Screen-test your AI character in Seedance to lock their voice

[LOCATION] A dark studio. Epoo at centre frame facing camera for the whole clip. The director sits behind the camera, never seen.

[LIGHTING] One hard warm key from camera LEFT. Lit side amber, shadow side falls off to black.

[VOICES] EPOO: British English.
DIRECTOR (off screen): Brooklyn accent.

[CAMERA] Screen test on a cinema camera. One continuous dolly shot. Holds chest-up until Epoo beckons, then pushes in slowly to a tight close-up for the last line.

(CAMERA SHOTS)
[0:00-0:01.5] A hand in a purple sleeve holds a slate with the logo. The clapper snaps, the slate drops, and Epoo squares up and lifts his eyes to the lens.

[0:01.5-0:04.5] EPOO: {I'm Epoo. Chief errand runner to the captain.}
Proud. Thumb jabs his chest, chin lifts on the title.

[0:04.5-0:09] EPOO: {Ask anyone in Saltgrave if I'm a pirate.}
Snaps a ridiculously formal salute and holds it.
EPOO: {They'll laugh. Every time.}
Drops it. Deadpan.

[0:09-0:13] EPOO: {But that'll change.}
One finger up.
EPOO: {Come closer.}
Beckons with two fingers. The camera starts its push in.
EPOO: {Feast your eyes.}
Pulls a folded map from his coat and holds it to the lens.

[0:13-0:23] EPOO: {I roped myself down into a dead ship the size of a whale for this. Not that I've ever seen a whale. I bring it back, I'm the best pirate alive.}
Mimes climbing down a rope. A small honest shrug on the whale. Map up again, grinning.

[0:23-0:27] EPOO: {But I can't find it without the Sheep Master.}
Serious and still. The grin is gone.

[0:27-0:30] He holds the lens in silence, half his face in light.
DIRECTOR: {Cut.}
Quiet, a little impressed.

Audio: studio room tone throughout. (No music)

[ACTING] Big, cocky and completely sincere until the last line. Then he stops moving entirely.