{
 "slug": "five-shot-sequence",
 "name": "Five-shot sequence",
 "category": "preset",
 "group": "Production",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-11-13",
 "effect": "A process can be cut as action, because every size and angle is there.",
 "use_when": "Filming B-roll of someone at work.",
 "phrase": "a close-up of the hands, a close-up of the face, a wide of the whole scene, an over-the-shoulder, and one unusual angle",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Roll 8 to 10 seconds per take and hold still for 3 seconds at the start and the end; usually 2 to 4 seconds are used.",
   "evidence": "practitioner",
   "source": "Director Chair field notes on b-roll"
  },
  {
   "text": "One move per shot, starting and ending still, and never a digital zoom.",
   "evidence": "practitioner",
   "source": "Director Chair field notes on b-roll"
  },
  {
   "text": "Match the main footage: the same frame rate or a multiple of it, the same light direction and colour temperature.",
   "evidence": "practitioner",
   "source": "Director Chair field notes on b-roll"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "insert-shot",
  "close-up",
  "over-the-shoulder-shot",
  "natural-sound-under-broll",
  "preset-broll-pass"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "film-craft",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Own words from Director Chair field notes on b-roll (a news and documentary practice)"
 },
 "body": "",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/preset/five-shot-sequence",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/preset/five-shot-sequence.md",
 "prompts": {
  "chat": "Give me a production plan: the shots or scenes in order, what each one needs, and the edit settings, for a short video about [your product], for [your audience]. The technique is five-shot sequence: a process can be cut as action, because every size and angle is there. How it works: a close-up of the hands, a close-up of the face, a wide of the whole scene, an over-the-shoulder, and one unusual angle. It is right for: filming B-roll of someone at work. Roll 8 to 10 seconds per take and hold still for 3 seconds at the start and the end; usually 2 to 4 seconds are used. One move per shot, starting and ending still, and never a digital zoom. Be concrete: numbers, seconds and settings, no theory. Ask me one question first if something you need is missing."
 },
 "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."
 }
}