{
 "slug": "loop-close",
 "name": "Loop back to frame one",
 "category": "transition",
 "group": "Cuts",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-11-13",
 "effect": "The end hands over to the beginning, so a replay starts without a seam.",
 "use_when": "Short explainers and posts that autoplay on repeat.",
 "phrase": "the last frame returns to the opening frame: the same map of all seven steps, the presenter in the same corner",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "A measured step explainer ends on the map it opened with, so the loop restarts cleanly.",
   "evidence": "measured",
   "source": "Director Chair measurement of a published short, 23 Oct 2026"
  },
  {
   "text": "For a looping post, rotate the render so frame 0, which the feed shows before playback, is the busiest moment.",
   "evidence": "practitioner",
   "source": "Director Chair notes on Video from code at Anfloy (Dima Bilous)"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "map-in-frame-zero",
  "canvas-move"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "practitioner",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Own words from Director Chair measurement of a published short, Oct 2026 and Director Chair notes on Video from code at Anfloy (Dima Bilous)"
 },
 "body": "",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/transition/loop-close",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/transition/loop-close.md",
 "prompts": {
  "seedance-2.5": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot. Cut: the last frame returns to the opening frame: the same map of all seven steps, the presenter in the same corner",
  "seedance-2.0": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1: one continuous shot. Cut: the last frame returns to the opening frame: the same map of all seven steps, the presenter in the same corner",
  "kling-3": "[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. The last frame returns to the opening frame: the same map of all seven steps, the presenter in the same corner.",
  "veo-3.1": "[your subject] in [your setting]. The last frame returns to the opening frame: the same map of all seven steps, the presenter in the same corner. 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."
 }
}