Dragon Rider AI Video Prompt: Jump Off a Cliff
A dragon rider AI video prompt for Seedance 2.5. You jump off a cliff in silver armour, a red dragon catches you and climbs above the clouds. 30 seconds, 9:16.
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What you'll need
30 min- OpenArt
This dragon rider AI video prompt puts you in silver armour on a high cliff. You lie on the rock with a book over your face and a white cat next to you. Far below there is a river, a castle and snowy mountains.
You sit up, read one page, close the book and walk to the edge. Then you jump. A huge red dragon comes up out of the clouds and catches you in its saddle. You fly past the castle and climb straight up until the dragon breaks out above the clouds into the sun.
It is 30 seconds with hard cuts after the jump. You need two images: a photo or character sheet of you, and a picture of the dragon.
The whole process
- Get one clear image of you: a photo or a character sheet.
- Get one image of the dragon. A dragon sheet works best.
- Open OpenArt, go to video and pick Seedance 2.5.
- Add your image first and the dragon second, so they become @Image1 and @Image2.
- Set 30 seconds and 9:16. Paste the prompt and generate.
What happens in 30 seconds
The times below are from our video.
| Time | What happens |
|---|---|
| 0–2.5s | Top-down view. She lies on the cliff with a book on her face, the cat beside her |
| 2.5–6s | She sits up and reads. The castle, the lake and the mountains open up behind her |
| 6–10.5s | She closes the book, ties it to her belt and walks to the edge |
| 10.5–11.7s | Hard cut. A side view as she runs and jumps off the cliff. The cat stays |
| 11.7–16.3s | Close-up in free fall. The dragon rises under her and she lands in the saddle |
| 16.3–25.4s | The chase. Wing beats past the castle, then a steep climb through the clouds |
| 25.4–30s | The dragon bursts through into the sun and flies away over a sea of clouds |
Get the two reference images
The video has two characters that must stay the same for 30 seconds: you and the dragon. Each gets its own image.
@Image1 is you. A clear photo works. A character sheet works better, because it shows your face and hair from more than one side. The prompt takes only your face, skin, eyes and hair from it. The armour, the cape and the sword are written into the prompt, so your clothes in the photo do not matter.
@Image2 is the dragon. Use a sheet that shows it from the front, the side and the back, with the wings open. The model copies the head, horns, wings and tail from it. This is the dragon sheet we used.
Set it up and generate
Open OpenArt, go to video and pick Seedance 2.5. Add your image first and the dragon sheet second. Set the length to 30 seconds and the shape to 9:16. Paste the prompt below.
Create exactly 30.00 seconds. OUTPUT 9:16 vertical, 24fps. Viral photorealistic medieval fantasy with escalating impact. No text/logos. No music. Opening is elegant but compressed; after jump use rhythmic match-action hard cuts. No post-jump shot is static or exceeds 3.3 seconds.
REFERENCES
@Image1=adult character; @Image2=dragon.
Use @Image1 only for face/skin/eyes/hair; ignore clothing/background. Lock identity. Keep hair colour, length and style exactly as in @Image1; never recolour the hair. Character wears silver plate armor, ivory cape, sword belt, sheathed sword, no helmet.
Use @Image2 as ONLY dragon design: exact angular head, long neck, horns/spines, scales, ragged wings, extremely long tail. Add black saddle/reins only. Never recolor/redesign. One dragon, wingspan twelve times rider height. Cool-blue reflections/gold rim reveal scale detail.
WORLD
Extreme cliff above green valley, turquoise river, villages, castle left, snowy mountains and clouds. White cat stays on ledge. Brown book is visibly secured to belt before jump. Preserve geography/light.
EDIT LOCK
0.00–10.50 is one accelerated crane move. Then clean HARD CUTS exactly at 10.50, 11.80, 14.00, 15.60, 16.90, 20.20 and 22.60 seconds, landing on takeoff, velocity change, wing impact, saddle contact, bank, climb and cloud burst. No dissolve. Brief speed ramps only at takeoff, catch and breakout.
0.00–2.00—HOOK
Near-vertical bird’s-eye view over abyss. Character reclines on ledge, cape spread, cat beside hip, book covering face. Camera immediately rotates/descends; distant river creates vertigo. No static hold.
2.00–4.20—REVEAL
Character lowers book and rises directly to seated. Camera cranes to high three-quarter side. Face revealed by 2.4 seconds; one blink, wind moves hair/cape, armor flashes.
4.20–6.50—WORLD
One look across castle, valley and mountains. Restrained 12% lateral push with rock parallax. Never repeat or linger.
6.50–8.80—DECISION
Character turns one page, sees dragon illustration and immediately closes book. Quick camera dip to page, then back to medium. No prolonged reading.
8.80–10.50—STAND
Character locks book into waist harness, rises and reaches edge. Cat steps back. Camera rushes behind shoulder to reveal full drop; wind intensifies.
10.50–11.80—LEAP
Hard cut to wide side profile. Two fast steps; boot strikes edge, stones fall, character launches into space. Six-frame acceleration as camera dives after. Show complete takeoff; cape snaps open.
11.80–14.00—FREE FALL
Close three-quarter profile; camera rolls 90° around character as cliff streaks past. Character stabilizes belly-down, focused. Speed 100%→145%; strong mist/rock parallax, sharp face, edge blur. Pull wide for last 0.4 seconds.
14.00–15.60—DRAGON REVEAL
Hard cut on wing beat. FULL dragon rockets from bright silver clouds; tail/both wings visible. Downstroke fills frame and blasts a mist shockwave. Camera sweeps under near wing, showing scales and immense size. Never head close-up first.
15.60–16.90—VISIBLE CATCH
Keep both onscreen. Dragon matches velocity, centers saddle beneath pelvis. Character lands once; knees compress, hand grabs saddle horn, then reins. Six-frame micro-slowdown, then instant 130% acceleration. No teleporting/fusion.
16.90–20.20—CASTLE CHASE
Dragon rolls into 55° bank around cliff/castle. Wing-root chase camera 2–3 meters behind; near wing sweeps close to lens. Two full wing beats create cloud turbulence. Castle, river and forest race below with aggressive parallax. Rider leans; cape clears wings. No level gliding.
20.20–22.60—VERTICAL CHARGE
Dragon tucks wings, dives 0.45 seconds, then pulls into near-vertical climb. Rear-low camera beneath tail. Dragon rockets through silver-gray cloud tunnel; vapor tears from wing tips, droplets cross lens, clouds accelerate backward. One deep wing strike launches ascent.
22.60–25.00—PAYOFF
Impact cut as dragon punches through cloud ceiling, creating vapor ring and golden flare. Camera passes beneath, then swings to low rear hero wide. Dragon wings fill frame; tiny silver rider centered above cloud ocean. Final enormous downstroke toward sun. Hold silhouette only 0.45 seconds with forward loop motion.
LOOK
Premium live action, 28mm aerial wides/50mm close-ups, HDR, volumetric clouds, realistic skin, armor, cloth and scales. Opening pace 1.25× current version; action 1.45×. Blur backgrounds/wing tips only; face/anatomy sharp.
SOUND
Natural sound only: wind, cape and armor, falling stones, wing beats, rushing air. No music, no soundtrack, no score.
NEGATIVE
No long reading, repeated gaze, static holds, gentle glide, white/pale/small/multiple dragon, flat silhouette, dragon drift, head-only reveal, skipped takeoff/catch, rider appearing suddenly, neck riding, missing saddle/reins, fusion, cape through wings, malformed dragon, extra limbs/wings/heads, fire, injury, cat jumping, vanished book, identity/armor drift, hair recolor, random shake, excessive blur, dissolve, teleport, flicker, cartoon, music, text, logo or watermark.
The beat times in the prompt end at 25 seconds, but we set 30 in OpenArt. The model kept the cuts in place and gave the extra seconds to the chase and the ending above the clouds.
Why this prompt works
The opening is one long camera move with no cuts. It starts straight above her and swings down to her side. That makes a calm first ten seconds, so the jump feels like a break.
After the jump, every shot is short. The prompt says no shot is longer than 3.3 seconds and none of them stands still, so the second half feels fast.
The prompt shows every step of the action. It asks for the full takeoff and a visible catch, with “No teleporting/fusion”. So you see her feet leave the rock, and you see her land in the saddle. The model does not jump from the cliff straight to her riding.
The dragon stays big. “Wingspan twelve times rider height” and the camera moving under the wing make the size clear. A small dragon would make the catch look like a pony ride.
The book with the dragon picture gives her a reason to jump. The cat stays on the ledge and watches. The book is tied to her belt so it does not vanish in the air.
Where it goes wrong
| What you got | The fix |
|---|---|
| Her hair came out a different colour | Keep “Keep hair colour, length and style exactly as in @Image1; never recolour the hair”. Our first run made the red hair blonde, and this line was added after it |
| The dragon looks different from your sheet | Use a sheet with front, side and back views. Keep “Use @Image2 as ONLY dragon design” |
| She appears on the dragon with no catch | Keep the whole “VISIBLE CATCH” block and “No teleporting/fusion” |
| She sits on the dragon’s neck | Keep “centers saddle beneath pelvis” and “neck riding” in the negative list |
| The cat jumps with her | Keep “White cat stays on ledge” and “cat jumping” in the negative list |
| The book disappears in the air | Keep “Brown book is visibly secured to belt before jump” |
| The video plays with music | Keep the SOUND block and “music” in the negative list |
| The second half looks slow and floaty | Keep the EDIT LOCK list of cut times and “No level gliding” |
| Your own clothes show up instead of armour | Keep “ignore clothing/background” in the @Image1 line |
Questions people ask
Which AI model makes this video?
We made it with Seedance 2.5 on OpenArt. It takes two reference images and makes up to 30 seconds with cuts in one generation.
Can I put myself in it?
Yes. Your photo or character sheet is @Image1. The model takes your face and hair from it and puts you in the armour from the prompt.
Can I use a different dragon?
Yes. Swap @Image2 for any dragon sheet. Keep the size line and the saddle line, so the catch still works.
Is it vertical?
Yes, we set 9:16 for Reels, TikTok and Shorts. The prompt also works in 16:9 if you change the first line.
Is it free?
The prompt is free. OpenArt runs on credits, so the video uses credits from your account.
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