Director Chair
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Camera

Shot sizes 16Angles 17Camera moves 43Rigs 6Lenses 10Focus and depth 4

Frame

Composition 14Aspect ratios 11

Light and look

Light 22Time of day 12Colour looks 14Film stock and texture 9Art styles 6

People and places

Characters 6Expressions 31Settings 6

Motion

Subject motion and speed 9

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 top of the panel clears the top of her head by about a quarter of her height, a contact shadow under each foot.

Composition

Scale against a person

Makes the size of an object believable.

Use when
Products, furniture, signage, installations.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. First frame: the top of the panel clears the top of her head by about a quarter of her height, a contact shadow under each foot Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Watch out

Related

The model keeps the frame you asked for instead of cropping to its favourite portrait.

Framing firstPrompt

Makes the subject bigger, stronger and more important.

Low anglePrompt

Sources

Director Chair field notes on image prompting 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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