# Flirtation People and places / Expression / Social. Checked 2026-10-13. Playful attraction held just under the surface. - Use when: Dating, fashion, fragrance, romantic comedy. - Phrase: the chin dips, the gaze comes back with one slow deliberate blink, a small warm smile grows from one corner of the mouth, the eye contact does not break - Page: https://directorchair.ai/expression/flirtation - JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/expression/flirtation.json ## 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) ## Three intensities - **Subtle:** a look held a moment longer than normal, a slow blink - **Medium:** the chin dips, the gaze comes back with one slow deliberate blink, a small warm smile grows from one corner of the mouth, the eye contact does not break - **Explosive:** a laugh with the head turned away and the eyes coming back, the fingers touch the hair, a step closer ## Reference: Flirtation (Subtle) > The chin lowers, the gaze returns with a slow, deliberate blink, and a warm, playful half-smile grows at one corner of the mouth. The expression holds without rushing or breaking eye contact. Credit: Emotion Direction (seedance-emotion-direction.vercel.app). Source: https://seedance-emotion-media-2.vercel.app/videos/10-flirtation.mp4 Clip: https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/10-flirtation.mp4 Poster: https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/10-flirtation.jpg ## Prompts ### Nano Banana Pro ``` [your subject] in [your setting]. The chin dips, the gaze comes back with one slow deliberate blink, a small warm smile grows from one corner of the mouth, the eye contact does not break. Reference clip (Flirtation): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/10-flirtation.mp4 ``` ### Nano Banana 2 ``` [your subject] in [your setting]. The chin dips, the gaze comes back with one slow deliberate blink, a small warm smile grows from one corner of the mouth, the eye contact does not break. Reference clip (Flirtation): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/10-flirtation.mp4 ``` ### GPT Image 2.5 ``` A photograph of [your subject] in [your setting]. People and framing: the chin dips, the gaze comes back with one slow deliberate blink, a small warm smile grows from one corner of the mouth, the eye contact does not break Exclusions: no extra text, no watermark, no logo. Reference clip (Flirtation): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/10-flirtation.mp4 ``` ### Seedream 5 ``` [your subject] in [your setting]. The chin dips, the gaze comes back with one slow deliberate blink, a small warm smile grows from one corner of the mouth, the eye contact does not break. Reference clip (Flirtation): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/10-flirtation.mp4 ``` ### Seedance 2.5 ``` Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): The chin dips, the gaze comes back with one slow deliberate blink, a small warm smile grows from one corner of the mouth, the eye contact does not break. The chin lowers, the gaze returns with a slow, deliberate blink, and a warm, playful half-smile grows at one corner of the mouth. The expression holds without rushing or breaking eye contact. Reference clip (Flirtation): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/10-flirtation.mp4 ``` ### Seedance 2.0 ``` Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1: The chin dips, the gaze comes back with one slow deliberate blink, a small warm smile grows from one corner of the mouth, the eye contact does not break. The chin lowers, the gaze returns with a slow, deliberate blink, and a warm, playful half-smile grows at one corner of the mouth. The expression holds without rushing or breaking eye contact. Reference clip (Flirtation): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/10-flirtation.mp4 ``` ### Kling 3.0 ``` [your subject]. The chin dips, the gaze comes back with one slow deliberate blink, a small warm smile grows from one corner of the mouth, the eye contact does not break. The scene is [your setting]. Reference clip (Flirtation): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/10-flirtation.mp4 ``` ### Veo 3.1 ``` [your subject] in [your setting]. The chin dips, the gaze comes back with one slow deliberate blink, a small warm smile grows from one corner of the mouth, the eye contact does not break. Framing and subject stay as in the start image. Reference clip (Flirtation): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/10-flirtation.mp4 ``` ## Look further - https://seedance-emotion-direction.vercel.app/ : a clip of this emotion performed in Seedance 2.5 (link only) ## Goes well with - Smug: https://directorchair.ai/expression/smug - Pride: https://directorchair.ai/expression/pride ## Source 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 Text CC BY 4.0, Director Chair (directorchair.ai). Reference clips and their card texts belong to their makers.