Video · Seedance 2.5
Cowboy Riding a Pig Bursts into a Saloon
Create a 15-second Western action comedy in which a muscular cowboy rides a fully equipped spotted pig into a saloon, and ends calmly with a glass of milk after a brawl.
Prompt
A 15-second HORIZONTAL live-action action clip. A muscular cowboy on a saddled pig bursts into a Texas saloon, sending the doorman flying across the room, knocks out the biggest brawler with one punch, then calmly orders a glass of milk. It ends on a close-up of milk on his mustache.
REFERENCE
Use the attached reference image of the cowboy riding the pig as the exact source for the appearance of both the man and the pig: face, bowl haircut, mustache, body build, clothing, boots, the pig's spotted coat, aviator cap, goggles, bandana and saddle. Match the reference in every shot. Do not copy the reference's grey studio background or its static pose; place both characters in the saloon described below and animate them naturally.
MAIN SUBJECT
Man from the reference image: late 30s, heavily muscular build, chestnut-brown bowl haircut with straight bangs, thick dark handlebar mustache, brown eyes, stern face that never smiles. Wears an open short-sleeve shirt with a cream-and-black cow-spot print over a white tank top with a printed hot dog graphic, a wide brown leather belt with a round brass star buckle, dark brown worn leather trousers, brown tooled leather cowboy boots, gold wristwatch on left wrist. Fabric is dense, opaque and stays in place.
Pig from the reference image: a large black-and-pink spotted pig with coarse bristly hair, wearing a brown leather aviator cap with cream sheepskin trim, round brass-framed goggles with dark lenses, a black paisley bandana, a tooled brown leather western saddle with brass buckles, leather reins in the man's hands. Seated on the pig, the man's shoulders are level with the head of a standing man.
Doorman: stocky man in his 30s, brown hat, grey shirt, suspenders.
Brawler: huge bald man in his 40s, thick red beard, sleeveless denim vest, tattooed arms.
Bartender: thin older man with grey sideburns, white shirt, black vest, bar towel on his shoulder.
LOCATION AND HEIGHT
Old Texas saloon interior, late afternoon. Wooden swinging half-doors at the entrance. A long polished wooden bar 1.1 metres high and 6 metres long, brass foot rail, shelves of bottles behind it, round wooden tables, wooden stools, about 12 rough men in hats and work clothes drinking and playing cards. Foreground: tables and chairs. Midground: the bar and the bartender. Background: bottle shelves, the entrance doors, a dusty front window with warm light. Dust floats in the light.
CAMERA AND LOOK
Handheld cinematic action, shots of 1.5-2.5 seconds, cuts only after a completed movement. Low angles for the cowboy, three-quarter and medium-wide angles, hooves and floor visible when the pig moves. Slight hand shake, delayed autofocus on fast moves, mild bloom from the window, faint film noise, muted contrast. One light source: warm low sunlight through the front window and doors, soft dusty shadows, natural skin tones. No glossy beauty lighting, no artificial rim light, no heavy grading. Camera and crew never appear in frame. The bar and bottle shelves stay visible in every shot.
CONTINUOUS STORY
00:00-00:03 — THE HOOK
First frame is already action. Camera inside the saloon, low, facing the entrance. The doorman stands with his back to the swinging doors. The doors burst inward as the pig charges through, its head slamming into the doorman's back. ONE continuous shot: the doorman is launched forward into the room (launch), flies 2 metres with arms flailing and his hat falling off (flight), and crashes chest-first onto a round table, which collapses under him, cards and glasses scattering across the floor (landing). The doors keep swinging behind the pig as it stops just inside, the cowboy upright in the saddle.
00:03-00:05 — SILENCE
Wide shot. Every man in the saloon freezes and turns to look. The pig walks slowly toward the bar between the tables, hooves knocking on the wooden floor, the cowboy staring straight ahead.
00:05-00:08 — THE BOTTLE
The bald brawler at the bar stands up and smashes a bottle against the bar edge; glass falls to the floor and he holds the jagged neck in his fist. He charges and swings it. ONE clear contact: the cowboy, still in the saddle, catches the brawler's wrist with his left hand. The broken bottle neck slips from the brawler's fingers and clatters on the floor.
00:08-00:11 — ONE PUNCH
ONE clear contact: still holding the wrist, the cowboy drives his right fist into the brawler's jaw. The brawler is knocked backward (launch), lands on his back on top of the bar and slides 2 metres along it, pushing glasses aside (flight), then rolls off behind the bar and drops out of sight onto the floor (landing). Three-quarter medium shot, one continuous take.
00:11-00:15 — THE ORDER
The pig steps up to the bar. The cowboy rests one forearm on the bar top and looks at the frozen bartender, completely calm. He says one word in a low voice: "Milk." The bartender quickly pours white milk into a glass and pushes it over. The cowboy takes one sip and sets the glass down. Final frame: close-up of his stern face with a white milk line on his mustache, the pig's goggled head beside him, the silent saloon behind.
SOUND
Only natural sound: crash of the swinging doors, a grunt and a heavy table collapsing, cards and glasses scattering, then sudden total silence, slow hoof knocks on the wooden floor, glass smashing, the bottle neck clattering, a heavy punch impact, a body sliding along the bar and glasses clinking, a thud behind the bar, the single spoken word "Milk", milk pouring, the glass set down on wood, a pig snort. No music, narration or laugh track.
ESSENTIAL CONTINUITY
Events in this order: doors burst open and doorman thrown onto a table, silence, bottle smash, wrist catch, one punch and slide along the bar, milk order. Every throw and fall has a launch, flight and landing; no body passes through the bar, tables or doors. The cowboy stays in the saddle the entire clip. The broken bottle never touches the cowboy. The doorman stays on the broken table and the brawler stays behind the bar after falling. The man and the pig match the reference image in every shot. Preserve his face, bowl haircut, handlebar mustache, cow-print shirt, hot dog tank top, brass star buckle, leather trousers and cowboy boots throughout. Preserve the pig's aviator cap, goggles, bandana and saddle throughout. Same warm sunlight, same saloon interior in every shot.
No repeated attempts, slow motion, teleportation, duplicated people or animals, changing outfits, CGI appearance, captions, subtitles, scoreboard overlays, watermarks, recording interface.
How to use
The saloon setting and ending action can be replaced, while preserving the clear sequence of events and continuity requirements.



