# Seoul Grocery Story

> Handheld-camera home video of woman shopping in Seoul, bag tears, stranger helps, natural laughter.

- Type: single prompt
- Written for: [Seedance 2.0](https://orisu.ai/prompts/m/seedance-2.0)
- Category: [Social](https://orisu.ai/prompts/c/social)
- Tags: Story, Editorial, Minimal
- Published: 2026-09-04
- Page: https://orisu.ai/prompts/nostalgic-handheld-home-video

## Prompt

- Model: Seedance 2.0
- Input you supply: Reference image (reference_image)

```text
30s, 1080p, 9:16, nostalgic handheld home-video style, friend filming w/ old digicam. Korean woman (cream cardigan, sage blouse, jeans) buys groceries, bag rips on the walk home, apples spill, she laughs, stranger helps, bites an apple: "now we're safe." Natural audio only, no music/text/logo.\nUse exactly one reference image for the woman. Preserve her identity, face, skin tone, hairstyle, body proportions and wardrobe consistently.\n\nCharacter:\n\nYoung Korean woman, early 20s, cream cardigan, sage-green blouse, blue jeans, white sneakers, brown shoulder bag, silver earrings. Natural makeup, realistic skin and hair.\n\nStyle:\n\nCasual friend-recorded smartphone footage. Handheld, imperfect framing, autofocus shifts, natural exposure, slight motion blur/compression. Real Seoul neighborhood and morning light. No CGI, beauty filter or polished commercial look.\n\nREALISM:\n\nProgressive bag tearing, believable item weight and gravity, accurate hands, payment, walking and object continuity. No teleporting, duplication, disappearing objects, warped hands, extra fingers or wardrobe changes.\n\nAUDIO:\n\nNatural grocery store ambience, refrigeration hum, plastic bag rustling, footsteps, traffic, register beeps, payment sounds, rolling apple sounds, fabric movement and genuine laughter. No music, narration, subtitles, logos or watermark.\n\nVideo:\n\n00:00–00:04 — Grocery Store: She walks through a small neighborhood grocery store, picks up apples and eyes them, says, "These look fresh." Grabs a few items — apples, a carton of eggs, a bag of rice — and puts them in a plastic shopping bag.\n\n00:04–00:08 — Payment: She pays at the counter, thanks the cashier, picks up the full bag with both hands and heads out the door.\n\n00:08–00:12 — Drop: Walking down the street, the bag's handle slowly stretches and rips. An apple rolls out. She doesn't notice; the camera catches it.\n\n00:12–00:16 — Discovery: The sound behind her makes her stop. She turns, sees the apple and the torn handle. "Oh no…" She crouches down.\n\n00:16–00:21 — Chaos: As she lifts the bag, the eggs carton tips and more apples spill out. She catches one apple and chases another rolling toward the curb. She laughs nervously; the camera shakes naturally.\n\n00:21–00:25 — Help: A shopkeeper or passerby comes over with a sturdier bag. They gather everything together, double-checking the eggs are intact. She checks the bag's strength before standing.\n\n00:25–00:30 — Payoff: She walks away, pulls out one apple, takes a bite and smiles: "Okay… now we're safe." She glances at the eggs carton, relieved it survived. The camera operator quietly laughs. Cut naturally while moving.
```

## Example output

- Video: https://assets.orisu.ai/prompt-library/seedance-2/nostalgic-handheld-home-video.mp4 (poster: https://assets.orisu.ai/prompt-library/awesome-gpt-image/nostalgic-handheld-home-video.jpg) — Seoul Grocery Story — example output
- ![Seoul Grocery Story — example output](https://assets.orisu.ai/prompt-library/awesome-gpt-image/nostalgic-handheld-home-video.jpg)

## Credit

- Author: 𝑨𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒏 (https://x.com/afrinxai)
- Original post: https://x.com/afrinxai/status/2093534112024039728
- Collected via: awesome-seedance-2-prompts
- Licence: CC BY 4.0

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