{
 "slug": "slider-shot",
 "name": "Slider",
 "category": "move",
 "group": "Physical moves",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-10-13",
 "effect": "A small, smooth sideways glide that adds depth to a still scene.",
 "use_when": "Product shots, interviews, food, any static setup that needs a little life.",
 "phrase": "slider shot, the camera glides half a metre to the left, the foreground glass, the bottle and the background shift against each other",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Put something in the foreground. Without layers at different distances a slider move is invisible.",
   "evidence": "film-craft",
   "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": "Slider right",
   "text": "slider right. Movement: slide the camera a small distance to the right. Speed: slow controlled constant motion. Framing: keep foreground, subject and background layers readable as parallax shifts. End: finish on a refined composition with the new right-side angle visible.",
   "credit": "AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)",
   "source_url": "https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/12-slider-right-hq.mp4",
   "group": "Physical Moves",
   "intensity": null,
   "cue": null,
   "shot": "Shot 12",
   "family": null,
   "aliases": [],
   "media": {
    "video": "/media/aicameramovements/12-slider-right-hq.mp4",
    "card": "/media/aicameramovements/12-slider-right-hq-card.mp4",
    "poster": "/media/aicameramovements/12-slider-right-hq.jpg",
    "card_poster": "/media/aicameramovements/12-slider-right-hq-card.jpg",
    "width": 1280,
    "height": 720,
    "duration": 15
   }
  },
  {
   "site": "aicameramovements",
   "name": "Slider left",
   "text": "slider left. Movement: slide the camera a small distance to the left. Speed: slow controlled constant motion. Framing: keep foreground, subject and background layers readable as parallax shifts. End: finish on a refined composition with the new left-side angle visible.",
   "credit": "AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)",
   "source_url": "https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/12b-slider-left-hq.mp4",
   "group": "Physical Moves",
   "intensity": null,
   "cue": null,
   "shot": "Shot 12B",
   "family": null,
   "aliases": [],
   "media": {
    "video": "/media/aicameramovements/12b-slider-left-hq.mp4",
    "card": "/media/aicameramovements/12b-slider-left-hq-card.mp4",
    "poster": "/media/aicameramovements/12b-slider-left-hq.jpg",
    "card_poster": "/media/aicameramovements/12b-slider-left-hq-card.jpg",
    "width": 1280,
    "height": 720,
    "duration": 15
   }
  }
 ],
 "site_names": [
  "Slider right",
  "Slider left"
 ],
 "related": [
  "truck",
  "arc-shot"
 ],
 "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:** glides a short distance sideways\n- **Pace:** slow and smooth\n- **Keep:** foreground, subject and background shifting against each other\n- **Ends:** a slightly new angle on the same subject",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/move/slider-shot",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/move/slider-shot.md",
 "prompts": {
  "seedance-2.5": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot\nOptics and camera: Slider shot, the camera glides half a metre to the left, the foreground glass, the bottle and the background shift against each other. Camera: glides a short distance sideways. Pace: slow and smooth. Keep: foreground, subject and background shifting against each other. Ends: a slightly new angle on the same subject.\nReference clip (Slider right): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/12-slider-right-hq.mp4",
  "seedance-2.0": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1: one continuous shot\nOptics and camera: Slider shot, the camera glides half a metre to the left, the foreground glass, the bottle and the background shift against each other. Camera: glides a short distance sideways. Pace: slow and smooth. Keep: foreground, subject and background shifting against each other. Ends: a slightly new angle on the same subject.\nReference clip (Slider right): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/12-slider-right-hq.mp4",
  "kling-3": "[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Slider shot, the camera glides half a metre to the left, the foreground glass, the bottle and the background shift against each other. Camera: glides a short distance sideways. Pace: slow and smooth. Keep: foreground, subject and background shifting against each other. Ends: a slightly new angle on the same subject.\nReference clip (Slider right): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/12-slider-right-hq.mp4",
  "veo-3.1": "Slider shot, the camera glides half a metre to the left, the foreground glass, the bottle and the background shift against each other. Camera: glides a short distance sideways. Pace: slow and smooth. Keep: foreground, subject and background shifting against each other. Ends: a slightly new angle on the same subject. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.\nReference clip (Slider right): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/12-slider-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."
 }
}