{
 "slug": "determination",
 "name": "Determination",
 "category": "expression",
 "group": "Drive",
 "media": [
  "image",
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-10-13",
 "effect": "Resolve settling in; the person is going to do it.",
 "use_when": "Sport, founders, the turn in a story, call to action.",
 "phrase": "the eyes lift and lock on a point ahead, a deep breath fills the chest, the jaw sets at the hinge, the eyes narrow, the shoulders roll back, one firm nod",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Never ask for a smile or for an emotion by name; describe the muscles. Asked-for smiles come back generated and forced.",
   "evidence": "measured",
   "source": "Director Chair field notes on video prompting (client feedback, Aug 2026)"
  },
  {
   "text": "Put the trigger first (the door slams, she reads the message), then the performance. Without a trigger the reaction has no timing.",
   "evidence": "practitioner",
   "source": "Dan Kieft and Higgsfield's tested prompts via Director Chair field notes on video prompting"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [
  {
   "site": "emotion-direction",
   "url": "https://seedance-emotion-direction.vercel.app/",
   "what": "a clip of this emotion performed in Seedance 2.5 (link only)"
  }
 ],
 "licensed": [
  {
   "site": "emotion-direction",
   "name": "Determination",
   "text": "The eyes lift and lock forward, a deep breath expands the chest, the jaw sets visibly at the hinge, the eyes narrow, and the shoulders roll back. One sharp nod completes the change.",
   "credit": "Emotion Direction (seedance-emotion-direction.vercel.app)",
   "source_url": "https://seedance-emotion-media-2.vercel.app/videos/16-determination.mp4",
   "group": null,
   "intensity": "Medium",
   "cue": "Resolve locks in",
   "shot": null,
   "family": "Drive",
   "aliases": "determined resolve focused motivated",
   "media": {
    "video": "/media/emotion-direction/16-determination.mp4",
    "card": "/media/emotion-direction/16-determination-card.mp4",
    "poster": "/media/emotion-direction/16-determination.jpg",
    "card_poster": "/media/emotion-direction/16-determination-card.jpg",
    "width": 1280,
    "height": 720,
    "duration": 7.07
   }
  }
 ],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "pride",
  "rage"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "film-craft",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Families, intensities and emotion names from Emotion Direction (names and structure only, read 13 Oct 2026); the directions are our own words in its grammar: body parts in the order they move, ending on what holds. Rules from Director Chair field notes on video prompting"
 },
 "body": "## Three intensities\n\n- **Subtle:** the jaw sets, the gaze fixes forward\n- **Medium:** the eyes lift and lock on a point ahead, a deep breath fills the chest, the jaw sets at the hinge, the eyes narrow, the shoulders roll back, one firm nod\n- **Explosive:** the fists close, a sharp exhale, the body rises from the chair, the first step forward is already taken",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/expression/determination",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/expression/determination.md",
 "prompts": {
  "nano-banana-pro": "[your subject] in [your setting]. The eyes lift and lock on a point ahead, a deep breath fills the chest, the jaw sets at the hinge, the eyes narrow, the shoulders roll back, one firm nod.\nReference clip (Determination): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/16-determination.mp4",
  "nano-banana-2": "[your subject] in [your setting]. The eyes lift and lock on a point ahead, a deep breath fills the chest, the jaw sets at the hinge, the eyes narrow, the shoulders roll back, one firm nod.\nReference clip (Determination): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/16-determination.mp4",
  "gpt-image": "A photograph of [your subject] in [your setting].\nPeople and framing: the eyes lift and lock on a point ahead, a deep breath fills the chest, the jaw sets at the hinge, the eyes narrow, the shoulders roll back, one firm nod\nExclusions: no extra text, no watermark, no logo.\nReference clip (Determination): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/16-determination.mp4",
  "seedream-5": "[your subject] in [your setting]. The eyes lift and lock on a point ahead, a deep breath fills the chest, the jaw sets at the hinge, the eyes narrow, the shoulders roll back, one firm nod.\nReference clip (Determination): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/16-determination.mp4",
  "seedance-2.5": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): The eyes lift and lock on a point ahead, a deep breath fills the chest, the jaw sets at the hinge, the eyes narrow, the shoulders roll back, one firm nod. The eyes lift and lock forward, a deep breath expands the chest, the jaw sets visibly at the hinge, the eyes narrow, and the shoulders roll back. One sharp nod completes the change.\nReference clip (Determination): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/16-determination.mp4",
  "seedance-2.0": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1: The eyes lift and lock on a point ahead, a deep breath fills the chest, the jaw sets at the hinge, the eyes narrow, the shoulders roll back, one firm nod. The eyes lift and lock forward, a deep breath expands the chest, the jaw sets visibly at the hinge, the eyes narrow, and the shoulders roll back. One sharp nod completes the change.\nReference clip (Determination): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/16-determination.mp4",
  "kling-3": "[your subject]. The eyes lift and lock on a point ahead, a deep breath fills the chest, the jaw sets at the hinge, the eyes narrow, the shoulders roll back, one firm nod. The scene is [your setting].\nReference clip (Determination): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/16-determination.mp4",
  "veo-3.1": "[your subject] in [your setting]. The eyes lift and lock on a point ahead, a deep breath fills the chest, the jaw sets at the hinge, the eyes narrow, the shoulders roll back, one firm nod. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.\nReference clip (Determination): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/16-determination.mp4"
 },
 "licence": {
  "code": "MIT",
  "text": "CC BY 4.0",
  "third_party": "Clips and card texts inside a \"licensed\" block belong to their makers and are shown with permission and credit."
 }
}