Director Chair
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Composition

Frame within a frame

A doorway or window frames the subject; depth and focus.

Use when
Interiors, voyeuristic or observational shots, storytelling.

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Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. First frame: seen through the open doorway, the doorframe dark around the edges, her at the kitchen table inside Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Say it like this

Seen through the open doorway, the doorframe dark around the edges, her at the kitchen table inside.

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Related

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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