# Foreground layers

Frame / Composition / Depth. Checked 2026-10-13.

Something soft in front, the subject in the middle, the world behind: real depth.

- Use when: Any shot that feels flat, slider and dolly moves.
- Phrase: a blurred glass in the foreground left, the woman sharp in the middle, the bar soft behind her
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/composition/foreground-layers
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/composition/foreground-layers.json

## Prompts

### Nano Banana Pro

```
[your subject] in [your setting]. A blurred glass in the foreground left, the woman sharp in the middle, the bar soft behind her.
```

### Nano Banana 2

```
[your subject] in [your setting]. A blurred glass in the foreground left, the woman sharp in the middle, the bar soft behind her.
```

### GPT Image 2.5

```
A photograph of [your subject] in [your setting].
People and framing: a blurred glass in the foreground left, the woman sharp in the middle, the bar soft behind her
Exclusions: no extra text, no watermark, no logo.
```

### Seedream 5

```
[your subject] in [your setting]. A blurred glass in the foreground left, the woman sharp in the middle, the bar soft behind her.
```

### Seedance 2.5

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
First frame: a blurred glass in the foreground left, the woman sharp in the middle, the bar soft behind her
Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot
```

### Seedance 2.0

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
First frame: a blurred glass in the foreground left, the woman sharp in the middle, the bar soft behind her
Shot 1: one continuous shot
```

### Kling 3.0

```
[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. A blurred glass in the foreground left, the woman sharp in the middle, the bar soft behind her.
```

### Veo 3.1

```
A blurred glass in the foreground left, the woman sharp in the middle, the bar soft behind her. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.
```

## Look further

- https://shotdeck.com/ : real film frames tagged by colour, lighting, time of day and composition (paid, link only)
- https://flim.ai/ : film, ad and music-video stills to search by text or image (free tier, link only)

## Goes well with

- Slider: https://directorchair.ai/move/slider-shot
- Shallow depth of field: https://directorchair.ai/focus/shallow-focus

## Source

Film craft, own words

Text CC BY 4.0, Director Chair (directorchair.ai). Reference clips and their card texts belong to their makers.