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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    A fisheye lens, the edges of the frame curving strongly, the face close to the lens and bulging, the whole room visible around her.

    Lenses

    Fisheye lens

    Bent lines and a huge field of view: playful, skate, music video, surveillance.

    Use when
    Skate and street culture, music videos, comedy close-ups, peephole views.

    Prompt instructions

    Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot Optics and camera: A fisheye lens, the edges of the frame curving strongly, the face close to the lens and bulging, the whole room visible around the subject.

    Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

    Watch out

    Related

    Ultra wide lens

    Stretches space toward the edges; things near the lens look huge, the room looks bigger.

    Prompt     Action camStrapped to a body or a bike: raw speed and wide distortion.Prompt Wide lens24 mmPrompt

    Sources

    Own words; the term from general film vocabulary, as also used in ShotDeck's filters (lens size Ultra Wide / Fisheye) and general film vocabulary, as also used in Flim's filters Checked 2026-11-13.

    ShotDeck: real film examples of this lens (paid, link only)

    Flim: film, ad and music-video stills of this lens (free tier, link only)

    For agents: this card as markdown, as JSON.