{
 "slug": "pan",
 "name": "Pan (left or right)",
 "category": "move",
 "group": "Pan and tilt",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-10-13",
 "effect": "Scans a space or follows something across it, like turning your head.",
 "use_when": "Revealing a room, following a person who walks past, showing a row of products.",
 "phrase": "slow pan to the right, the camera turns on its tripod and stays in one place, new space comes in from the right edge",
 "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"
  },
  {
   "text": "A slow pan gives a landscape time to render detail; a fast one smears it.",
   "evidence": "unverified",
   "source": "A 2026 model-syntax study for a prompt builder, summarised in Director Chair field notes on video prompting, not measured by us"
  }
 ],
 "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)"
  },
  {
   "site": "aicameracontrol",
   "url": "https://aicameracontrol.com/",
   "what": "a free 3D stage to place the person and set the lens before you generate"
  },
  {
   "site": "shotdeck",
   "url": "https://shotdeck.com/",
   "what": "real film examples of this camera move (paid, link only)"
  },
  {
   "site": "flim",
   "url": "https://flim.ai/",
   "what": "film, ad and music-video stills of this camera move (free tier, link only)"
  }
 ],
 "licensed": [
  {
   "site": "aicameramovements",
   "name": "Pan right",
   "text": "pan right. Movement: rotate the camera horizontally from left to right from one fixed point. Speed: smooth constant rotation. Framing: keep the horizon level while new space enters from the right side of the frame. End: settle on a clear final composition.",
   "credit": "AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)",
   "source_url": "https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/02-pan-right-hq.mp4",
   "group": "Pan/Tilt",
   "intensity": null,
   "cue": null,
   "shot": "Shot 02",
   "family": null,
   "aliases": [],
   "media": {
    "video": "/media/aicameramovements/02-pan-right-hq.mp4",
    "card": "/media/aicameramovements/02-pan-right-hq-card.mp4",
    "poster": "/media/aicameramovements/02-pan-right-hq.jpg",
    "card_poster": "/media/aicameramovements/02-pan-right-hq-card.jpg",
    "width": 1280,
    "height": 720,
    "duration": 15
   }
  },
  {
   "site": "aicameramovements",
   "name": "Pan left",
   "text": "pan left. Movement: rotate the camera horizontally from right to left from one fixed point. Speed: smooth constant rotation. Framing: keep the horizon level while new space enters from the left side of the frame. End: settle on a clear final composition.",
   "credit": "AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)",
   "source_url": "https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/2b-pan-left-hq.mp4",
   "group": "Pan/Tilt",
   "intensity": null,
   "cue": null,
   "shot": "Shot 02B",
   "family": null,
   "aliases": [],
   "media": {
    "video": "/media/aicameramovements/2b-pan-left-hq.mp4",
    "card": "/media/aicameramovements/2b-pan-left-hq-card.mp4",
    "poster": "/media/aicameramovements/2b-pan-left-hq.jpg",
    "card_poster": "/media/aicameramovements/2b-pan-left-hq-card.jpg",
    "width": 1280,
    "height": 720,
    "duration": 15
   }
  }
 ],
 "site_names": [
  "Pan right",
  "Pan left"
 ],
 "related": [
  "whip-pan",
  "truck",
  "tilt-up"
 ],
 "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:** turns sideways on the spot, left or right\n- **Pace:** even and unhurried\n- **Keep:** a level horizon while new space slides in from the side you turn toward\n- **Ends:** a settled frame on what the turn was looking for",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/move/pan",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/move/pan.md",
 "prompts": {
  "seedance-2.5": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot\nOptics and camera: Slow pan to the right, the camera turns on its tripod and stays in one place, new space comes in from the right edge. Camera: turns sideways on the spot, left or right. Pace: even and unhurried. Keep: a level horizon while new space slides in from the side you turn toward. Ends: a settled frame on what the turn was looking for.\nReference clip (Pan right): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/02-pan-right-hq.mp4",
  "seedance-2.0": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1: one continuous shot\nOptics and camera: Slow pan to the right, the camera turns on its tripod and stays in one place, new space comes in from the right edge. Camera: turns sideways on the spot, left or right. Pace: even and unhurried. Keep: a level horizon while new space slides in from the side you turn toward. Ends: a settled frame on what the turn was looking for.\nReference clip (Pan right): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/02-pan-right-hq.mp4",
  "kling-3": "[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Slow pan to the right, the camera turns on its tripod and stays in one place, new space comes in from the right edge. Camera: turns sideways on the spot, left or right. Pace: even and unhurried. Keep: a level horizon while new space slides in from the side you turn toward. Ends: a settled frame on what the turn was looking for.\nReference clip (Pan right): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/02-pan-right-hq.mp4",
  "veo-3.1": "Slow pan to the right, the camera turns on its tripod and stays in one place, new space comes in from the right edge. Camera: turns sideways on the spot, left or right. Pace: even and unhurried. Keep: a level horizon while new space slides in from the side you turn toward. Ends: a settled frame on what the turn was looking for. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.\nReference clip (Pan right): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/02-pan-right-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."
 }
}