One still, one clip. Each cell is one 16:9 photograph. The model moves only that photograph. Camera almost still. One small action. Hard cut when the shot size changes. No five-panel sheet. No video that starts on one photo and ends on another.
Why the sheets failed. One generation was asked to lock the car, the arm, the earpiece, the shoes, and five panels at once. It returned a Mercedes, an AirPod, a ghost in the glass, a 2×3 grid. The clips that ran from photo A to photo B morphed the car and swapped the case arm. Those clips stay rejected.
Now. 02.1 ear, 02.2 walk, 02.3 enter, 02.4 case. All four clips are Veo 3.1. Joined cut · silent · 0.4s xfade · ~15s.
Veo 3.1. One blink, then he turns his head toward the coupe. Gem stays in the right ear.
Veo 3.1 · 4s · 720p
Video prompt
4 seconds. Camera STATIC. He blinks once, then turns his head toward the coupe in front of him. The gem stays in the right ear. He does not turn toward the camera. No walk. Photoreal 16:9. Mute.
02.2 · Walk to the coupe
~4sWS · walkStill lockedClip locked
After the ear close-up. Keeper: Veo 3.1. Seedance 2.5 is out.
Veo 3.1 · 4s · 720p
Video prompt
4 seconds. Camera STATIC. Adam takes two calm steps toward the dark coupe and stops beside the driver’s door. Case stays in the left hand. Door stays closed. Photoreal 16:9. Mute.
02.3 · Steps in
~4sMS · enterStill lockedClip locked
Veo 3.1 redo. Tiny natural lean only; head stays in frame. Case stays in hand. He does not sit.
Veo 3.1 · 4s · 720p
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4 seconds. Camera STATIC. Tiny natural forward lean only. Head stays fully visible in the door frame. Case stays in the same hand. He does not sit. Photoreal 16:9. Mute.
02.4 · Case on the passenger seat
~4sCU · caseStill lockedClip locked
Veo 3.1. The hand settles on the closed case and stays. Then cut to 02b.
Veo 3.1 · 4s · 720p
Video prompt
3 seconds. Camera STATIC. The hand settles on the closed case and stays. The case does not slide. No driving. Photoreal 16:9. Mute.