RunningHub + Seedance 2.5 AI Short Drama Low-Cost Practical Guide
The upcoming release of Seedance 2.5 has attracted industry attention, but it also comes with an extremely high price tag. Rumors abound that a single AI-generated short drama can cost tens of thousands of yuan, making creators incredibly wealthy. However, this only applies to those who actually write prompts and run the scripts...
The upcoming release of Seedance 2.5 has attracted much attention in the industry, but it also comes with an extremely high price tag.
Rumors are circulating outside AI Short dramas can fetch tens of thousands of yuan per episode, making creators incredibly wealthy, but only those who truly write...Prompt wordsThose who run the maps know the true state of the industry: the prices look high, but the costs are actually even higher, and after deducting computing power, they are even losing money.
Why doAIVideos don't make money? Because current content creation heavily relies on...Prompt wordsDrawing cards, in order to get a satisfactory shot, may involve dozens of invalid attempts.
How to escape the trap of blind box collecting and establish a controllable [system/system]?AIVideo production line?
Today I'm going to share a low-cost, practical solution that can significantly reduce the gacha rate and lower the average price per second for all models on the site by nearly 70%.
Previously done AI Videos, many people rely onPrompt wordsBlind boxes.
We want the camera to be positioned slightly higher, to allow the characters to strike certain poses, and to arrange multiple characters in different positions. It sounds very...Simple,but AI I can never quite get the balance right.
Many spatial relationships, no matter how detailed they are described, are not as effective as simply giving them a direct description. AI A structural diagram, AI Learn from others' work to reduce waste.
3D Director's Desk
We opened the 3D director's console in the rhTV Infinity canvas recently launched by RunningHub.
Once inside, we can arrange the characters' positions, poses, and camera angles in the 3D space, just like a real director.
For example, I added two mannequins to the 3D director's table, and we can adjust their posture and orientation. The platform has some preset poses, such as standing, sitting, and fighting poses. We can further refine these poses, such as whether the model looks down or up, where they are looking, whether they raise their arms or hands, and how much they raise them. All of these can be adjusted numerically, making it very precise and intuitive.
The 3D director's console also includes many basic character models, props, and scene models, helping us to further adjust the relationship between space and characters.
We continued to adjust the camera's position and distance to position the model appropriately within the frame.
After adjusting the position and camera angle, click "Screenshot" and upload it to the canvas.
We use this structural diagram as a reference before generating the final screen.
Prompt wordsReferring to the positioning of the figures and camera angle in Image 1, the image was rendered into a realistic, cinematic scene. The realistic style depicts a modern school playground, outdoors in daylight with natural sunlight. The running track and green lawn are clearly visible, with school buildings and trees in the background. A girl (Images 2, 3, and 4) and a boy (Images 5, 6, and 7) stand facing each other at a suitable distance, seemingly engaged in a serious conversation. Their expressions are natural, and the scene is realistic, fresh, and lifelike. The mid-range composition creates a cinematic feel with realistic lighting and high detail.
We don't need to write the positioning relationships in a very complicated way. We can even simply say that we can replace the red figures in the structure diagram with the specific characters we want.AI This generates relatively accurate images, with character positions and postures consistent with the reference image, greatly reducing the probability of drawing cards.
- 2D drawing tablet
If you don't want to adjust the parameters one by one, there's an even more convenient way: switch to 2D mode in the 3D director's console. Here, you can directly draw sketches, marking character positions, movement directions, and the general composition. AI For reference only.
After you finish drawing, click to take a screenshot.
Select "Capture" and add it to the canvas.
The image we just drew has been added to the canvas and can be directly rendered as an image with the same composition, character pose, and reference image.
SimpleIt is said that a 3D director's console is suitable for handling the positioning of multiple people, spatial relationships, and camera positions. A 2D director's console is suitable for...fastDraw the composition, actions, and camera intentions.
3D World
Let's build a scene. Add a 3D world by clicking the "+" sign on the left side of the canvas.
Prompt wordsThe modern indoor interview space is clean and professional, perfect for a personal interview. The space is spacious yet not empty, with soft light gray or off-white walls complemented by minimalist bookshelves, low-lying greenery, floor lamps, and a few modern decorative paintings. The overall ambiance is restrained and sophisticated.
The image features a simple single sofa on each side, with a low, round coffee table in the center. On the coffee table are two glasses of water, a folder, several interview outlines, and a small potted plant. The lighting is soft and even, with a slightly warm ambient light in the background, creating a realistic and natural atmosphere.
The generated 3D world environment supports shooting from any angle, completely solving the problem of scene collapse.
Now that we've solved the issues of character positioning, scene consistency, and camera angles, let's try making a video.
Click the plus sign on the left side of the canvas to add a script node.
Select text to generate storyboard script:
Let's randomly enter an idea:
Prompt wordsTo focus on her exams, the female protagonist uninstalled the virtual boyfriend game she had been playing for three years. The next day, she met a real-life guy in the library who looked exactly like her virtual boyfriend.
rhTV generated the story text directly on the canvas:
After clicking "Generate Script," we need to confirm the visual style first. Here, I've selected the short drama style within the live-action style.
rhTV not only generated the script, but also created character groups, scene groups, and prop groups in the canvas, and the lines were already connected and filled in.Prompt wordsOnce we confirm, we can click "Generate".
We opened the script node, and the content was very professional, including characters, scenes, storyboards, and videos.Prompt wordsrhTV has compiled all the materials we need for making videos here for us.
We can click the upper right corner,One-clickGenerate global assets:
Then use the video provided in the scriptPrompt wordsGenerate video on the canvas.
From concept to structured script
If you want to make short dramas or comics, RHSTORY would be more suitable.
We open RHSTORY and provide a creative direction, and RunningHub will gradually complete the content planning, shot design, and so on.
Prompt wordsWhen I opened my eyes again, I had become my mortal enemy's beloved kitten.
The female lead is a strong and clear-headed career woman, and she and the male lead are business rivals who can't stand each other. After an accident, her body becomes a vegetable in the hospital, but her consciousness transmigrates into the body of a kitten, which is taken home and carefully cared for by her rival, the male lead.
While trying to turn back into a human, she infiltrates the male protagonist's side as a kitten, only to discover that this cold-blooded rival seems to have been secretly investigating the truth behind her incident.
RHSTORY immediately planned a project: "After My Soul Swapped into an Adorable Cat, I Became the Boss's Beloved." It's got a strong tomato flavor...
The page is divided into three parts: the rightmost part is the script outline, the middle part contains the detailed script content, and the left side is... AI In the scriptwriting communication area, we can allow scriptwriters to continue refining the script based on our ideas and concepts.
The revised script has four acts, the plot is quite coherent, and the logic is good.
After confirming the script, RHSTORY will let us choose a preset style.
I chose the Korean comic style here.
RHSTORY: Begin creating assets. Generate characters, props, and scenes.
RHSTORY will pre-fill assetsPrompt wordsWe can click "Generate".
It also supports defining the character's voice.
However, this interface only supports text-based images. If you need an image-based image, you can select the top right corner to go to canvas editing, upload a reference image to the canvas, and generate an asset.One-clickSynchronize to the RHSTORY interface.
After the asset design is completed, we click to confirm the materials and start the storyboard design.
The storyboards compiled by RHSTORY are also very detailed and professional.
We can generate a storyboard first, which is equivalent to pre-checking the shots and rhythm. Only after we are satisfied can we start generating the video, reducing unnecessary card draws.
After confirming the storyboard, click "Start Generating Short Film." RHSTORY will then generate the storyboard and visuals.Prompt wordsOnce all the reference assets are moved to the generation area and we confirm the information, we can start generating the video.
You can preview it directly on this page. It supports fine-grained management by project, episode, chapter, and shot, and allows for partial redoing.
You can also edit videos directly on the page, save the final cut, and export it.
Let's take a look at the final generated video:
Animal characters will not be the main characters.automaticAdd to videoPrompt wordsIn the middle, we need to make some manual adjustments.
The video has a good storyline; you can understand what it's about at a glance.
With the number of gacha pulls reduced, the next issue to address is the price per second. Especially for upcoming, high-end models like Seedance 2.5, everyone will want to try them out as soon as possible. If every second is spent at the exorbitant market price, long-form video creators simply can't afford it.
RunningHub can help us save money in many ways.
Make good use of the platformfreeCredit limit
rhTV offers the first 3 times per day for some models.freeThe generation opportunity is ideal for prototyping.
A platform that aggregates models from across the entire network
RunningHub aggregates mainstream models from across the internet. For individual creators, this eliminates the need to subscribe or purchase memberships on each platform separately, directly reducing the amount of idle funds tied up.
Low-price channel version model
The platform offers channel-version models priced at only a fraction of the original price. These models are ideal for initial prototyping, style testing, or large-scale scheme selection, allowing for the production of high-level images after confirming the overall direction.
100 Million Yuan Subsidy Promotion
From now until August 10, 2026, RunningHub is launching a massive subsidy promotion with hundreds of millions of yuan in subsidies. Several limited-time annual and monthly passes are available with varying degrees of discounts, including the Superpower Annual Pass which offers a discount of up to 29%.
The discount applies not only to the upcoming Seedance 2.5, but also to all aggregated models on the site at the discounted price.
Taking Seedance 2.0 720P as an example, it costs approximately 0.31 yuan per second.
In the past AI The videos are like opening blind boxes; whoever is lucky enough to draw a nice one gets to share it. However, in a commercialized environment involving commissioned work and the creation of comic book series, the blind box approach is unsustainable.
Industry trends are changing:In the early stages, tools are used to lock in the script and physical structure; in the middle stages, a suitable cost-effective model is generated; and in the later stages, fine-tuning and local optimization are performed according to the camera angles..
RunningHub transforms the uncontrollable into the controllable. rhTV's 3D director's desk, 2D hand-drawn animation, 3D world, and storyboard essentially eliminate randomness in the generation process. Through the management of characters, costumes, scenes, chapters, and shots in RHSTORY, creators gain the control of their projects like directors..
freeThe number of times, the channel version model, the full network aggregation, and the 29% discount subsidy have solved the financial pressure on creators when they continue to produce content.
AI Videos aren't unprofitable; the problem is that we can no longer rely on the crude, blind-draw method to lose money just to gain publicity. In this industry, every ineffective draw and every second of computing power saved will ultimately translate directly into pure profit in your pocket.
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