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Start with a Character, not a photo of someone else
A character swap needs someone to swap in. In Character App that is a saved Character: a name, a face, an outfit and a silhouette you drew and kept. Open New Character, describe an original adult in words, or use your own photo, choose a Look and keep the result you like. The Jean Phil playbook and how to create a character from words walk through that first step.
Use an original Character or your own likeness. A real person’s face needs that person’s consent, and public figures are off limits. That is a product rule, and it also keeps your account safe. If you want the look of a famous bit without a famous face, how to make Jean Phil shows how to keep the structure and invent the identity.
BriefOriginal fictional Character Lucie Loop, a clearly adult 22-year-old woman with wide-set almond eyes, a sculptural looped blonde bob, an oxblood double-breasted suit, a gold silk bow and emerald loafers and a composed expression. Candid phone-video still under natural available light. Visible skin texture, slight uneven pigmentation and gentle under-eye softness, minimal makeup, ordinary human proportions, relaxed posture and a composed full figure. She treats every everyday entrance like a Paris runway.
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Give the swap a face that reads from far away
In a dance clip the Character is small, moving and often seen from a distance. Choose two or three details that survive that: a hair silhouette, one strong colour, one accessory. Lucie Loop is a looped blonde bob and an oxblood suit. Ines Brume is auburn pin curls and moss-green tweed. Either is recognisable as a thumbnail before it moves.
The design formula guide covers the same face, fit and bit idea in more depth. A plain, calm expression is a good default because the dance supplies the movement.
The identity stays. Only the art style changes: live action on the left, cartoon on the right.
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Keep one clean reference picture
The best input for a swap is one clear picture of your Character: full body or three-quarter, facing the camera, on a plain background. Busy backgrounds and cropped limbs give the engine less to hold on to. If your first Draw is cropped or cluttered, redraw it or use the Character’s turnaround sheet before you spend Credits on a Clip.
Compare the picture with your brief. If the hair, outfit or proportions have drifted, fix that now. A Clip carries whatever the reference shows, so a small mistake here repeats in every take.
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Pick the dance and press Make
Open Star in a clip. It reads “What will your Character star in?”, with a Who stars? chip for your Character. Choose a Template from the catalogue, which includes a Dance family, or drop your own clip. Any shape works, vertical, square or wide, up to 30 seconds. If several people are in the clip, tap the one your Character replaces; seated and upper-body shots work too. Use a dance you filmed or have permission to use.
The price shows on the Make button before you press it. On Wan 3.0, the default on the web, it is 20 Credits per second, so a 5-second dance is 100 Credits and a 30-second one is 600. On the iPhone and through agents the engine is H3 Turbo at 5 Credits per second (150 for 30 seconds), which makes new sound to match. Clips need a plan: Starter is $19.99 a month with 800 Credits.
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Check the take, then give the Character a world
Watch the result with the sound on. Is it the same Character from your reference, with the same hair, suit and face? Does the dance still read? Keep the take that holds and make another if it does not. Want a new outfit, place or weather? Press Customize prompt and say it in plain words, several changes at once; each version is a new take with its own price.
One dance is a moment. A recurring Character is a series. Add a rival and a place in a World, and the same Character can star in the next dance, a boxing bit or a walk-in. Plan recurring Clips shows how to keep the behaviour and change the situation, and rivals shows how to give your Character someone to dance against.
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Post it honestly and keep going
Export the Clip and post it. A Character swap is a realistic AI-made video, so say that in the caption and use the platform’s AI label where it has one. If a brand pays you or sends product, say that too. How to make an AI influencer has the full disclosure checklist, and the AI influencer page covers keeping one face across a whole feed.
Credit the people whose work you borrowed. If your dance idea came from a public reel, link it in the caption. The original performers, such as Jean and Clarabelle, made the moment; your Character brings a different identity to it.
Keep it sharp.
- Using a real person’s face without their consent, or a public figure. Use an original Character or your own likeness.
- Uploading a crowded clip and not checking who your Character replaces. Tap the right person, and keep the clip to the moment you need.
- Starting from a cropped or cluttered reference picture, then paying for several takes that all inherit the problem.
- Changing the Character, the dance and the length at once, so you cannot tell which change helped.
- Posting a realistic swap without saying it is AI-made.
Things you’re wondering.
How do I put my character in a dance video?
Open Star in a clip in Character App, pick a dance Template or drop your own clip of up to 30 seconds in any shape, tap who your Character replaces and press Make. The price shows on the button first. Customize prompt then changes the outfit, place or weather as a new take.
What does an AI character swap dance video cost?
On Wan 3.0, the default on the web, it is 20 Credits per second: 100 Credits for 5 seconds, 600 for 30. On the iPhone and through agents, H3 Turbo is 5 Credits per second. Clips need a plan, and Starter is $19.99 a month with 800 Credits. The exact price shows before you press Make.
Can I use my own face?
Yes. Your own likeness or an original adult Character are the intended inputs. Someone else’s face needs their consent, and public figures are not allowed.
Is this how the Jean Phil dance videos are made?
We do not know how they were made, and we do not say. The Jean Phil reels are credited to @jean_philanthrope, @clarabelle.paris and @arthur_teddington. This guide uses the same idea of a recognisable dance with a different character in it, with Star in a clip. Our Jean Phil page explains the format.
Does the original sound stay?
On the web, when your clip has sound, the finished take lets you switch between the original sound and new AI sound. H3 Turbo, the engine on the iPhone and through agents, makes new sound to match the Clip.
Can an AI agent do this for me?
Yes. The Character App MCP connector has put_me_in_video for starting from a clip and make_motion_clip for the paid step. The agent shows the exact quote and waits for your approval before spending Credits.
Explore the app.
- APP · Open Star in a clip ↗
- PLAYBOOK · The Jean Phil playbook ↗
- FEATURE · Make an AI influencer ↗
- FORMAT · Star in a clip, explained ↗