Camera at eye level, the lens at the height of her eyes, looking straight at her.

Eye level

Neutral and honest: the viewer meets the person as an equal.

Use when: Testimonials, interviews, anything that has to feel trustworthy.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. First frame: camera at eye level, the lens at the height of her eyes, looking straight at her Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

SubjectSetting

Watch out

Angles given in degrees and margins given as numbers are often ignored. Describe where the lens is against the body (at knee height, above her head) instead.measured: Director Chair field notes on image prompting

Makes the subject bigger, stronger and more important.

Low anglePrompt

Makes the subject smaller or more vulnerable, or gives an overview of what they are doing.

High anglePrompt

The most natural angle on a face: depth and both eyes visible, without staring at the viewer.

Three-quarter viewPrompt

Sources

Own words, from the first Director Chair spec and Director Chair field notes on video prompting; pitfalls from the sources named per pitfall Checked 2026-10-13.

Camera Control: a free 3D stage to place the person and set the lens before you generate

ShotDeck: real film examples of this angle (paid, link only)

Flim: film, ad and music-video stills of this angle (free tier, link only)

For agents: this card as markdown, as JSON.

Camera

Frame

Light and look

People and places

Motion

Edit

Story

Recipes

Tools

Eye level

Prompt instructions

Watch out

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