The Best Photos for a Gas Station Dance AI Video

An AI video model can only keep what it can see. The photos you upload decide how much the finished gas station dance video looks like you. Here is what works.

One photo per shot

The video has three shots, and each shot uses one photo. Pick the photo for what that shot needs:

• Shot 1, the dancer: a full-body, head-to-toe photo, facing the camera. It drives the opening dance.
• Shot 2, the selfie: a sharp, front-facing photo of the face. This person holds the phone in the selfie shot.
• Shot 3, the car exit: another full-body, head-to-toe photo, facing the camera. It drives the step out of the car.

What makes a photo work

• Even light. Soft daylight or shade beats harsh sun or a dark room.
• The whole face visible. Both eyes, nose and mouth clearly in view.
• Front-facing. A slight angle is fine, a strong profile is not.
• One person. Crop out friends, or the model may pick the wrong face.
• Sharp and unfiltered. Beauty filters change your face before the model sees it.
• Plain background. Busy backgrounds can leak into the scene.

What makes the face drift

• Sunglasses, hats, masks or hands over the face
• Blurry or very small faces, especially in group shots
• Heavy filters and face-smoothing
• Photos taken from far away where the face is only a few pixels wide

For shots 1 and 3 you need the full body in frame, but the face still has to be big enough to see clearly. A head-to-toe photo taken from a few metres away works better than one taken from across the street.

Outfits

The model keeps your outfit, so what you wear in the photo is what you wear in the video. A tracksuit looks like the original trend, but any outfit works. Plain, solid colours stay more stable than busy patterns or small text.

Group versions

Use a different person for each shot. Keep the lighting and style of the three photos similar, so the three people look like they belong in the same video.

Use the same photo three times

If you want to star in every shot, upload one good photo three times. A full-body photo with a clearly visible face is the best choice, because it works for the dancer and the car exit, and still gives the model a face for the selfie.

Ready to try

When you have your photos, open the Gas Station Dance AI Generator and upload them. If you want the step-by-step, read how to make a gas station dance AI video.