Three models, one press

0:09 Every video model has its habits. One splashes, one freezes, one bends a wing. You only know which suits a shot by seeing them side by side. In this video: one shot on three models in one press, how to read them, and keeping one for its shot.

0:28 Sweep two of Every Nine Seconds: the door, nearer, riding the swell. Make takes for 1.2: its takes are all here. We gave three models the same words and the same two frames: Veo, Seedance and Kling.

0:47 Read them for what moves. Veo threw a splash out of nowhere, and rocked the door. Seedance splashed too. Kling kept a calm swell: the one this sweep needed. Kling won the sweep; the take we kept is a later Kling one, with calmer words.

1:07 But the sweep where the bird opens its wings went the other way. Seedance opened them cleanly, and was kept; Veo's wings bent and blurred. Each had its own words, but the lesson holds: the model is chosen per shot, by looking.

1:26 Now, yours: shot 2.2, where the spray swings away and Shelby glides through. Choose Make takes for 2.2. It starts where 2.1 ends, so its first frame is 2.1's last frame. A first frame and a character sheet don't go together: remove Shelby's sheet. Then open References in this folder, the pictures your takes were given, and add 2.1's last frame. It comes in as a reference: click its picture once, and it's the First frame.

1:59 Seedance 2.5 is chosen. Compare with Veo 3.1, and with Kling 3.0 Pro: the same words and the same frame, three takes, each its own request. Check that your channel's budget covers all three: this one's is ten dollars. The button shows the estimate for all three. Make three.

2:22 Three takes of 2.2. Play each, and read it for what moves: the spray, Shelby, and the drip on his cap. To see two together, shift-click them and choose Compare: Kiju plays two videos side by side.

2:43 For the film, here are all three together. Seedance tracks beside Shelby, the spray stays away, and the drop lands on his cap. Veo's sprinkler sprays again, then turns into a hose. Kling's spray comes back, and the grass hides Shelby.

3:01 Choose Keep for 2.2 on the Seedance take: it does the shot. Select each of the others, and Discard: they're set aside, with their file and their cost. Next time a shot like this comes up, you know which model to try first.

3:19 Pause here, and make yours: one shot, three models, one press. Read what moves, and keep one for its shot. Next time: a voice that is a character.