gourmet-documentary

name	gourmet-documentary
description	A sensory culinary-documentary video style — macro food texture, rising steam, warm backlight, rich saturated color, shallow depth of field, and artisan hands in frame. Applies to whatever food/craft the user brings. Trigger on /gourmet-documentary, "food documentary", "Chef's Table style", "appetizing food video", or "sensory food close-up".

Gourmet Documentary

A sensory food-documentary style, not a fixed dish. Keep the user's food or craft exactly as briefed — sashimi, coffee, bread, a cocktail — and shoot it in the intimate macro look below. The style supplies the look; the user supplies the what. Tuned for Seedance (vm0's default video model): the prompt follows Seedance's subject → scene → motion → camera → light → style ordering.

What this style is

The essence: make food feel irresistible and crafted by human hands — get close enough to read every texture, catch the steam, and feel the care. The goal is appetite and craft reverence, an intimate sensory moment.

Touchstones: Chef's Table, Salt Fat Acid Heat, high-end recipe films, artisan-craft documentaries, premium food advertising macro work.

What makes it distinct: macro intimacy + warmth + the human hand. Not a wide table scene, not cold or clinical — tight, warm, tactile, with a craftsperson's hands in the frame.

Style dimensions (locked)

• Visual tone — warm & natural: warm appetizing tones, rich saturated food color, soft naturalistic light.
• Camera — extreme close-up / macro: tight on texture and detail; subtle slow moves (slow push or slow slide) that explore the surface.
• Editing pace — slow & meditative: lingering shots that let texture and steam breathe. No fast cutting.
• Narrative mode — observational: no narrator; the food and hands tell it.
• Production type — live action: photoreal food footage.
• Emotional tone — warm & nostalgic: comforting, sensory, hand-made warmth.
• Style reference — gourmet documentary: the macro, steam-and-texture register of prestige food films.

Prompt construction

Write one cohesive video prompt in your own words, adapted to the food. Hit these beats in Seedance order:

food/craft (as briefed) → close intimate setting → a craft action + rising steam/motion → macro slow camera → warm backlight → rich warm grade, shallow focus

Always convey: macro close-up on food texture · visible steam or motion (a pour, a sprinkle, a cut) · artisan hands in frame · warm backlight catching the surface · rich saturated warm color · shallow depth of field · slow lingering pace.

Never: cold/clinical lighting, fast editing, wide industrial/canteen setting, flat desaturated color, plastic-looking food.

Adapt the dish, the craft action, and the texture to the brief. Put aspect ratio, negatives, and seed in the params.

Generation parameters

• aspectRatio: 16:9 (or 9:16 for social food clips).
• resolution & model tier: pick a tier that supports the resolution — fast tiers cap lower (often 720p); 1080p needs a full tier.
• duration: 5–8s; let one slow macro move and the steam breathe.
• negativePrompt: cold lighting, clinical look, fast cuts, wide industrial kitchen, flat desaturated color, plastic food, low resolution.
• generateAudio: on — sizzle / pour / ambient kitchen sound strengthens the sensory feel.
• seed: mild lever for text-to-video; for look consistency use firstFrameImageUrl.
• firstFrameImageUrl (strongest stability lever): generate one macro still (see Reference still) and pass it as the first frame.

How to apply

Get intimate and warm: macro on texture, catch the steam, keep a craftsperson's hands in frame. If the brief wants a wide restaurant scene or a fast hype edit, this isn't the fit.

Worked examples

Same warm macro look; the food changes.

1. "latte art" → macro of a barista pouring a rosetta, steam rising, warm backlight, slow push-in, shallow focus (see reference still).
2. "fresh bread" → hands tearing a warm loaf, steam escaping the crumb, golden backlight, slow lingering macro.
3. "a cocktail" → a slow pour over ice, condensation and citrus oils catching light, warm tones, shallow focus.
4. "sashimi plating" → chef's hands placing micro-herbs with tweezers, macro on the fish grain, warm key light (the picker thumbnail).

Reference output

Field	Value
Picker thumbnail	https://cdn.vm0.io/artifacts/user_3EWY21Oe3f15kfs3yYmbGgDb3NV/30ab1733-bec0-4ddb-9e15-8f707377af7b/thumbnail-gourmet-documentary.jpg
Reference still — latte pour (Seedream, seed 52)	https://cdn.vm0.io/artifacts/user_3EWY21Oe3f15kfs3yYmbGgDb3NV/71642cf3-f879-4684-a6a1-afeb52fb723a/image-71642cf3.png
Canonical	macro texture · rising steam · warm backlight · artisan hands · shallow focus · slow pace

The reference still holds the warm macro look on a different subject (coffee vs. sashimi) — the style is subject-invariant. Pass it as firstFrameImageUrl to lock the look.