{
 "slug": "whip-pan",
 "name": "Whip pan",
 "category": "move",
 "group": "Pan and tilt",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-10-13",
 "effect": "A burst of energy that jumps attention from one thing to the next.",
 "use_when": "Transitions between two scenes, comedy beats, fast social edits.",
 "phrase": "whip pan, the camera snaps sideways from the first subject to the second in under half a second, motion blur during the turn, both ends sharp",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "A whip pan also hides continuity errors between two shots, which makes it a useful transition.",
   "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"
  }
 ],
 "licensed": [
  {
   "site": "aicameramovements",
   "name": "Whip pan right",
   "text": "whip pan right. Movement: rotate rapidly from the starting direction toward a new target on the right. Speed: fast snap with brief motion blur during the rotation. Framing: begin on one readable composition and land on a second readable target. End: settle into a sharp final frame.",
   "credit": "AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)",
   "source_url": "https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/03-whip-pan-right-hq.mp4",
   "group": "Pan/Tilt",
   "intensity": null,
   "cue": null,
   "shot": "Shot 03",
   "family": null,
   "aliases": [],
   "media": {
    "video": "/media/aicameramovements/03-whip-pan-right-hq.mp4",
    "card": "/media/aicameramovements/03-whip-pan-right-hq-card.mp4",
    "poster": "/media/aicameramovements/03-whip-pan-right-hq.jpg",
    "card_poster": "/media/aicameramovements/03-whip-pan-right-hq-card.jpg",
    "width": 1280,
    "height": 720,
    "duration": 15
   }
  },
  {
   "site": "aicameramovements",
   "name": "Whip pan left",
   "text": "whip pan left. Movement: rotate rapidly from the starting direction toward a new target on the left. Speed: fast snap with brief motion blur during the rotation. Framing: begin on one readable composition and land on a second readable target. End: settle into a sharp final frame.",
   "credit": "AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)",
   "source_url": "https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/3b-whip-pan-left-hq.mp4",
   "group": "Pan/Tilt",
   "intensity": null,
   "cue": null,
   "shot": "Shot 03B",
   "family": null,
   "aliases": [],
   "media": {
    "video": "/media/aicameramovements/3b-whip-pan-left-hq.mp4",
    "card": "/media/aicameramovements/3b-whip-pan-left-hq-card.mp4",
    "poster": "/media/aicameramovements/3b-whip-pan-left-hq.jpg",
    "card_poster": "/media/aicameramovements/3b-whip-pan-left-hq-card.jpg",
    "width": 1280,
    "height": 720,
    "duration": 15
   }
  }
 ],
 "site_names": [
  "Whip pan right",
  "Whip pan left"
 ],
 "related": [
  "pan",
  "crash-zoom"
 ],
 "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:** snaps sideways from one subject to another\n- **Pace:** a fraction of a second, blurred in the middle\n- **Keep:** a readable picture before and after the snap\n- **Ends:** a sharp second subject",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/move/whip-pan",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/move/whip-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: Whip pan, the camera snaps sideways from the first subject to the second in under half a second, motion blur during the turn, both ends sharp. Camera: snaps sideways from one subject to another. Pace: a fraction of a second, blurred in the middle. Keep: a readable picture before and after the snap. Ends: a sharp second subject.\nReference clip (Whip pan right): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/03-whip-pan-right-hq.mp4",
  "seedance-2.0": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1: one continuous shot\nOptics and camera: Whip pan, the camera snaps sideways from the first subject to the second in under half a second, motion blur during the turn, both ends sharp. Camera: snaps sideways from one subject to another. Pace: a fraction of a second, blurred in the middle. Keep: a readable picture before and after the snap. Ends: a sharp second subject.\nReference clip (Whip pan right): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/03-whip-pan-right-hq.mp4",
  "kling-3": "[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Whip pan, the camera snaps sideways from the first subject to the second in under half a second, motion blur during the turn, both ends sharp. Camera: snaps sideways from one subject to another. Pace: a fraction of a second, blurred in the middle. Keep: a readable picture before and after the snap. Ends: a sharp second subject.\nReference clip (Whip pan right): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/03-whip-pan-right-hq.mp4",
  "veo-3.1": "Whip pan, the camera snaps sideways from the first subject to the second in under half a second, motion blur during the turn, both ends sharp. Camera: snaps sideways from one subject to another. Pace: a fraction of a second, blurred in the middle. Keep: a readable picture before and after the snap. Ends: a sharp second subject. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.\nReference clip (Whip pan right): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/03-whip-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."
 }
}