Shallow depth of field, her eyes sharp, the café behind her a soft blur of shapes and lights.

Shallow depth of field

Isolates the subject from a soft background; attention goes exactly where you want.

Use when: Portraits, product hero shots, interviews.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot Optics and camera: Shallow depth of field, her eyes sharp, the café behind her a soft blur of shapes and lights.

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

SubjectSetting

Watch out

For stills, practitioners write a full capture line with an aperture (35mm, f/1.8); a 2025 study for Midjourney found f-stops ignored and plain words (blurred background) working. Plain words first, the number as support.practitioner: Dan Kieft (1 Sep 2026) via Director Chair field notes on image prompting; Midjourney mapping in our own notes (2025, to audit)

Everything sharp from front to back; the viewer can look anywhere.

Deep focusPrompt

Turns background lights into soft discs; warm, dreamy, premium.

BokehPrompt

Flatters faces and softens the background; the person is the subject.

PortraitPrompt