ReelStack · the lab
Show the
working
Two series. One measures models against each other under a single changed variable; the other takes a finished film apart and prints every prompt, every dead end and every credit.
The Bench
Compare the results
Compare model outputs on shared creative tests. Read the original prompts, check where settings differ, and see the failures as well as the finished clips.
Eight AI video models, five tests
39 clips · 5 testsWatch the results, inspect the full prompts and compare each model’s settings and costs.
Seedance 2.5 vs 2.0
54 renders · 3116 creditsByteDance shipped 2.5 after 2.0. The version number tells you it is newer. It does not tell you it is better, and on two axes it is measurably worse.
The Make
Everything it took
A film pulled apart: every prompt that made a frame, every direction that was killed, and what the making of it taught. Every prompt copy-paste ready.
NOBODY IN HERE
133 clips · 2:21 film · sponsored by InVideoThe complete production kit for NOBODY IN HERE, a Lamborghini spec ad built with InVideo’s AI agent on Seedance 2.5: the film, four takes from the cut, the character, car and location sheets, the storyboards and the principles, every prompt copyable in one click. Sponsored by InVideo.
AI OUTBREAK
439 jobs · 4,756 creditsA 90-second explainer built as one film at two distances — a painted city seen from the gutter and a swarm of dots seen from orbit. Every prompt that made it is on this page, including the ones that failed, and the money is broken out three ways because one number would be a lie.