Director Chair
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Camera

Shot sizes 13Angles 13Camera moves 42Rigs 6Lenses 9Focus and depth 4

Frame

Composition 13Aspect ratios 6

Light and look

Light 11Time of day 4Colour looks 13Film stock and texture 9Art styles 6

People and places

Characters 5Expressions 31Settings 3

Motion

Subject motion and speed 8

Edit

Transitions 21Edit effects 41Sound 14

Story

Hooks 46Script arcs 10Video formats 11Calls to action 5Test and publish 16

Recipes

Presets 28Prompt guides 11

Tools

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The subject of every shot sits in the exact centre of the frame and the effects play around it.

Composition

Action dead centre

At a fast pace the viewer never has to find the subject again after a cut.

Use when
Fast animated ads and montages.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. First frame: the subject of every shot sits in the exact centre of the frame and the effects play around it Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Watch out

Related

Perfectly centred, the corridor symmetrical on both sides, the person in the exact middle.

Centred symmetryPrompt

The price tag folds into a circle, the circle becomes the app icon, the icon opens into the home screen; each shot turns into the next, no dissolve.

Shape morphPrompt

Sources

Own words from Director Chair notes on Motion graphics with Claude (Rourke Heath) Checked 2026-11-13.

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