Hybrid Filmmaking: Turn Greybox Actor Footage Into a Finished Scene
Curious Refuge filmed an actress sipping coffee in a plain greybox set and used AI to turn the shot into a bar scene with a red dress and a wine glass while keeping her real performance. The thread gives the three steps and the exact edit prompt, and a YouTube tutorial covers more examples.
Key points
- Take the first frame of the greybox footage and restyle it in Seedream
- Edit prompt: "change the location/setting in @img1 to a classy upscale bar. Change the coffee cup to a glass of wine. Don't change anything about the woman"
- Make a depth map of the original greybox footage with Depth Anything Video on fal
- In Seedance 2.5, use the new start image and an outfit reference for the look and the depth map to drive the motion
- The actor's real performance carries through because the depth map keeps her movement