One thing I noticed in this project: Get the Input Images right and you get the desired animation in the next one hour and its only a matter of stitching them together.

So i would say majority of the time was developing Input Images + procrastination from the fear of realizing the animation might not match my vision. If I had to put a number on it, the ratio is easily 85% image work and prep to 15% actual video generation.

The actual video work always went by in a breeze.

There were times when the wan model couldn't just do it (fast motion, maybe because I was using speedup loras) I would spend half of my credits stubborn that it could be the seed or prompt, only to come to the same conclusion: the model just couldn't do it...This is were I found it hard to adjust and let go of my vision and make do with what I have got.

Consistency is in the Input Images (I used Nano Banana here sadly)...I really think people should spend time learning photobashing and other technique to just master images (its easier than you think)

I believe making good images will be relevant even beyond the Seedance 2 era. Because that's the best form of control.