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

BoardModelsGuidesAboutAgent skill

While she talks he is already chuckling, his thumb turns the cap of the pen and stops when she makes her point.

Expressions

The listener acts too

Both people in a dialogue feel alive.

Use when
Interviews, two-person ads, sketches.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): while she talks he is already chuckling, his thumb turns the cap of the pen and stops when she makes her point

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Watch out

Related

Timing that feels live: people react like people, not like a chorus.

Reactions arrive latePrompt

Shows a relationship: two people and the space between them.

Two-shotPrompt

Sources

Rules from Director Chair field notes on video prompting Checked 2026-10-13.

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