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

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Text hook in the top fifth, the face in the middle, captions in the lower fifth above the platform's buttons.

Edit effects

Screen zones for vertical video

Each layer sits where the eye and the interface leave room for it.

Use when
Any talking-head video with a text hook and captions.

Prompt instructions

Give me an edit brief: where it goes on the timeline, the exact settings, and what to check before export, for a short video about [your product], for [your audience]. The technique is screen zones for vertical video: each layer sits where the eye and the interface leave room for it. How it works: text hook in the top fifth, the face in the middle, captions in the lower fifth above the platform's buttons. It is right for: any talking-head video with a text hook and captions. Keep text at least 10 percent away from every edge; devices crop differently. Do not stack hook text, face and captions all in the dead centre. Be concrete: numbers, seconds and settings, no theory. Ask me one question first if something you need is missing.

The same prompt works in Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini.

Watch out

Related

Text stays readable because the platform's buttons do not sit on it.

Caption safe zonesPrompt

A line of at most six words in high contrast above the speaker's head, on screen from the first frame.

Text on screen firstPrompt

In the first second: something moves toward the camera, a bold line of at most six words appears above the head before the first word is spoken, and one sound effect hits.

Three-layer hookPrompt

Sources

Own words from the Director Chair hook framework (our 2026 synthesis of @marco.thecreative's TikTok series, OpusClip's hook formulas, a Brandefy article, Meta retention research and a Gemini research report) Checked 2026-11-13.

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