How to test one AI stunt in eight seconds

A courier’s hard case rolls out of an elevator in the first frame. Can the clip make the stop feel real? In an eight-second test, one clear contact tells you more than a montage full of cuts.

Give the camera one action to prove

Vertical 9:16, eight seconds, one continuous waist-low tracking shot. At 0–1 s a scuffed wheeled hard case rolls out of a service elevator. At 1–4 s an adult courier runs alongside it and gets ahead, holding a rubber doorstop. At 4–6 s the courier sets the wedge in the front wheel’s path. Keep the wheel and wedge visible as the case bumps to a stop. At 6–8 s the courier steadies the handle. End on the case still, just short of a painted floor line. Wheels rumble, one rubber thud at contact, no dialogue or music.

On playback, check three things. Can you see the case moving immediately? Does the front wheel actually touch the wedge before the case stops? Does the thud line up with the contact you see? Review once at normal speed before stepping through the impact. This is a proposed prompt and review exercise.

Check the exact eight-second route first

Open the free availability check for this recipe. The API check needs no account or key. For this vertical test, look for generation_status: available and an available_formats entry with ratio 9:16 and size 720x1280. If either is missing, keep the prompt and check again before funding a request.

curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error --max-time 15 "https://seedancecheap.com/api/availability?model=veo31-text-8s-720"

Use curl.exe in Windows PowerShell. The exact veo31-text-8s-720 text-only recipe costs 0.25 credit per paid generation, about $0.25 of the $99 upfront 100-credit pack or about $0.63 of one $2.50 credit. Those figures allocate part of a credit purchase to one attempt. Check the current total before buying. The pack is a one-time purchase.

Save one request and review one result

Prepare the scene in the free SeedanceCheap request builder. Select Portrait 720 × 1280, paste the prompt, and choose paid funding only when you intend to use credits. Save the exact JSON and an unused request ID. If the submit response is lost, look up that request before retrying. Once the same job says Ready, save the MP4 before its download expires, verify the encoded dimensions, and use the three playback checks above.

Published by the SeedanceCheap team. The availability check and builder are free. Running the generation uses paid funding and depends on live availability.

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