Point-of-view shot, the camera is her eyes, her own hands visible at the bottom of the frame holding the product.

Point of view

The viewer becomes the person and sees through their eyes.

Use when: Creator-style demos, first-person product use, what my day looks like.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. First frame: point-of-view shot, the camera is her eyes, her own hands visible at the bottom of the frame holding the product Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

SubjectSetting

Watch out

Give the viewpoint a reason: this is taken from her own chair, the camera is her eyes, she is not in the picture. A motivated viewpoint holds where a ban is ignored.measured: Director Chair field notes on image prompting
A hand that enters from the side gets a body attached. Let the hands enter from the bottom edge.measured: Director Chair field notes on image prompting

Shows the viewer the one object the story needs them to notice.

Insert shotPrompt

Keeps the person anonymous and puts the viewer where they are heading.

From behindPrompt

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

Eye levelPrompt

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.

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

Flim: film, ad and music-video stills of this shot type (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

Point of view

Prompt instructions

Watch out

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