{
 "slug": "steadicam-rig",
 "name": "Steadicam or gimbal",
 "category": "rig",
 "group": "Studio",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-10-13",
 "effect": "A floating glide that follows people smoothly through space.",
 "use_when": "Walk-and-talks, tours, events, weddings.",
 "phrase": "steadicam, the camera glides smoothly at chest height following her, no shake",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "A stabilised camera can look floaty and unreal; a touch of handheld weight reads more operated.",
   "evidence": "unverified",
   "source": "2026 model-syntax study via Director Chair field notes on video prompting"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "tracking-shot",
  "handheld-shot"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "film-craft",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "The first Director Chair spec and Director Chair field notes on video prompting"
 },
 "body": "",
 "shown_with": {
  "slug": "tracking-shot",
  "name": "Tracking shot",
  "category": "move",
  "label": "Shown with: Tracking shot",
  "site": "aicameramovements",
  "credit": "AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)",
  "source_url": "https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/16-tracking-shot-hq.mp4",
  "media": {
   "video": "/media/aicameramovements/16-tracking-shot-hq.mp4",
   "card": "/media/aicameramovements/16-tracking-shot-hq-card.mp4",
   "poster": "/media/aicameramovements/16-tracking-shot-hq.jpg",
   "card_poster": "/media/aicameramovements/16-tracking-shot-hq-card.jpg",
   "width": 1280,
   "height": 720,
   "duration": 15
  }
 },
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/rig/steadicam-rig",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/rig/steadicam-rig.md",
 "prompts": {
  "seedance-2.5": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot\nOptics and camera: Steadicam, the camera glides smoothly at chest height following the subject, no shake.",
  "seedance-2.0": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1: one continuous shot\nOptics and camera: Steadicam, the camera glides smoothly at chest height following the subject, no shake.",
  "kling-3": "[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Steadicam, the camera glides smoothly at chest height following the subject, no shake.",
  "veo-3.1": "Steadicam, the camera glides smoothly at chest height following the subject, no shake. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image."
 },
 "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."
 }
}