Traditional product advertisements typically present features and selling points directly, which can easily lead to ad fatigue among viewers. By naturally integrating the product into short dramas featuring conflict, twists, and character relationships, the advertising content becomes much more engaging and captivating.

In this tutorial, we’ll use a green-bottled wind oil product as an example. We’ll generate multiple short‑drama ideas using PixPix Agent, select an appropriate storyline, then create video prompts accordingly. Finally, we’ll use Seedance 2.5 to produce a workplace‑boss‑dominated style short‑drama promotional video.

Step 1: Upload a reference image of the product

Enter PixPix’s infinite canvas and upload the product image you want to turn into a short‑drama promotional video.

The product we’re using this time is a green‑bottled wind oil. The original image clearly showcases:

• Green cap

• Transparent glass bottle body

• Green liquid

• Front packaging label

• Overall product proportions

• Bottle edges and reflective details

It’s recommended to use images with a clean background, a complete product view, and clear packaging text. Based on this reference image, the AI will seamlessly integrate the product into various dramatic scenes.

Step 2: Have the Agent design a short‑drama promotional plan

After uploading the product image, select the Agent mode and enter the storyline planning instructions for the video.

Please provide me with several short‑drama promotional storylines based on the uploaded product image, each lasting about 15 seconds. You may draw inspiration from popular genres such as palace intrigue, fantasy, or boss‑dominated narratives. The overall pacing should be tight, emphasizing conflicts and plot twists to keep viewers engaged and entertained. The product must blend naturally into the storyline, with advertising integrated through character dialogue—avoid any awkwardness. Feel free to incorporate moderate humor or playful elements, but ensure that character actions, props, and scene transitions remain logical and consistent with the narrative. Character designs, costumes, set decorations, and camera techniques should all reflect the typical style of short dramas. There’s no need to worry about whether the product fits the historical period of the story; focus instead on strong storytelling, intense conflict, surprising twists, and seamless product placement.

Once the instructions are submitted, the Agent will combine the product’s appearance and usage characteristics to suggest several potential storyline directions for further development.

Step 3: Choose a storyline from the options provided

In the video, the Agent generated various types of short‑drama concepts inspired by the product image, including popular themes like palace intrigue, fantasy, and boss‑dominated stories.

Different genres allow for different approaches to product integration:

This video features a workplace drama centered around an overbearing boss.

The characters and settings exhibit typical short‑drama traits:

• The Overbearing Boss: Dressed in a black suit, standing at the head of the conference table with an imposing presence.

• Female Character: Wearing professional attire, driving the plot forward through expressions and gestures.

• Meeting Participants: Seated on either side of the conference table, intensifying the tense workplace atmosphere.

• Setting: A dark‑toned high‑rise conference room, with a nighttime cityscape visible through the window.

• Product: Placed on the conference table during the unfolding conflict, serving as a pivotal prop for the story’s twist.

Step Four: Generate Directly Usable Video Prompt Words

After selecting a storyline, have the Agent further refine it into video‑generation prompt words.

The video prompt should include:

• Character identities and costumes

• Conference room environment and lighting

• Characters’ positioning and actions

• Conflicts between characters

• Specific dialogue and emotions

• When the product appears

• How the product interacts with characters

• Close‑up shots of the product

• Plot twists and conclusion

• Video aspect ratio and duration

Video prompt

Create a 15-second, 9:16 vertical‑format, modern “dominant boss” short‑drama‑style comedic video promoting wind oil. The story revolves around the boss decreeing that whoever yawns first must stay behind for overtime—only to find himself yawning first. The plot features tension, humorous twists, and satisfying short‑drama moments, while character actions, product placement, object positioning, and usage must adhere to real‑world logic.

Employ the visual language of Chinese vertical‑format micro‑short dramas: high‑contrast cinematic lighting, cool blue window light, dark golden rim lighting, shallow depth of field, low camera angles shot from below, rapid close‑ups, whip‑pan transitions, eye‑level close‑ups, hand‑close‑ups, reaction shots, brief pauses, and comedic rhythmic stops. The visuals should appear refined and luxurious—not like ordinary office promotional footage.

Dialogue in standard Mandarin Chinese, with lip‑sync accuracy matching each line. No subtitles, title cards, watermarks, or platform interfaces are added.

【Product Appearance Locked】

Strictly follow Image 1. All shots must maintain identical bottle shape, size proportions, glass material, green liquid, cap, and label. The product is a standard portable small bottle; no enlargement allowed.

【Character Design Locked (No real actors may be used for any characters appearing!)】

The Dominant Boss: A 32‑year‑old East Asian man, tall and stern, with a slicked‑back black hairstyle, wearing a black double‑breasted suit, black waistcoat, white shirt, dark gray tie, and silver cufflinks. He exudes an imposing presence with a serious expression.

The Female Lead: A 26‑year‑old East Asian woman with long, dark brown curls tied into a low ponytail, dressed in a white silk blouse, black high‑waisted skirt, black stiletto heels, and silver earrings. Her makeup is exquisite, radiating gentle calmness.

A Female Colleague: A 28‑year‑old East Asian woman with shoulder‑length bob, wearing a wine‑red tailored skirt suit, pearl earrings, and red high heels. She appears elegant on the surface, yet her eyes betray a calculating edge.

Two Background Employees: Dressed in gray‑black business suits, seated on either side of the conference table. Throughout the scene, all characters’ faces, hairstyles, outfits, and seating positions remain consistent.

【Scene Locked】

A luxurious top‑floor conference room featuring a dark walnut long table, black leather chairs, a marble backdrop wall, and metallic linear pendant lights. Outside the floor‑to‑ceiling windows, city skyscrapers stretch into the distance. At 3 p.m., cool blue natural light streams through the windows, casting dark golden rim lighting along the edges of the characters. On the table, a laptop, paper documents, a fountain pen, and a coffee cup are neatly arranged. Initially, the female lead keeps her wind oil in a personal handbag.

【Timeline】

0–2.5 seconds:

A close‑up shot from a low angle shows black shoes stepping across the marble floor, then the camera quickly pans upward to reveal the Dominant Boss. Standing at the far end of the long table, he casually tosses a document onto the surface with a crisp sound. Cool blue backlight outlines his suit’s silhouette.

The camera swiftly zooms in on the Boss’s stern face as he taps the table with his finger, speaking with palpable authority:

“Whoever yawns first stays behind for overtime!”

Following this, three quick reaction shots: employees instantly sit up straight, the female colleague nervously presses her lips together, and the female lead calmly lifts her gaze. Short drum beats accompany the rapid cuts.

2.5–4.5 seconds:

An 85mm telephoto close‑up of the tabletop. The female lead bends over to review plans, while a wine‑red suit‑clad female colleague watches from either side, reaching out to slowly slide the coffee cup in front of her toward herself. The cup moves smoothly across the table without spilling a drop.

A slightly tilted Dutch angle shot adds intrigue, accompanied by a smug close‑up of the female colleague’s eyes. Noticing the missing coffee, the female lead first checks the empty coaster, then glances sideways at her colleague. The camera rapidly zooms in on her eyes—she shows no anger, only a faint, knowing smile revealing she sees right through the other person.

4.5–7 seconds:

From the black handbag beside her chair, the female lead naturally pulls out a bottle of wind oil. Using her lifting motion, the camera executes a whip‑pan transition to a macro close‑up of the product: transparent multi‑faceted glass refracts cool green highlights, the green liquid flows realistically, and the deep green striped cap along with the “Wind Oil” label are clearly visible.

Hand close‑up: She unscrews the cap, applies a small amount externally according to instructions, then promptly replaces the cap and sets the bottle back on the table. Her movements are graceful, natural, and restrained—no glowing effects, icy mist, or magical touches allowed.

Leaning back against her chair, the female lead calmly says to her colleague:

“It’s fine—I’ve got this.”

The female colleague’s smug grin gradually freezes.

7–9.5 seconds:

Back to the Dominant Boss. Shot from a low angle looking up, he picks up a document ready to continue lecturing, as the background music steadily builds. Just as he raises his hand, he suddenly finds himself unable to stop a genuine, big yawn.

At the very moment the yawn occurs, the camera sharply zooms in on the Boss’s face, followed by a sudden, complete halt in the music for 0.3 seconds. The Boss immediately clamps his mouth shut, his expression stiffening as he realizes he has just broken the rule he’d just established.

Three consecutive short, scene‑style reaction close-ups: On the left, an employee stares in shock; on the right, another employee lowers their head, stifling a laugh; meanwhile, a female colleague in a burgundy suit slowly turns her head to look at the domineering boss. Finally, the female lead lifts her eyes, her gaze calm yet tinged with a hint of amusement.

9.5–12.5 seconds:

The female lead picks up the wind oil from the table, holding the bottle so its front faces the camera, then gently slides it along the conference table toward the boss. A close‑up tracking shot follows the bottle as it glides across the smooth surface, finally coming to rest beside the boss’s hand.

Cut to a medium close-up of the female lead, with the city lights blurred behind her. With a sincere expression and polite tone, she says:

“Mr. Gu, is your workstation still reserved for you?”

After finishing her line, there’s a 0.4‑second pause. The employees in the background all lower their heads, stifling laughter, their shoulders trembling slightly. The boss looks down at the wind oil, then slowly raises his eyes to face everyone.

12.5–13.5 seconds:

The boss awkwardly adjusts his tie, trying hard to maintain his imposing demeanor, picks up a document on the table, and says in a low, rapid voice:

“…Meeting adjourned!”

He immediately turns and walks away. The employees quickly rise to gather their materials, while the background music shifts into a light, comedic rhythm. The female lead doesn’t burst into laughter—she merely raises her eyebrows slightly, maintaining the composed poise expected of a short‑drama heroine.

13.5–15 seconds:

Using the black suit of the boss passing through the frame, a blackout transition effect is created. Then we cut to a hero shot of the wind oil product: the bottle stands upright in the center of the conference table, its label facing the camera, with crisp green highlights shimmering along the transparent glass edges, revealing the liquid’s clear, refreshing transparency.

The camera slowly pans around the product by about 15 degrees, while the female lead confidently exits the meeting room, carrying documents, her figure subtly blurred in the background. A female voiceover:

“Wind oil—cooling and soothing, just one small bottle to carry with you.”

Finally, the product freezes steadily for the last 0.3 seconds.

[Performance Style]

In the first half, the boss exudes strong pressure, but after yawning, a noticeable contrast of embarrassment emerges. The female lead avoids grimacing or exaggerated mockery, instead using subtle eye contact, pauses, and polite remarks to deliver a satisfying punchline. The calculating female coworker is portrayed through movements like shifting coffee cups and expressive glances—no splashing coffee, no arguments. Meanwhile, the background employees create comedic effects by synchronizing their head turns and suppressing laughter.

[Photography Requirements]

Vertical‑format characters must always remain within the safe central area of the frame; extensive use of close‑ups of faces, eyes, and hands; during conflict scenes, employ quick zoom‑ins and whip‑pan shots; when reversing the narrative, use sudden silences paired with rapid zooms; during product‑focused sequences, keep the camera steady and lighting crisp; and finish with macro‑style commercial photography. Camera movements should be deliberate yet avoid excessive shaking, ensuring seamless transitions and clear spatial orientation.

[Sound Design]

Begin with the boss’s short‑drama‑style deep drumbeat and tense strings; clearly capture the sound of leather shoes, documents hitting the table, and fingers tapping on the desk; include faint friction noises when a coffee cup slides; add an authentic “click” when opening a bottle cap; abruptly halt the music when the boss yawns; incorporate brief plucked‑string comedy sounds as others turn their heads; leave 0.4 seconds of silence after the female lead delivers her witty retort; switch to upbeat, playful music once the boss announces “meeting adjourned”; and end with a crisp glass‑like cue upon the product’s final freeze.

[Negative Requirements]

Do not shoot the scene as a typical bright office setting or corporate promotional video; do not dress characters in casual T‑shirts, cheap workwear, or randomly change outfits; do not use a flat, static camera position throughout the entire film; and avoid excessive skin smoothing, trendy filters, or low‑resolution visuals.

Do not alter the shape of the wind oil bottle, the color of the liquid, the dark green cap, the off‑white label, or the packaging text; do not distort, make the product disappear, change its size, or transform it into a plastic bottle; do not mix wind oil into coffee, beverages, or allow it to come into contact with eyes, the area around the eyes, nostrils, or mouth; do not introduce exaggerated effects such as instant clarity, freezing, glowing, or energy waves; and do not fabricate medical claims, ingredient lists, pricing, sales figures, or certifications.

Do not depict automatic resetting of coffee cups, wind oil appearing out of nowhere, or changes in character seating; do not show multiple hands, extra fingers, severed limbs, face swaps, or palm penetration; do not portray the boss dramatically rolling his eyes or falling down; and do not include subtitles, garbled text, additional branding, or unrelated products.

Once the prompt is generated, copy the entire text. Do not just copy the storyline summary, as the video model also requires information on character movements, camera language, scene transitions, and how to integrate the product.

Step Five: Select the Seedance 2.5 Model

In the video node, select the Seedance 2.5 model, then set the video parameters according to the storyline.

The target duration for this storyline plan is 15秒, suitable for setting up as follows:

• Video model: Seedance 2.5

• Video length: 15秒

• Aspect ratio: 9:16

• Screen orientation: Vertical short video

• Reference material: Product image

• Prompt: Complete short‑drama prompt generated by the Agent

Once settings are complete, paste the video prompt you just copied and submit it for generation.

Step Six: Check whether product placement feels natural

When evaluating a short‑drama product‑promotion video, not only should you assess whether the plot is coherent, but also verify that the product genuinely integrates into the story.

In this video, the product does not dominate the frame from the very beginning; instead, it is brought out by a character after the conflict in the meeting has developed and placed on the conference table.

Key shots featuring the product include:

1. A character places the product on the table.

2. The product appears among the meeting participants.

3. The camera switches to a close-up of the bottle’s body.

4. The green cap and front label are clearly visible.

5. A character displays an expression change upon seeing the product.

6. The product drives the plot toward a twist or conclusion.

This type of integration feels far more natural than simply having a character introduce the product directly to the camera.

Plot structure of short‑drama product‑promotion videos

For a short‑drama product‑promotion video lasting approximately 15秒 seconds, the following pacing can be adopted:

0–3 seconds: Rapidly establish conflict

At the opening, immediately showcase a tense meeting atmosphere, a domineering boss delivering a scolding, or a character caught in trouble—no need to spend excessive time introducing the background.

3–6 seconds: Intensify character conflicts

Use dialogue, actions, and expressions to quickly help viewers understand character relationships and spark interest in continuing to watch.

6–10 seconds: Bring the product into the narrative

Have a secretary, employee, or another character naturally present the product, ensuring it connects with the ongoing conflict.

10–13 seconds: Display the product and conclude with a twist

Use product close-ups, character reactions, and key lines to illustrate the product’s role in the storyline.

13–15 seconds: Emotional payoff

End with a shocking reveal from the domineering boss, a character’s counter‑attack, or an unexpected comedic twist, leaving the audience with a memorable moment.

How can you make product placement feel natural?

Introduce the product only after a conflict has arisen.

Don’t unveil the product right at the beginning of the short video. Let the characters encounter a problem first, then position the product as a crucial tool that solves issues, drives plot twists, or generates humor.

Incorporate the product through character dialogue.

The product’s selling points can be voiced by characters, but the lines should align with each character’s personality and emotional state.

For example, the speech styles of the domineering boss, the secretary, and the rival should differ—don’t have all characters use the same advertising tone.

Give the product its own distinct close-up.

After the product appears, insert a brief close-up shot showing the bottle, color, and packaging. Keep the close-up short; otherwise, it may disrupt the pacing of the scene.

Let the product influence the story’s outcome.

If the plot still holds together even without the product, it means the integration isn’t deep enough.

A more natural approach is to let the product directly affect a character’s condition, decisions, emotions, or the resolution of conflicts.

Summary

This AI‑driven workflow for creating short‑form product‑promotion videos can be summarized as follows:

Upload a product image → Select Agent mode → Enter storyline planning instructions → Generate multiple short‑video concepts → Choose the most suitable plot → Create video prompts → Upload reference product images → Select Seedance 2.5 → Set 15秒 and 9:16 → Paste the prompts → Generate the final video

With this method, there’s no need for elaborate live‑action filming beforehand. Simply prepare a clear product photo, and leverage AI to seamlessly integrate the product into popular short‑video genres like palace intrigue, fantasy, or corporate‑dominance stories—quickly producing engaging promotional videos that combine compelling plots, surprising twists, and effective product showcases.