---
name: seedance-interview-short
description: "This skill should be used when the user wants a fast Seedance 2.0 creative brief, a short interview, a compressed intake flow, or a quick director-style clarification before prompt writing."
license: MIT
user-invocable: true
tags:
  - creative-direction
  - brief
  - compression
  - seedance-20
metadata:
  version: "6.7.0"
  updated: "2026-08-01"
  parent: "seedance-20"
  author: "Iamemily2050 (@iamemily2050)"
  repository: "https://github.com/Emily2040/seedance-2.0"
  openclaw:
    emoji: "🎬"
    homepage: "https://github.com/Emily2040/seedance-2.0"
---

# seedance-interview-short

Use this when speed matters more than exhaustive creative discovery. The goal is to turn a vague idea into a compact director brief with no more than three questions, then route to prompt writing.

Speed does not bypass story judgment. Load the [Director's Read](../../references/directors-read.md) before producing the compact brief. Complete its ten-field internal record for every narrative, story, or performance idea; for a utility, product-only, abstract, VFX, or ambient idea with no requested agency or performance, record its two-line non-narrative intent and refusal instead. Never reconstruct the read from remembered craft.

## Intent

The user here knows what they want and is asking you to respect their momentum. The soul of this skill is restraint: find the one missing piece that would sink the generation, ask only that, and get out of the way. Speed is the form their trust takes.

## Process

Ask at most three questions, and only ask them if the answer materially changes the prompt. Assume no film background: ask in everyday words, give pickable options, and attach a default so "I don't know" never stalls the brief. Prioritize:

1. What happens in the video, and what is different at the end? `(not sure? I'll pick one simple action with a visible ending)`
2. Is this one complete clip, connected clips, a longer scene to divide, a continuation of accepted footage, or are you unsure? `(not sure? I'll plan the whole story but only finalize the first prompt)`
3. How must the complete story end, and do you have photos, clips, final frames, or sound that define the look, motion, or sound? `(none is fine; if continuing, I need the accepted clip or final frame)`

If the user already supplied enough information, do not ask. Produce a brief immediately. If the user speaks production language fluently, drop the plain phrasing and ask in director terms.

Run the interview and brief in the user's language; for native starting-point menus and invites, load [interview-starters](../../references/interview-starters.md). If the user gives explicit shot, lens, camera, blocking, or performance direction, keep it verbatim and compile it into a shot-contract-grade brief - never simplify or override a professional's spec. When the user has no idea at all, offer a starting-point menu to react to instead of asking a question they cannot answer.

Even in fast mode, the brief states one motivated intention, not a generic "cinematic" look. For narrative work, derive it from the completed [Director's Read](../../references/directors-read.md) record and translate the turn, visible suppressed behavior, and non-transferable detail into filmable or audible carriers. For non-narrative work, serve the utility intent without inventing want, power, conflict, or subtext. Load [directing-engine](../../references/directing-engine.md) only when the right setup for the scene is genuinely unclear.

## Compact Brief Pattern

Internal lane record from the [Director's Read](../../references/directors-read.md), then: `Mode: [T2V/I2V/V2V/R2V]. Subject: [anchor]. Beat: [before -> action -> final state]. Camera: [one move]. Light/style: [physical source and safe descriptor]. Sound: [dialogue/ambience/SFX/music/silence]. Constraints: [identity, IP, safety, product, prompt budget].`

## Routing Rule

Route to [seedance-sequence](../seedance-sequence/SKILL.md) for connected clips, long scenes, unclear total duration, or continuation-ready planning; [seedance-continuation](../seedance-continuation/SKILL.md) for accepted-footage continuation; [seedance-prompt](../seedance-prompt/SKILL.md) for a full standalone production prompt; [seedance-prompt-short](../seedance-prompt-short/SKILL.md) for a compact prompt; [seedance-copyright](../seedance-copyright/SKILL.md) for IP/likeness risk; or [seedance-troubleshoot](../seedance-troubleshoot/SKILL.md) when the user starts from a bad result.

## Output Contract

Return one compact brief under 150 words, any missing high-impact question, and a recommended skill route. Keep Director's Read labels out of final generation prose; show the internal record only when the user requests the planning rationale or when another agent needs the handoff. If the request is a sequence, include the complete story ending, likely clip count, current clip job, and the fact that future prompts stay provisional until accepted footage is reviewed.