{
 "slug": "suspicion",
 "name": "Suspicion",
 "category": "expression",
 "group": "Fear",
 "media": [
  "image",
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-10-13",
 "effect": "Something is off and the person is not buying it.",
 "use_when": "Comparison ads, a twist, detective or comedy tone.",
 "phrase": "the chin lowers while the eyes stay up, one brow rises higher than the other, the head turns slightly so the look comes from the side, one mouth corner tightens, the stare holds",
 "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": "Suspicion",
   "text": "The chin drops while the eyes stay lifted. One eyebrow rises higher, the head turns slightly so the gaze lands sideways, and the mouth tightens at one corner. The stare holds without blinking.",
   "credit": "Emotion Direction (seedance-emotion-direction.vercel.app)",
   "source_url": "https://seedance-emotion-media-1.vercel.app/videos/09-suspicion.mp4",
   "group": null,
   "intensity": "Subtle",
   "cue": "Something does not add up",
   "shot": null,
   "family": "Fear",
   "aliases": "suspicious skeptical distrust wary",
   "media": {
    "video": "/media/emotion-direction/09-suspicion.mp4",
    "card": "/media/emotion-direction/09-suspicion-card.mp4",
    "poster": "/media/emotion-direction/09-suspicion.jpg",
    "card_poster": "/media/emotion-direction/09-suspicion-card.jpg",
    "width": 1280,
    "height": 720,
    "duration": 7.07
   }
  }
 ],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "confusion",
  "eye-roll"
 ],
 "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:** one eye narrows a fraction, the head stays still, the gaze holds\n- **Medium:** the chin lowers while the eyes stay up, one brow rises higher than the other, the head turns slightly so the look comes from the side, one mouth corner tightens, the stare holds\n- **Explosive:** a slow lean in, the eyes narrow to slits, the finger points, the head shakes slowly while the stare never breaks",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/expression/suspicion",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/expression/suspicion.md",
 "prompts": {
  "nano-banana-pro": "[your subject] in [your setting]. The chin lowers while the eyes stay up, one brow rises higher than the other, the head turns slightly so the look comes from the side, one mouth corner tightens, the stare holds.\nReference clip (Suspicion): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/09-suspicion.mp4",
  "nano-banana-2": "[your subject] in [your setting]. The chin lowers while the eyes stay up, one brow rises higher than the other, the head turns slightly so the look comes from the side, one mouth corner tightens, the stare holds.\nReference clip (Suspicion): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/09-suspicion.mp4",
  "gpt-image": "A photograph of [your subject] in [your setting].\nPeople and framing: the chin lowers while the eyes stay up, one brow rises higher than the other, the head turns slightly so the look comes from the side, one mouth corner tightens, the stare holds\nExclusions: no extra text, no watermark, no logo.\nReference clip (Suspicion): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/09-suspicion.mp4",
  "seedream-5": "[your subject] in [your setting]. The chin lowers while the eyes stay up, one brow rises higher than the other, the head turns slightly so the look comes from the side, one mouth corner tightens, the stare holds.\nReference clip (Suspicion): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/09-suspicion.mp4",
  "seedance-2.5": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): The chin lowers while the eyes stay up, one brow rises higher than the other, the head turns slightly so the look comes from the side, one mouth corner tightens, the stare holds. The chin drops while the eyes stay lifted. One eyebrow rises higher, the head turns slightly so the gaze lands sideways, and the mouth tightens at one corner. The stare holds without blinking.\nReference clip (Suspicion): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/09-suspicion.mp4",
  "seedance-2.0": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1: The chin lowers while the eyes stay up, one brow rises higher than the other, the head turns slightly so the look comes from the side, one mouth corner tightens, the stare holds. The chin drops while the eyes stay lifted. One eyebrow rises higher, the head turns slightly so the gaze lands sideways, and the mouth tightens at one corner. The stare holds without blinking.\nReference clip (Suspicion): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/09-suspicion.mp4",
  "kling-3": "[your subject]. The chin lowers while the eyes stay up, one brow rises higher than the other, the head turns slightly so the look comes from the side, one mouth corner tightens, the stare holds. The scene is [your setting].\nReference clip (Suspicion): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/09-suspicion.mp4",
  "veo-3.1": "[your subject] in [your setting]. The chin lowers while the eyes stay up, one brow rises higher than the other, the head turns slightly so the look comes from the side, one mouth corner tightens, the stare holds. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.\nReference clip (Suspicion): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/09-suspicion.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."
 }
}