discovery collection: https://beatapi.io/seedance-2-5-prompts