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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The first frame is already mid-event: coffee leaving the cup toward the counter, a hand reaching to catch it.

Hooks

Stakes in the first second

The viewer wants to see how it ends before deciding to scroll.

Use when
Feed openers for any business where something can go wrong on camera.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. The first frame is already mid-event: coffee leaving the cup toward the counter, a hand reaching to catch it. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Watch out

Related

Show the real risk of the trade safely: the roofer clipped to a harness at the ridge, the drop visible behind him.

Borrow the tension, never the liePrompt

One line in a bystander's voice over candid-looking footage, at the top of the frame in the platform's own text style.

Bystander captionPrompt

No greeting, no logo and no context: the first frame is the moment itself, with the first word on it.

Openings that lose the viewerPrompt

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

Pattern interruptPrompt

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) and Director Chair notes on Viral Content Psychology (@thecreatorquest_) Checked 2026-11-13.

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