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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Split screen: the cluttered desk on the left, the same desk cleared on the right, the same framing and the same light.

Hooks

Before and after in one frame

The difference is the message, and it is seen in one look.

Use when
Transformations, price comparisons, old way against new way.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Split screen: the cluttered desk on the left, the same desk cleared on the right, the same framing and the same light. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Watch out

Related

Two different things read as one, because shape, position and movement line up across the cut.

Match cutPrompt

The old way: three days in an edit suite. The new way: one take and a reference reel.

Old way, new wayPrompt

The viewer sees what a look does in one sweep.

Grade wipePrompt

Sources

Own words from the Director Chair hook framework (our 2026 synthesis of @marco.thecreative's TikTok series, OpusClip's hook formulas, a Brandefy article, Meta retention research and a Gemini research report) Checked 2026-11-13.

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