# Rage People and places / Expression / Anger. Checked 2026-10-13. Anger breaking through control; powerful and dangerous. - Use when: Drama, sport, a villain, a stunt with an over-the-top reaction. - Phrase: the brows drive down and in, the upper lip lifts off the teeth, the nostrils flare, the tendons in the neck stand out, the head pushes forward, hard breaths through the nose while the snarl holds - Page: https://directorchair.ai/expression/rage - JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/expression/rage.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:** the jaw locks, the nostrils widen, the stare hardens without a blink - **Medium:** the brows drive down and in, the upper lip lifts off the teeth, the nostrils flare, the tendons in the neck stand out, the head pushes forward, hard breaths through the nose while the snarl holds - **Explosive:** a shout with the whole body, the fists come up, the face red, spit on the breath, the chest heaving between bursts ## Reference: Rage (Explosive) > The eyebrows slam down and inward, the upper lip peels back from the teeth, the nostrils flare, the neck tendons tighten, and the head pushes forward. The snarl holds as hard breaths move through the nose. Credit: Emotion Direction (seedance-emotion-direction.vercel.app). Source: https://seedance-emotion-media-1.vercel.app/videos/04-rage.mp4 Clip: https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/04-rage.mp4 Poster: https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/04-rage.jpg ## Prompts ### Nano Banana Pro ``` [your subject] in [your setting]. The brows drive down and in, the upper lip lifts off the teeth, the nostrils flare, the tendons in the neck stand out, the head pushes forward, hard breaths through the nose while the snarl holds. Reference clip (Rage): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/04-rage.mp4 ``` ### Nano Banana 2 ``` [your subject] in [your setting]. The brows drive down and in, the upper lip lifts off the teeth, the nostrils flare, the tendons in the neck stand out, the head pushes forward, hard breaths through the nose while the snarl holds. Reference clip (Rage): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/04-rage.mp4 ``` ### GPT Image 2.5 ``` A photograph of [your subject] in [your setting]. People and framing: the brows drive down and in, the upper lip lifts off the teeth, the nostrils flare, the tendons in the neck stand out, the head pushes forward, hard breaths through the nose while the snarl holds Exclusions: no extra text, no watermark, no logo. Reference clip (Rage): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/04-rage.mp4 ``` ### Seedream 5 ``` [your subject] in [your setting]. The brows drive down and in, the upper lip lifts off the teeth, the nostrils flare, the tendons in the neck stand out, the head pushes forward, hard breaths through the nose while the snarl holds. Reference clip (Rage): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/04-rage.mp4 ``` ### Seedance 2.5 ``` Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): The brows drive down and in, the upper lip lifts off the teeth, the nostrils flare, the tendons in the neck stand out, the head pushes forward, hard breaths through the nose while the snarl holds. The eyebrows slam down and inward, the upper lip peels back from the teeth, the nostrils flare, the neck tendons tighten, and the head pushes forward. The snarl holds as hard breaths move through the nose. Reference clip (Rage): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/04-rage.mp4 ``` ### Seedance 2.0 ``` Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1: The brows drive down and in, the upper lip lifts off the teeth, the nostrils flare, the tendons in the neck stand out, the head pushes forward, hard breaths through the nose while the snarl holds. The eyebrows slam down and inward, the upper lip peels back from the teeth, the nostrils flare, the neck tendons tighten, and the head pushes forward. The snarl holds as hard breaths move through the nose. Reference clip (Rage): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/04-rage.mp4 ``` ### Kling 3.0 ``` [your subject]. The brows drive down and in, the upper lip lifts off the teeth, the nostrils flare, the tendons in the neck stand out, the head pushes forward, hard breaths through the nose while the snarl holds. The scene is [your setting]. Reference clip (Rage): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/04-rage.mp4 ``` ### Veo 3.1 ``` [your subject] in [your setting]. The brows drive down and in, the upper lip lifts off the teeth, the nostrils flare, the tendons in the neck stand out, the head pushes forward, hard breaths through the nose while the snarl holds. Framing and subject stay as in the start image. Reference clip (Rage): https://directorchair.ai/media/emotion-direction/04-rage.mp4 ``` ## Look further - https://seedance-emotion-direction.vercel.app/ : a clip of this emotion performed in Seedance 2.5 (link only) ## Goes well with - Frustration: https://directorchair.ai/expression/frustration - Determination: https://directorchair.ai/expression/determination ## 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.