Disgust

Instant rejection of something revolting.

Use when: Before shots, the competitor's product in comedy, food gone wrong.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): The nose wrinkles hard and drags the upper lip up, the eyes squint almost shut, the chin pulls in, the head turns away and back, the look of revulsion stays. The nose wrinkles hard and pulls the upper lip upward, the eyes squint nearly shut, the chin draws in, and the head recoils and turns away. The revolted expression holds. Reference clip (Disgust): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/05-disgust.mp4

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Reference clip by Emotion Direction, shown with permission.

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Say it like this

The nose wrinkles hard and drags the upper lip up, the eyes squint almost shut, the chin pulls in, the head turns away and back, the look of revulsion stays.

Watch out

Never ask for a smile or for an emotion by name; describe the muscles. Asked-for smiles come back generated and forced.measured: Director Chair field notes on video prompting (client feedback, Aug 2026)
Put the trigger first (the door slams, she reads the message), then the performance. Without a trigger the reaction has no timing.practitioner: Dan Kieft and Higgsfield's tested prompts via Director Chair field notes on video prompting

Notes

Three intensities

Subtle: the nose wrinkles slightly, the upper lip lifts on one side
Medium: the nose wrinkles hard and drags the upper lip up, the eyes squint almost shut, the chin pulls in, the head turns away and back, the look of revulsion stays
Explosive: the whole body recoils, a hand over the mouth, a dry heave, a step back with the head turned away

The maker's card

The nose wrinkles hard and pulls the upper lip upward, the eyes squint nearly shut, the chin draws in, and the head recoils and turns away. The revolted expression holds.Medium. Emotion Direction (seedance-emotion-direction.vercel.app)

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Sources

Families, intensities and emotion names from Emotion Direction (names and structure only, read 13 Oct 2026); the directions are our own words in its grammar: body parts in the order they move, ending on what holds. Rules from Director Chair field notes on video prompting Checked 2026-10-13.

Emotion Direction: a clip of this emotion performed in Seedance 2.5 (link only)

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