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

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A three-seat sofa stands in the middle of a supermarket aisle and shoppers steer their trolleys around it.

Hooks

The object that should not be there

One thing out of place makes the viewer wait for the explanation.

Use when
Products and services with no natural drama.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. A three-seat sofa stands in the middle of a supermarket aisle and shoppers steer their trolleys around it. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Watch out

Related

The founder drops the product into a bucket of water and keeps talking.

Pattern interruptPrompt

A river of oranges flows down the escalator of an empty shopping centre, filmed from the bottom step.

The image nobody could filmPrompt

Level 1, the delivery robot slumped at a bus stop; level 2, the same robot in a fur coat; level 3, holding a wilted flower and looking down the empty road.

Contrast in four levelsPrompt

Sources

Own words from Director Chair field notes on short-form video (one TikTok account, 233 posts and 27 measured clips, read 30 Oct 2026) Checked 2026-11-13.

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