{
 "slug": "tilt-shift-lens",
 "name": "Tilt-shift",
 "category": "lens",
 "group": "Special",
 "media": [
  "image",
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-10-13",
 "effect": "Makes a real scene look like a miniature model.",
 "use_when": "City views, playful brand films, a scene from above.",
 "phrase": "tilt-shift view from high above, only the middle strip of the street is sharp, the top and bottom of the frame melt into blur, the cars look like toys",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Shoot from high above; at eye level the miniature effect does not read.",
   "evidence": "film-craft",
   "source": "Camera grammar"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [
  {
   "model": "nano-banana-pro",
   "phrase": "Apply a tilt-shift photography effect with a narrow plane of focus, making the scene appear like a miniature scale model.",
   "evidence": "unverified",
   "checked": "2025-12-08"
  }
 ],
 "external_refs": [
  {
   "site": "aicameramovements",
   "url": "https://aicameramovements.com/",
   "what": "a looping example clip of this move and a free prompt card (link only)"
  },
  {
   "site": "shotdeck",
   "url": "https://shotdeck.com/",
   "what": "real film frames tagged by colour, lighting, time of day and composition (paid, link only)"
  },
  {
   "site": "flim",
   "url": "https://flim.ai/",
   "what": "film, ad and music-video stills to search by text or image (free tier, link only)"
  }
 ],
 "licensed": [
  {
   "site": "aicameramovements",
   "name": "Tilt-shift",
   "text": "tilt-shift miniature view. Movement: hold or glide from a high angled view over the scene. Speed: small precise movement. Framing: keep a narrow band of sharp focus across the key subject area with soft blur above and below. End: finish with the miniature-scale view intact.",
   "credit": "AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)",
   "source_url": "https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/s2-tilt-shift-hq.mp4",
   "group": "Specials",
   "intensity": null,
   "cue": null,
   "shot": "Shot S2",
   "family": null,
   "aliases": [],
   "media": {
    "video": "/media/aicameramovements/s2-tilt-shift-hq.mp4",
    "card": "/media/aicameramovements/s2-tilt-shift-hq-card.mp4",
    "poster": "/media/aicameramovements/s2-tilt-shift-hq.jpg",
    "card_poster": "/media/aicameramovements/s2-tilt-shift-hq-card.jpg",
    "width": 1280,
    "height": 720,
    "duration": 15
   }
  }
 ],
 "site_names": [
  "Tilt-shift"
 ],
 "related": [
  "birds-eye-view"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "film-craft",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "The first Director Chair spec, own words"
 },
 "body": "",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/lens/tilt-shift-lens",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/lens/tilt-shift-lens.md",
 "prompts": {
  "nano-banana-pro": "[your subject] in [your setting].\nCapture: Apply a tilt-shift photography effect with a narrow plane of focus, making the scene appear like a miniature scale model\nReference clip (Tilt-shift): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s2-tilt-shift-hq.mp4",
  "nano-banana-2": "[your subject] in [your setting].\nCapture: Apply a tilt-shift photography effect with a narrow plane of focus, making the scene appear like a miniature scale model\nReference clip (Tilt-shift): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s2-tilt-shift-hq.mp4",
  "gpt-image": "A photograph of [your subject] in [your setting].\nDetails: tilt-shift view from high above, only the middle strip of the street is sharp, the top and bottom of the frame melt into blur, the cars look like toys\nExclusions: no extra text, no watermark, no logo.\nReference clip (Tilt-shift): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s2-tilt-shift-hq.mp4",
  "seedream-5": "[your subject] in [your setting].\nCapture: tilt-shift view from high above, only the middle strip of the street is sharp, the top and bottom of the frame melt into blur, the cars look like toys\nReference clip (Tilt-shift): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s2-tilt-shift-hq.mp4",
  "seedance-2.5": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot\nOptics and camera: Tilt-shift view from high above, only the middle strip of the street is sharp, the top and bottom of the frame melt into blur, the cars look like toys. Tilt-shift miniature view. Movement: hold or glide from a high angled view over the scene. Speed: small precise movement. Framing: keep a narrow band of sharp focus across the key subject area with soft blur above and below. End: finish with the miniature-scale view intact.\nReference clip (Tilt-shift): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s2-tilt-shift-hq.mp4",
  "seedance-2.0": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1: one continuous shot\nOptics and camera: Tilt-shift view from high above, only the middle strip of the street is sharp, the top and bottom of the frame melt into blur, the cars look like toys. Tilt-shift miniature view. Movement: hold or glide from a high angled view over the scene. Speed: small precise movement. Framing: keep a narrow band of sharp focus across the key subject area with soft blur above and below. End: finish with the miniature-scale view intact.\nReference clip (Tilt-shift): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s2-tilt-shift-hq.mp4",
  "kling-3": "[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Tilt-shift view from high above, only the middle strip of the street is sharp, the top and bottom of the frame melt into blur, the cars look like toys. Tilt-shift miniature view. Movement: hold or glide from a high angled view over the scene. Speed: small precise movement. Framing: keep a narrow band of sharp focus across the key subject area with soft blur above and below. End: finish with the miniature-scale view intact.\nReference clip (Tilt-shift): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s2-tilt-shift-hq.mp4",
  "veo-3.1": "Tilt-shift view from high above, only the middle strip of the street is sharp, the top and bottom of the frame melt into blur, the cars look like toys. Tilt-shift miniature view. Movement: hold or glide from a high angled view over the scene. Speed: small precise movement. Framing: keep a narrow band of sharp focus across the key subject area with soft blur above and below. End: finish with the miniature-scale view intact. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.\nReference clip (Tilt-shift): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s2-tilt-shift-hq.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."
 }
}