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

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Hooks

Push in on a still speaker

The frame closes in while the person holds still, so the first line gains weight as it is said.

Use when
Face cam openers where the speaker should stay calm.

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

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. The speaker stands still and holds eye contact; the camera pushes in slowly from a medium shot to a medium close-up during the first line. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Say it like this

The speaker stands still and holds eye contact; the camera pushes in slowly from a medium shot to a medium close-up during the first line.

Watch out

Related

Draws the viewer closer; intimacy or rising importance, with real depth.Dolly inPrompt Motion in the first frame catches the eye.Movement openerPrompt Builds tension or focus without the camera moving; the background flattens.Slow zoom inPrompt

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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