{
 "slug": "static-shot",
 "name": "Static shot",
 "category": "move",
 "group": "Pan and tilt",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-10-13",
 "effect": "Calm and observant; the action in the frame carries all the energy.",
 "use_when": "Interviews, product on a table, a performance you want the viewer to watch without distraction.",
 "phrase": "static shot on a tripod, the camera does not move for the whole clip, only the people in the frame move",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Models like to add a slow drift. Say what stays fixed: the same height, the same angle, the same framing from first to last frame.",
   "evidence": "vendor",
   "source": "Higgsfield Seedance 2.5 prompting guide, read 28 Sep 2026"
  }
 ],
 "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": "Static shot",
   "text": "locked-off static shot. Movement: hold one fixed camera position for the full clip. Speed: still and steady. Framing: keep the same angle, height, lens distance and composition. End: finish with the same framing and camera position.",
   "credit": "AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)",
   "source_url": "https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/01-static-shot-hq.mp4",
   "group": "Pan/Tilt",
   "intensity": null,
   "cue": null,
   "shot": "Shot 01",
   "family": null,
   "aliases": [],
   "media": {
    "video": "/media/aicameramovements/01-static-shot-hq.mp4",
    "card": "/media/aicameramovements/01-static-shot-hq-card.mp4",
    "poster": "/media/aicameramovements/01-static-shot-hq.jpg",
    "card_poster": "/media/aicameramovements/01-static-shot-hq-card.jpg",
    "width": 1280,
    "height": 720,
    "duration": 15
   }
  }
 ],
 "site_names": [
  "Static shot"
 ],
 "related": [
  "handheld-shot",
  "time-lapse"
 ],
 "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:** on a tripod, not moving at all\n- **Pace:** none; only the scene moves\n- **Keep:** height, angle, lens and framing identical from the first frame to the last\n- **Ends:** exactly where it started",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/move/static-shot",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/move/static-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: Static shot on a tripod, the camera does not move for the whole clip, only the people in the frame move. Camera: on a tripod, not moving at all. Pace: none; only the scene moves. Keep: height, angle, lens and framing identical from the first frame to the last. Ends: exactly where it started.\nReference clip (Static shot): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/01-static-shot-hq.mp4",
  "seedance-2.0": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1: one continuous shot\nOptics and camera: Static shot on a tripod, the camera does not move for the whole clip, only the people in the frame move. Camera: on a tripod, not moving at all. Pace: none; only the scene moves. Keep: height, angle, lens and framing identical from the first frame to the last. Ends: exactly where it started.\nReference clip (Static shot): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/01-static-shot-hq.mp4",
  "kling-3": "[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Static shot on a tripod, the camera does not move for the whole clip, only the people in the frame move. Camera: on a tripod, not moving at all. Pace: none; only the scene moves. Keep: height, angle, lens and framing identical from the first frame to the last. Ends: exactly where it started.\nReference clip (Static shot): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/01-static-shot-hq.mp4",
  "veo-3.1": "Static shot on a tripod, the camera does not move for the whole clip, only the people in the frame move. Camera: on a tripod, not moving at all. Pace: none; only the scene moves. Keep: height, angle, lens and framing identical from the first frame to the last. Ends: exactly where it started. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.\nReference clip (Static shot): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/01-static-shot-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."
 }
}