Reference image
Reference image
To create a video like this, we have two options: a free method with results that aren't guaranteed, and a paid, professional method with more accurate results. In both cases we use the same reference image and the same prompt, only changing the site and model used.
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The Prompt Used

This is the full prompt we'll use, with the interior design image as a Reference Image. The video opens on the room as a bare concrete shell, with every finish and furniture piece floating in the air while an FPV drone weaves between them. The fragments then pull toward their places with real mass and inertia: floors and wall finishes sweep across the surfaces and the furniture builds piece by piece, accelerating to a slow-motion peak, then speed returns to real time and the drone settles on the exact framing of the reference image, with sound effects and no music.

Full Prompt
[Frames]
The last frame is the reference image: the finished interior seen from its exact camera position. The whole video builds toward this frame, and everything in it, the architecture, finishes, furniture, materials, colors and light, comes from the reference image.
[Summary]
A 15-second single unbroken FPV drone shot inside this interior before it is built: the room's finishes and furniture float as weightless fragments, then crash together and assemble into place at accelerating speed, peak in slow motion, and settle at real-time speed into the reference image.
[Timeline]
0–5s: Initial state: the same room as the reference image as a raw concrete shell, with the same walls, openings, columns and ceiling, bare and empty, the light of the reference image cutting through dusty air. Every finish and furniture piece of the reference image hangs in the air as drifting fragments, such as wall panels, flooring planks and tiles, sofa and cushion pieces, lamp parts, shelves, glass and fabric. The FPV drone darts in like a fly, banking and weaving between the fragments and skimming close past them. End state: the fragments still floating, beginning to turn toward their places.
5–11s: The fragments pull toward their places from random directions with real mass and inertia: heavy pieces glide, light ones spin, and on contact they knock, ricochet and settle, puffing out dust. Flooring and wall finishes sweep across the bare surfaces, the furniture builds piece by piece, and each light fixture glows on as it locks in. The pace accelerates and the drone grows bolder, rolling, diving and threading through closing gaps. End state: the room almost complete, the last pieces flying in.
11–12.5s: At the peak, time drops into dramatic slow motion: the last fragments hang in the air with dust glittering in the light, and the drone slows with them, gliding toward the camera position of the reference image.
12.5–15s: Speed ramps smoothly back to real time as the last pieces lock into place; the drone eases into the exact framing of the reference image and comes to rest only on the final frame.
[Camera and time]
One continuous FPV move that never pauses until the final frame, with natural motion blur that stretches as the speed rises and tightens as it slows, and a time ramp from steady drift to rising acceleration, a slow-motion peak and a return to real time.
[Consistency]
The room's architecture, light and sun direction stay the same from the first frame to the last; every piece ends exactly where it sits in the reference image.
[Audio]
No music. Diegetic sound only: the hollow echo of an empty concrete room and airy whooshes as the drone passes the fragments; wood knocks, glass chimes, fabric flutters and click-in sounds speeding up as the pieces assemble, the echo shrinking as the room fills; a stretched, muffled hush in the slow motion; then the warm, quiet tone of a finished room and one last soft click.
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Choosing a Method

Whichever site you use, the steps are usually similar: upload the image as a Reference Image, add the prompt, choose the model, set the settings that suit you, then click Generate.

Free, Not Guaranteed

Google Flow

Google Flow is completely free, using the Omni 1.1 Flash model.

Paid, Professional

Seedance 2.5

A professional model available on many sites. Here are two sites where you can get a discount through my links. Whichever you choose, the engine is the same, Seedance, so pick the price that suits you.

03

Generating with Seedance 2.5

The steps are similar on OpenArt and Morphix Pro. The screenshots below are from OpenArt.

  • 1Go to the site you chose and open the Video section.
  • 2Choose the model (Seedance 2.5).
  • 3Add the reference image using the Add visual references option.
  • 4Add the full prompt from section one.
  • 5Choose the settings that suit you: audio (On), dimensions (9:16), duration (15s), and resolution.
  • 6Click Generate.
The image must be a Reference

Add the image as a "Reference", not as a "Start Frame". The video opens on a bare concrete shell, and the reference image is the final frame the shot reaches once everything has assembled.

Save credits before generating

If you feel the video will cost too many credits, choose a low resolution like 480p in the settings, then Upscale the result as in the next section. This saves a lot of credits.

Adding the reference image along with the prompt and choosing the model and settings on OpenArt, with a low resolution (480p) to save credits

Adding the reference image along with the prompt and choosing the model and settings on OpenArt, with a low resolution (480p) to save credits

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Upscale

The Upscale is done on the same site, and the engine differs from site to site. On OpenArt, for example, the engine is BytePlus vCube.

  • 1After generating the video, click on it inside the site to open its options menu.
The menu that opens after clicking the video, with the Upscale option

The menu that opens after clicking the video, with the Upscale option

  • 2Click Upscale, and the video opens with the Upscale settings.
  • 3Choose the settings that suit you (resolution, frame rate, mode), no need to copy mine. The cost is relatively low.
  • 4Click Generate.
My Upscale settings on OpenArt (BytePlus vCube, 1080p HD, 30 fps, Standard mode). Choose what suits you, you don't have to copy them

My Upscale settings on OpenArt (BytePlus vCube, 1080p HD, 30 fps, Standard mode). Choose what suits you, you don't have to copy them

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The Free Alternative: Google Flow

Important before adding the prompt

This prompt is written for a 15-second video, while Omni Flash on Google Flow supports a maximum of 10 seconds. So simply go to ChatGPT or Claude, paste the prompt, and ask for a version of it for a 10-second video.

  • 1Open Google Flow.
  • 2Add the new prompt and the image (using the Ingredients option, not Frames, for the same reason mentioned above).
  • 3Choose the right settings and model (Omni 1.1 Flash), with 9:16 dimensions and a 10s duration.
  • 4Click Generate.
Choosing Ingredients, dimensions (9:16), the model (Omni 1.1 Flash), and duration (10s) on Google Flow

Choosing Ingredients, dimensions (9:16), the model (Omni 1.1 Flash), and duration (10s) on Google Flow

Final Result

A continuous 15-second FPV drone shot: from a bare concrete shell with finishes and furniture floating inside, to pieces assembling into place at accelerating speed, a slow-motion peak, and the drone settling on the exact framing of the reference image with the room fully finished, with sound effects only and no music.

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