Lighting Tokens Beat Style Labels for Multi-Shot Continuity
"Cinematic" tells the model nothing. A five-word lighting token repeated verbatim across every prompt in a sequence does the work. Here's how to build one.
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"Cinematic" tells the model nothing. A five-word lighting token repeated verbatim across every prompt in a sequence does the work. Here's how to build one.
Veo 3.1 delivers 4K with configurable safety; Seedance costs roughly 1/28th per clip but caps at 720p with no safety dial. For narrative pipelines the answer depends on how many renders you burn before locking a shot.
Wan 2.7 rewrites your prompt by default and charges per second. Seedance 2.0 ships native audio and 21:9 for pennies but caps at 720p. Pick based on what you're willing to give up.
Both run at $0.03-$0.12/sec (tiered). v6 adds thinking mode, style presets, and a native multi-clip switch. C1 strips those out and returns faster. The decision is whether you want a toolbox or a straight pipe.
Kling gives you CFG and native multi-prompt but no seed. Wan gives you seed and 1080p but no CFG. For complex motion, this decides whether you iterate or reproduce.