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Movement opener

Motion in the first frame catches the eye.

Use when: Any opening shot.

Shown with: Dolly in (push in). Clip by AI Camera Movements, shown with permission.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. The speaker steps into the frame toward the lens on the first frame, never a static start. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

SubjectSetting

Say it like this

The speaker steps into the frame toward the lens on the first frame, never a static start.

Watch out

Hooks are judged by the first two seconds of retention on the platform. Test two openings of the same video instead of trusting a formula.practitioner: 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)

Draws the viewer closer; intimacy or rising importance, with real depth.Dolly inPrompt

In the first second: something moves toward the camera, a bold line of at most six words appears above the head before the first word is spoken, and one sound effect hits.

Three-layer hookPrompt

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 2026-10-13.

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