# Screen direction

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

Keeps the viewer oriented across cuts: who is where, which way they move.

- Use when: Dialogue, chases, any sequence of several shots.
- Phrase: the camera stays on the south side of the street, the sea always screen right, she always moves left to right
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/composition/screen-direction
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/composition/screen-direction.json

## Watch out

- Declare the side and the direction once and keep it in every prompt of the job, or people and places swap sides between shots. (vendor; Director Chair field notes on video prompting (tested prompts))

## Prompts

### Seedance 2.5

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
First frame: the camera stays on the south side of the street, the sea always screen right, the subject always moves left to right
Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot
```

### Seedance 2.0

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
First frame: the camera stays on the south side of the street, the sea always screen right, the subject always moves left to right
Shot 1: one continuous shot
```

### Kling 3.0

```
[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. The camera stays on the south side of the street, the sea always screen right, the subject always moves left to right.
```

### Veo 3.1

```
The camera stays on the south side of the street, the sea always screen right, the subject always moves left to right. [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

- Over-the-shoulder shot: https://directorchair.ai/shot/over-the-shoulder-shot
- Side tracking: https://directorchair.ai/move/side-tracking-shot

## Source

Director Chair field notes on video prompting

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