Multi-shot video is a single AI render that contains multiple distinct shots β different angles, scene cuts, and camera moves β without leaving the model. Powered by ByteDance Seedance 2.0 below: up to 15 seconds, dual-channel audio, multimodal references.
One render, several cuts β the model handles the editor too
Multi-shot video is a single AI render with several distinct shots β angle changes, scene cuts, lens swaps β inside one clip. A modern multi-shot video runs up to 15 seconds, ships dual-channel audio synced across every cut, and accepts up to 9 reference images, 3 video clips, and 3 audio clips per generation to lock subject identity.
A multi-shot video is a single output containing distinct angles, cuts, and camera moves β not a stitched compilation.
Seedance 2.0 multi-shot video lands at up to 15 seconds β long enough for a teaser, short film opener, or product story.
Audio renders with the frames β ambient, music, dialogue β synced across every cut of the multi-shot video.
Pass up to 9 images + 3 videos + 3 audio clips to lock characters, products, and tone across the multi-shot video.
Brief each shot like a director β dolly here, crane there, key light shift β and the multi-shot video respects the shot list.
Faces, outfits, products stay recognizable cut to cut β the multi-shot video does not reset identity between shots.
Sentence in, multi-cut clip out β no NLE in between.
Earlier video generators produced one shot per render; you cut three takes in Premiere for three angles. A multi-shot video collapses that into one Seedance 2.0 render β wide, push-in, close-up, reveal, aligned to the prompt's pacing.
Multi-shot video takes shot-list vocabulary β 'cut to', 'push in', 'crane down'.
Brief the clip the way you would brief a cinematographer. Name the lens, the camera move, the key light, the cut transition. A multi-shot video lands closer to your storyboard than guess-and-reroll on single-shot text-to-video.
Dual-channel audio renders inside the same multi-shot video pass β no post-mix.
Most stitched-in-editor multi-shot footage breaks the audio: each clip ships its own ambient, then you fade in post. Seedance 2.0 renders dual-channel audio across the whole multi-shot video β the rain stays under the dialogue, the score swells through the cut.
16:9, 9:16, 1:1 β the multi-shot video keeps the ratio across every cut.
A multi-shot video locks aspect and length before rendering, so the YouTube cut and the Reels cut match without recropping. Mix shots inside the 15-second window β three 5-second beats, four 3-second cuts, one 12-second hero with two beats β change one prompt field and rerun.
Multi-shot video iterates faster than render-then-stitch.
Render-then-stitch means three text-to-video prompts plus a manual edit for every variant. A multi-shot video reroll is one prompt β five variants in five minutes instead of an hour at the timeline. That iteration speed makes campaign A/Bs feasible.
Eight clips β each caption is a reusable multi-shot video prompt
When multi-shot video beats render-then-stitch and when it doesn't.
| Workflow | Multi-shot video | Single-shot AI clip | Stitched in NLE | Traditional shoot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time to multi-cut clip | One render, ~90s | One render per cut | Renders + manual cutting | Days to weeks |
| Audio across cuts | Dual-channel, single pass | One ambient per render | Mix in post | Recorded on set |
| Subject consistency | Reference-locked, all cuts | Drifts between renders | Manual color match | Same actor, on set |
| Camera planning | Prompt-driven shot list | One shot per prompt | Prompt + timeline | DP + storyboard |
| Output revisions | Reroll the prompt | Reroll + re-stitch | Re-cut the timeline | Re-shoot the day |
| Cost per finished clip | Single API charge | N renders + editor time | Renders + NLE license | Crew, gear, location |
Four habits that separate clean multi-cut output from reroll noise
List the shots you want β wide, push-in, cut, crane, close-up β before writing the multi-shot video prompt. The model renders what you describe.
Inside one multi-shot video prompt, write 'wide on X, cut to Y, push-in on Z'. Explicit transitions land cleaner than 'show several scenes'.
Pass up to 9 reference images so faces, outfits, and products stay recognizable across the multi-shot video. Without references, identity drifts.
Write what the listener hears across the multi-shot video β 'ambient rain holds, lo-fi piano fades in on cut 2'. Seedance 2.0 ships dual-channel audio in the same render.
Multi-shot is one of several video pipelines on ZorqAI
What users ask before their first multi-shot video render
Free. No credit card. Seedance 2.0 inside β 15-second multi-shot video, dual-channel audio, multimodal references. Try multi-shot video on ZorqAI above.
