Quick answer
Starrd's What's Up In A Minute template recreates Niana Guerrero's viral 'swiss side quest' trio dance from one to three photos. It is four shots cut on the beat, exactly like the original: the three of you groove and slap your hands onto your heads, photo 1 gets a close-up with finger points, a pout and a big smile while the other two wave behind, the three of you walk up to the camera in a row, and the last shot is a wide freestyle. Photo 1 dances in the centre, photo 2 on the right and photo 3 on the left; with fewer photos, photo 1 fills the empty spots. It's set in the place from photo 1, opened up wide. An all-pet cast dances upright on a roadside at night with cars passing behind, in sideways caps and sunglasses. 15 seconds, widescreen 16:9, Seedance 2.5, 150 credits (about $7.50).
The same dance, any subject — tap one to make it with your photo.
One to three photos in, and out comes you and two friends dancing the viral "swiss side quest" routine: the hands-on-head beat, the pouty close-up, the walk-up and the wide freestyle, four shots cut on the beat, in the place from your photo. Pets get sideways caps, sunglasses and a roadside at night. Here it is:
What's Up In A Minute
One to three photos. You and two friends (or pets) dance the four-shot side quest routine, every cut on the beat. 15 seconds, widescreen.
What You Get
- Four shots, cut on the beat. Each shot is exactly eight beats of the 136 BPM mix, and the cuts land within a frame of the original.
- Three dancers. Photo 1 in the centre, photo 2 on the right, photo 3 on the left. Fewer photos? Photo 1 fills the empty spots.
- Your place, opened up wide. The scene is the place from photo 1, with room for three people to dance.
- The moves and the faces. Hands slapped onto heads with shocked faces, the close-up's finger points, pout and grin, the walk-up and the freestyle.
- People, pets or both. An all-pet cast dances on a roadside at night in sideways caps and sunglasses.
- 15 seconds, widescreen 16:9.
What the Trend Actually Is
Niana Guerrero (@nianaguerrero) posted the clip on October 24, 2026, captioned "swiss side quest 🇨🇭 mix by @zbee". It had about 3.1 million plays, 837,000 likes and 34,000 shares within three days (as of October 27, 2026). Three friends in puffer jackets and wide-leg trousers dance on a misty green hillside above a lake, in four quick shots.
Why it suits AI: you need three people, a location worth traveling to and cuts that hit the beat exactly. One to three photos fill the line-up, photo 1 picks the place, and the edit comes with it.
The Shots, Beat by Beat
| Time | Shot | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | 1, medium-wide | The three groove, photo 2 big in the foreground on the right |
| 1.8s | 1 | All three slap both hands onto their heads at once, shocked, and shake their heads to the beat |
| 3.6s | 2, close-up | Photo 1 alone, finger points at the camera and a cool pout, the other two waving their arms behind |
| 5.6s | 2 | The pout breaks into a big smile |
| 7.2s | 3, wide | The three walk up to the camera in a row, swinging their arms out on every beat from about 9.2s |
| 10.8s | 4, very wide | They spread out and freestyle to the end |
Who goes where: photo 1 is the centre dancer and owns the close-up, photo 2 dances on the right and leads the first shot, photo 3 dances on the left.
Pets Welcome
- Their own scene. An all-pet cast dances on the grass beside a road at night, under the streetlights, with cars driving past behind them. They stay on the verge, never in the road.
- Sideways caps and sunglasses. Every pet gets a baseball cap turned sideways, in a different colour each, and sunglasses.
- Upright, on real paws. They dance on their hind legs with their own faces, fur and paws, and press their paws onto their heads on the big beat.
- Mixed casts of people and pets dance in the place from photo 1.
Your Look, Your Place
- Your own face, hair and outfit. Nobody gets the original's cap, bun, long skirt or wide-leg trousers unless they're wearing them in their photo.
- Your place. The setting comes from photo 1, opened up wide. A plain wall or studio backdrop gets the original's misty hillside above a lake instead.
- Or somewhere else. Name a place in the Director's Notes and the dance moves there.
Upload the one who should own the close-up first: photo 1 dances in the centre, gets the whole second shot and sets the location, so pick a photo 1 taken somewhere worth showing off.
The Fastest Way
What's Up In A Minute
One to three photos, four shots cut on the beat with the original mix. People and pets.
One to three photos, 150 credits (about $7.50), no prompt. It renders on Seedance 2.5 at 480p, widescreen 16:9.
Build It Yourself
1. Make a four-panel storyboard. One panel per shot, each at the original's framing: the medium-wide with photo 2 large in front, the close-up of photo 1 with the other two small behind, the three in a row walking up, and the very wide freestyle. Set every panel in the same place.
2. Drive the moves with the clip, not the faces. A depth map of the original, a greyscale video of shapes and distance only, carries the moves, the camera and the cuts without carrying the original dancers' faces or clothes. Keep the song in it so the moves land on the beat.
3. Give the cuts exact times. Name the three cuts and what happens in each shot, so the model doesn't add a cut or drop one.
Four shots with a hard cut at exactly 00:03.64, 00:07.20 and 00:10.76, each on the beat. Shot 1, medium-wide at eye level: the person from reference image 2 closest to the camera on the right, the person from reference image 1 further back a little left of centre, the person from reference image 3 furthest back on the left; all three groove on the beat, then at 00:01.8 all three clap both hands onto the sides of their heads at the same moment, brows up and mouths open, and shake their heads to the beat until the cut. Shot 2, close-up: person 1 fills the middle of the frame from the chest up, looking into the lens, gesturing with both hands in front of the chest on every beat, lips pushed out in a pout until 00:05.6, then breaking into a big smile; behind, small, the other two wave their arms above their heads. Shot 3, wide: the three side by side walk toward the camera in step, swinging their arms out to the sides on every beat from 00:09.2. Shot 4, very wide from a little higher: the three spread out across the open ground and freestyle to the end. Nobody sings or mouths words.
4. Render it and put the music back on. Feed the storyboard, the photos and the driving clip to a model that takes reference images and video (we recommend Seedance 2.0 or 2.5), then lay the original mix back on so it plays clean all the way through.
Common Mistakes
Prompting lip sync. The mix has no lyrics. Ask for mouths to move and you get someone singing to nothing. Ask for the pout and the smile instead.
Driving with the raw clip. The original dancers' cap, bun and long skirt come through onto your cast. A depth-map driver carries only the moves.
A cramped setting. Three people need room. Describe photo 1's place opened up wide, or the dancers end up squeezed against a wall.
Paws described as hands. For a pet, write "front paws" everywhere, including the hands-on-head beat, or it grows fingers.
FAQ
How many photos? One to three. Photo 1 dances in the centre and fills any empty spot.
People or pets? Both. All-pet casts get the night roadside in sideways caps and sunglasses.
Do they lip-sync? No, the mix is instrumental, just like the original.
How long is it? 15 seconds, widescreen 16:9.
What does it cost? 150 credits, about $7.50.
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