AI Video Knockout · Round 01 · Real vs AI dance
The choreography prompt (15 s)
https://mantis.guru/benchmarks/ai-video-knockout/#dance

One continuous 15-second photoreal live-action shot. Animate the exact man in the starting photograph dancing on the same green rooftop. Preserve his face, glasses, short black hair, black T-shirt, loose black trousers, black sneakers with white soles, body proportions and wristwatch. He smiles broadly toward the camera throughout. Keep his entire body including both shoes in frame and preserve the rooftop railing and building behind him. Camera remains in the same frontal position, no cuts or zooms.
0-7 seconds: playful running-man shuffle, knees softly bent, alternating short diagonal cross-steps and backward heel lifts, shifting weight from side to side. His torso twists gently left and right, elbows bent, hands swinging loosely around waist and chest level in counter-rhythm to his feet. He bounces lightly on every step, traveling only a little within the same spot.
7-11 seconds: face the camera squarely, feet spread; continue bouncing and stepping side to side while bringing both palms together repeatedly, sweeping the joined hands across his chest from one side to the other, briefly lifting them beside his shoulder before sweeping them down again. His knees flex with each weight shift.
11-15 seconds: release the hands and return to loose alternating shuffle steps with two small buoyant hops, relaxed swinging forearms, then a low forward heel kick near the end, grinning at the camera. Natural human joint motion and believable planted-foot contact with the turf. Maintain the same person, outfit, daylight and location throughout. No dialogue, no singing, no added text. Light shoe scuffs and outdoor ambience.