# Tsunami in a painted city

> A painterly urban disaster sequence depicts towering waves, submerged traffic, distressed survivors, damaged bridges, and flooded ruins in muted gray-blue tones.

- Kind: Video
- Page: https://meetreference.com/v/video-tsunami-in-a-painted-city-d2f3e5/
- Ready-to-use agent handoff: https://meetreference.com/v/video-tsunami-in-a-painted-city-d2f3e5/agent.txt
- Exact prompt as plain text: https://meetreference.com/v/video-tsunami-in-a-painted-city-d2f3e5/prompt.txt
- Authorship: AI-made, per the source
- Made with: Not stated
- Model: Seedance 2.5
- Built with: not stated
- Style: Short films; painterly, cinematic, apocalyptic, semi-realistic, desaturated
- Length and format: 29 sec, 16:9 (1280x720 source)
- Playback: a muted visual reference. The original soundtrack is available only at the source.
- Shared by @Framer_X in X, Aug 1, 2026: https://x.com/Framer_X/status/2083538430987047131
- 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
"[00:00-00:02] [Close up shot] A police officer stares ahead in shock.

[00:02-00:04][Over-the-shoulder wide shot] A massive tsunami rises beyond the pier in front of him. The camera slowly moves closer to the wave.

[00:04-00:06] [Wide tracking shot, rear angle] The officer turns around and runs down the pier toward the city.

[00:06-00:08] [Aerial wide shot, high angle] The man runs quickly toward the city as the enormous tsunami follows him and crashes into the city.

[00:08-00:30] 8 Different shots of the tsunami destroying the city, with people running, screaming, and trying to survive.

[SOUND] Strictly only naturally occurring sound and foley, no music allowed.

Semi-realistic painterly animation style with soft brushwork, textured shading, muted colors and a cinematic hand-painted look."
```

## What it looks like

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

Dark, cinematic urban disaster artwork focused on the destructive effects of a massive flood.

- Color: Muted slate blue, charcoal, and gray dominate, with subdued beige and brown accents and occasional warm vehicle lights.
- Type: Painterly 2D digital illustration with clean graphic outlines and stylized, cinematic detail.
- Framing: Dense city scenes combine looming buildings and floodwaters, with cars, debris, and people providing scale and focal points.
- Structure: Architectural forms, vehicles, figures, and churning water are rendered in layered, high-contrast shapes.

Storyboard, nine frames spread across the video: https://meetreference.com/media/video-tsunami-in-a-painted-city-d2f3e5/storyboard.webp

- Frame 1 at 1.6s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-tsunami-in-a-painted-city-d2f3e5/f1.webp
- Frame 2 at 4.8s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-tsunami-in-a-painted-city-d2f3e5/f2.webp
- Frame 3 at 7.9s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-tsunami-in-a-painted-city-d2f3e5/f3.webp
- Frame 4 at 11.1s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-tsunami-in-a-painted-city-d2f3e5/f4.webp
- Frame 5 at 14.3s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-tsunami-in-a-painted-city-d2f3e5/f5.webp
- Frame 6 at 17.5s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-tsunami-in-a-painted-city-d2f3e5/f6.webp
- Frame 7 at 20.6s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-tsunami-in-a-painted-city-d2f3e5/f7.webp
- Frame 8 at 23.8s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-tsunami-in-a-painted-city-d2f3e5/f8.webp
- Frame 9 at 27.0s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-tsunami-in-a-painted-city-d2f3e5/f9.webp

## Links

- Watch: https://x.com/Framer_X/status/2083538430987047131
- Original post: https://x.com/Framer_X/status/2083538430987047131
- Discovery collection: https://beatapi.io/seedance-2-5-prompts