{
 "slug": "table-level-push",
 "name": "Low push over the table",
 "category": "hook",
 "group": "Camera-angle hooks",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-11-13",
 "effect": "Going from wide to medium in about a second, on the first word, gives the hook its energy.",
 "use_when": "Creator-style product videos shot at a table.",
 "phrase": "the camera sits just above the tabletop at the near end, wide; it pushes fast across the table toward him and holds as he says the first word",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Measured on the reference: about 2.5 times closer in just over a second, eased out, then a hold. It is a physical move: the near edge of the table slides out under the lens.",
   "evidence": "measured",
   "source": "Director Chair notes on UGC camera work (Higgsfield restyle demo, Abhinav Kalyan)"
  },
  {
   "text": "Spend the movement on the hook. The camera calms down as the content gets denser.",
   "evidence": "practitioner",
   "source": "Director Chair notes on UGC camera work (Higgsfield restyle demo, Abhinav Kalyan)"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "dolly-in",
  "preset-ugc-one-table",
  "ground-level",
  "movement-opener"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "measured",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Own words from Director Chair notes on UGC camera work (Higgsfield restyle demo, Abhinav Kalyan)"
 },
 "body": "",
 "shown_with": {
  "slug": "dolly-in",
  "name": "Dolly in (push in)",
  "category": "move",
  "label": "Shown with: Dolly in (push in)",
  "site": "aicameramovements",
  "credit": "AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)",
  "source_url": "https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/08-dolly-in-hq.mp4",
  "media": {
   "video": "/media/aicameramovements/08-dolly-in-hq.mp4",
   "card": "/media/aicameramovements/08-dolly-in-hq-card.mp4",
   "poster": "/media/aicameramovements/08-dolly-in-hq.jpg",
   "card_poster": "/media/aicameramovements/08-dolly-in-hq-card.jpg",
   "width": 1280,
   "height": 720,
   "duration": 15
  }
 },
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/hook/table-level-push",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/hook/table-level-push.md",
 "prompts": {
  "seedance-2.5": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. The camera sits just above the tabletop at the near end, wide; it pushes fast across the table toward the subject and holds as the subject says the first word.\nShot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot",
  "seedance-2.0": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. The camera sits just above the tabletop at the near end, wide; it pushes fast across the table toward the subject and holds as the subject says the first word.\nShot 1: one continuous shot",
  "kling-3": "[your subject]. The camera sits just above the tabletop at the near end, wide; it pushes fast across the table toward the subject and holds as the subject says the first word. The scene is [your setting].",
  "veo-3.1": "[your subject] in [your setting]. The camera sits just above the tabletop at the near end, wide; it pushes fast across the table toward the subject and holds as the subject says the first word. Framing and subject stay as in the start image."
 },
 "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."
 }
}