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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

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

Composition

Centred symmetry

Formal, iconic, slightly uncanny; everything balances around the middle.

Use when
Architecture, product hero shots, stylised brand films.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. First frame: perfectly centred, the corridor symmetrical on both sides, the person in the exact middle Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Related

The person on the right third of the frame, her eyes on the upper third line, open space to the left.

Rule of thirdsPrompt

Top-down shot, the camera straight above the table looking down, the objects laid flat on the surface.

Top-downPrompt

Sources

Film craft, own words Checked 2026-10-13.

ShotDeck: real film frames tagged by colour, lighting, time of day and composition (paid, link only)

Flim: film, ad and music-video stills to search by text or image (free tier, link only)

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