Tilt-shift

Makes a real scene look like a miniature model.

Use when: City views, playful brand films, a scene from above.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot Optics and camera: Tilt-shift view from high above, only the middle strip of the street is sharp, the top and bottom of the frame melt into blur, the cars look like toys. Tilt-shift miniature view. Movement: hold or glide from a high angled view over the scene. Speed: small precise movement. Framing: keep a narrow band of sharp focus across the key subject area with soft blur above and below. End: finish with the miniature-scale view intact. Reference clip (Tilt-shift): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s2-tilt-shift-hq.mp4

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Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Reference clip by AI Camera Movements, shown with permission.

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Say it like this

Tilt-shift view from high above, only the middle strip of the street is sharp, the top and bottom of the frame melt into blur, the cars look like toys.

Watch out

Shoot from high above; at eye level the miniature effect does not read.film-craft: Camera grammar

The maker's card

tilt-shift miniature view. Movement: hold or glide from a high angled view over the scene. Speed: small precise movement. Framing: keep a narrow band of sharp focus across the key subject area with soft blur above and below. End: finish with the miniature-scale view intact.AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)

Shows a whole place from high above, like a map, with people as dots.

Bird's-eye viewPrompt

Sources

The first Director Chair spec, own words Checked 2026-10-13.

AI Camera Movements: a looping example clip of this move and a free prompt card (link only)

ShotDeck: real film frames tagged by colour, lighting, time of day and composition (paid, link only)

Flim: film, ad and music-video stills to search by text or image (free tier, link only)

For agents: this card as markdown, as JSON.

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