{
 "slug": "fast-zoom",
 "name": "Fast zoom",
 "category": "move",
 "group": "Zoom and lens",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-10-13",
 "effect": "A quick, decisive change of scale that points the viewer at one thing.",
 "use_when": "Highlighting a detail, a reaction in comedy, punchy social cuts.",
 "phrase": "fast zoom in on the logo on the box, about one second from wide to tight, the camera stays in place",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Give one main camera move per shot. Two moves at once, or orders that contradict each other, make the camera wander.",
   "evidence": "vendor",
   "source": "Kling camera guide and ByteDance Dreamina Seedance guide, via Director Chair field notes on video prompting"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [
  {
   "site": "aicameramovements",
   "url": "https://aicameramovements.com/",
   "what": "a looping example clip of this move and a free prompt card (link only)"
  }
 ],
 "licensed": [
  {
   "site": "aicameramovements",
   "name": "Fast zoom in",
   "text": "fast zoom in. Movement: quickly increase lens focal length toward the main visual target. Speed: quick decisive zoom. Framing: keep the target centered or clearly readable during the scale change. End: finish on a stable tighter composition.",
   "credit": "AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)",
   "source_url": "https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/06-fast-zoom-in-v2-hq.mp4",
   "group": "Zoom/Lens",
   "intensity": null,
   "cue": null,
   "shot": "Shot 06",
   "family": null,
   "aliases": [],
   "media": {
    "video": "/media/aicameramovements/06-fast-zoom-in-v2-hq.mp4",
    "card": "/media/aicameramovements/06-fast-zoom-in-v2-hq-card.mp4",
    "poster": "/media/aicameramovements/06-fast-zoom-in-v2-hq.jpg",
    "card_poster": "/media/aicameramovements/06-fast-zoom-in-v2-hq-card.jpg",
    "width": 1280,
    "height": 720,
    "duration": 10.08
   }
  },
  {
   "site": "aicameramovements",
   "name": "Fast zoom out",
   "text": "fast zoom out. Movement: quickly decrease lens focal length away from the main visual target. Speed: quick decisive zoom. Framing: keep the target readable as the surrounding space appears. End: finish on a stable wider composition.",
   "credit": "AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)",
   "source_url": "https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/06b-fast-zoom-out-v2-hq.mp4",
   "group": "Zoom/Lens",
   "intensity": null,
   "cue": null,
   "shot": "Shot 06B",
   "family": null,
   "aliases": [],
   "media": {
    "video": "/media/aicameramovements/06b-fast-zoom-out-v2-hq.mp4",
    "card": "/media/aicameramovements/06b-fast-zoom-out-v2-hq-card.mp4",
    "poster": "/media/aicameramovements/06b-fast-zoom-out-v2-hq.jpg",
    "card_poster": "/media/aicameramovements/06b-fast-zoom-out-v2-hq-card.jpg",
    "width": 1280,
    "height": 720,
    "duration": 10.08
   }
  }
 ],
 "site_names": [
  "Fast zoom in",
  "Fast zoom out"
 ],
 "related": [
  "crash-zoom",
  "slow-zoom-in"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "film-craft",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Move names and the seven groups from aicameramovements.com (names and structure only); behaviour and numbers in our own words from Director Chair field notes on video prompting and the first Director Chair spec"
 },
 "body": "## Move card\n\n- **Camera:** stays put while the lens changes quickly, in or out\n- **Pace:** about a second\n- **Keep:** the target in the centre through the change\n- **Ends:** a steady frame at the new size",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/move/fast-zoom",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/move/fast-zoom.md",
 "prompts": {
  "seedance-2.5": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot\nOptics and camera: Fast zoom in on the logo on the box, about one second from wide to tight, the camera stays in place. Camera: stays put while the lens changes quickly, in or out. Pace: about a second. Keep: the target in the centre through the change. Ends: a steady frame at the new size.\nReference clip (Fast zoom in): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/06-fast-zoom-in-v2-hq.mp4",
  "seedance-2.0": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1: one continuous shot\nOptics and camera: Fast zoom in on the logo on the box, about one second from wide to tight, the camera stays in place. Camera: stays put while the lens changes quickly, in or out. Pace: about a second. Keep: the target in the centre through the change. Ends: a steady frame at the new size.\nReference clip (Fast zoom in): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/06-fast-zoom-in-v2-hq.mp4",
  "kling-3": "[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Fast zoom in on the logo on the box, about one second from wide to tight, the camera stays in place. Camera: stays put while the lens changes quickly, in or out. Pace: about a second. Keep: the target in the centre through the change. Ends: a steady frame at the new size.\nReference clip (Fast zoom in): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/06-fast-zoom-in-v2-hq.mp4",
  "veo-3.1": "Fast zoom in on the logo on the box, about one second from wide to tight, the camera stays in place. Camera: stays put while the lens changes quickly, in or out. Pace: about a second. Keep: the target in the centre through the change. Ends: a steady frame at the new size. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.\nReference clip (Fast zoom in): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/06-fast-zoom-in-v2-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."
 }
}