{
 "slug": "exhaustion",
 "name": "Exhaustion",
 "category": "expression",
 "group": "Physical",
 "media": [
  "image",
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-10-13",
 "effect": "Nothing left; the body is done.",
 "use_when": "Problem statements, sport, late nights, work pressure.",
 "phrase": "his eyes close for a second too long, his head nods forward and he pulls it back up, his mouth hangs a little open, he lets out one long empty breath, and his eyes open only halfway",
 "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": "Exhaustion",
   "text": "The eyelids drag downward, a long blink stays closed too long, the head drifts down and lifts again slowly, the jaw hangs slack, and one long breath empties out. The eyes reopen only halfway.",
   "credit": "Emotion Direction (seedance-emotion-direction.vercel.app)",
   "source_url": "https://seedance-emotion-media-3.vercel.app/videos/22-exhaustion.mp4",
   "group": null,
   "intensity": "Subtle",
   "cue": "Nothing left to give",
   "shot": null,
   "family": "Physical",
   "aliases": "exhausted tired drained sleepy fatigue",
   "media": {
    "video": "/media/emotion-direction/22-exhaustion.mp4",
    "card": "/media/emotion-direction/22-exhaustion-card.mp4",
    "poster": "/media/emotion-direction/22-exhaustion.jpg",
    "card_poster": "/media/emotion-direction/22-exhaustion-card.jpg",
    "width": 1280,
    "height": 720,
    "duration": 7.07
   }
  }
 ],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "boredom",
  "relief"
 ],
 "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:** a heavy blink, the shoulders sag\n- **Medium:** his eyes close for a second too long, his head nods forward and he pulls it back up, his mouth hangs a little open, he lets out one long empty breath, and his eyes open only halfway\n- **Explosive:** the body slides down the wall to sit on the floor, the head back against it, the eyes closed, the arms limp",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/expression/exhaustion",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/expression/exhaustion.md",
 "prompts": {
  "nano-banana-pro": "[your subject] in [your setting]. His eyes close for a second too long, his head nods forward and he pulls it back up, his mouth hangs a little open, he lets out one long empty breath, and his eyes open only halfway.\nReference clip (Exhaustion): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/22-exhaustion.mp4",
  "nano-banana-2": "[your subject] in [your setting]. His eyes close for a second too long, his head nods forward and he pulls it back up, his mouth hangs a little open, he lets out one long empty breath, and his eyes open only halfway.\nReference clip (Exhaustion): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/22-exhaustion.mp4",
  "gpt-image": "A photograph of [your subject] in [your setting].\nPeople and framing: his eyes close for a second too long, his head nods forward and he pulls it back up, his mouth hangs a little open, he lets out one long empty breath, and his eyes open only halfway\nExclusions: no extra text, no watermark, no logo.\nReference clip (Exhaustion): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/22-exhaustion.mp4",
  "seedream-5": "[your subject] in [your setting]. His eyes close for a second too long, his head nods forward and he pulls it back up, his mouth hangs a little open, he lets out one long empty breath, and his eyes open only halfway.\nReference clip (Exhaustion): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/22-exhaustion.mp4",
  "seedance-2.5": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): His eyes close for a second too long, his head nods forward and he pulls it back up, his mouth hangs a little open, he lets out one long empty breath, and his eyes open only halfway. The eyelids drag downward, a long blink stays closed too long, the head drifts down and lifts again slowly, the jaw hangs slack, and one long breath empties out. The eyes reopen only halfway.\nReference clip (Exhaustion): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/22-exhaustion.mp4",
  "seedance-2.0": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1: His eyes close for a second too long, his head nods forward and he pulls it back up, his mouth hangs a little open, he lets out one long empty breath, and his eyes open only halfway. The eyelids drag downward, a long blink stays closed too long, the head drifts down and lifts again slowly, the jaw hangs slack, and one long breath empties out. The eyes reopen only halfway.\nReference clip (Exhaustion): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/22-exhaustion.mp4",
  "kling-3": "[your subject]. His eyes close for a second too long, his head nods forward and he pulls it back up, his mouth hangs a little open, he lets out one long empty breath, and his eyes open only halfway. The scene is [your setting].\nReference clip (Exhaustion): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/22-exhaustion.mp4",
  "veo-3.1": "[your subject] in [your setting]. His eyes close for a second too long, his head nods forward and he pulls it back up, his mouth hangs a little open, he lets out one long empty breath, and his eyes open only halfway. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.\nReference clip (Exhaustion): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/22-exhaustion.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."
 }
}