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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Over-the-shoulder on the laptop showing the review, then cut to her face from the front as she reacts.

Hooks

Screen first, then the face

The viewer sees what caused the reaction, then feels it with the person.

Use when
Reviews, comments, data, press mentions.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Over-the-shoulder on the laptop showing the review, then cut to her face from the front as she reacts. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Watch out

Related

A real reaction on screen makes the viewer feel it too.ReactionPrompt

Puts the viewer inside a conversation, behind one person and facing the other.

Over-the-shoulder shotPrompt

The viewer watches someone else experience it.

ReactionPrompt

Timing that feels live: people react like people, not like a chorus.

Reactions arrive latePrompt

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) and the Director Chair script structure notes Checked 2026-11-13.

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