{
 "slug": "infinite-zoom",
 "name": "Infinite zoom",
 "category": "move",
 "group": "Specials",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-10-13",
 "effect": "One unbroken dive from one world into the next.",
 "use_when": "Transitions, storytelling openers, playful brand films.",
 "phrase": "infinite zoom into the centre of the round window until the scene behind it fills the frame",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Match cuts and dives need a shape rhyme: push into a round shape or an eye until it fills the frame, then come out in the next scene.",
   "evidence": "vendor",
   "source": "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": "Infinite zoom",
   "text": "infinite zoom. Movement: zoom continuously inward toward the exact center target. Speed: smooth accelerating zoom. Framing: keep the circular target centered as it expands. End: finish when the next visual world fills the frame.",
   "credit": "AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)",
   "source_url": "https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/s3-infinite-zoom-hq.mp4",
   "group": "Specials",
   "intensity": null,
   "cue": null,
   "shot": "Shot S3",
   "family": null,
   "aliases": [],
   "media": {
    "video": "/media/aicameramovements/s3-infinite-zoom-hq.mp4",
    "card": "/media/aicameramovements/s3-infinite-zoom-hq-card.mp4",
    "poster": "/media/aicameramovements/s3-infinite-zoom-hq.jpg",
    "card_poster": "/media/aicameramovements/s3-infinite-zoom-hq-card.jpg",
    "width": 1280,
    "height": 720,
    "duration": 15
   }
  }
 ],
 "site_names": [
  "Infinite zoom"
 ],
 "related": [
  "earth-zoom-out",
  "pass-through"
 ],
 "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:** dives toward the exact centre without stopping\n- **Pace:** speeding up\n- **Keep:** the round target centred as it grows\n- **Ends:** inside the next world",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/move/infinite-zoom",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/move/infinite-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: Infinite zoom into the centre of the round window until the scene behind it fills the frame. Camera: dives toward the exact centre without stopping. Pace: speeding up. Keep: the round target centred as it grows. Ends: inside the next world.\nReference clip (Infinite zoom): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s3-infinite-zoom-hq.mp4",
  "seedance-2.0": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1: one continuous shot\nOptics and camera: Infinite zoom into the centre of the round window until the scene behind it fills the frame. Camera: dives toward the exact centre without stopping. Pace: speeding up. Keep: the round target centred as it grows. Ends: inside the next world.\nReference clip (Infinite zoom): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s3-infinite-zoom-hq.mp4",
  "kling-3": "[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Infinite zoom into the centre of the round window until the scene behind it fills the frame. Camera: dives toward the exact centre without stopping. Pace: speeding up. Keep: the round target centred as it grows. Ends: inside the next world.\nReference clip (Infinite zoom): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s3-infinite-zoom-hq.mp4",
  "veo-3.1": "Infinite zoom into the centre of the round window until the scene behind it fills the frame. Camera: dives toward the exact centre without stopping. Pace: speeding up. Keep: the round target centred as it grows. Ends: inside the next world. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.\nReference clip (Infinite zoom): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s3-infinite-zoom-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."
 }
}