Penny explains how to build a bank from scratch

An 82-second money explainer: Penny, a low-poly banker, goes from gold under the mattress to deposits, paper money and interest.

Penny is a studio character, not part of a Cast pack. Below is the prompt for one of the 31 shots (the gold bar shot); every shot used the same two-part recipe.

Try it in Cast with one line

Cast videos are 5 to 15 seconds, so you get a shorter cut of the same idea. Pick your own character and type:

drags an enormous gold bar across a market square, sweating, then pays for bread with a paper receipt

The prompt that made it

Two steps, as with every video in our showcase: an image model paints the opening frame, then Seedance animates it. These are the exact prompts, unedited.

1. Opening-frame prompt (image model)

Low-poly 3D video game screenshot, PS1 / early-2000s console render, flat-shaded chunky polygon geometry, pixel-art textures, big expressive 2D anime eyes on the 3D faces, bright soft daylight unless stated, cozy toy-like world, vertical 9:16 frame. Penny is the woman in the first reference image: same face, auburn-brown bob with bangs, translucent green banker's eyeshade visor with a gold $ badge, fitted navy blazer, white blouse, navy pencil skirt, black heels, gold pen in the pocket, curvy figure.  Scene: Busy low-poly market square with fruit and bread stalls. Penny in heels drags an enormous gold bar behind her on a rope, leaning forward, pixel-art sweat drops flying off her head, annoyed face. No captions, no UI, no watermark.

She strains and drags the huge gold bar a few steps across the cobblestones, sweat drops popping off her head. Camera follows. Low-poly 3D game animation, stylized, smooth motion. Nobody speaks; mouths closed or smiling. No captions, no text overlays, no new characters appearing.

Why it works, and the Cast settings that get you closest: prompt breakdown.

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Updated 2026-10-17