# Tilt-shift Camera / Lens / Special. Checked 2026-10-13. Makes a real scene look like a miniature model. - Use when: City views, playful brand films, a scene from above. - Phrase: 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 - Page: https://directorchair.ai/lens/tilt-shift-lens - JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/lens/tilt-shift-lens.json ## Watch out - Shoot from high above; at eye level the miniature effect does not read. (film-craft; Camera grammar) ## Reference: Tilt-shift > 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. Credit: AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com). Source: https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/s2-tilt-shift-hq.mp4 Clip: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s2-tilt-shift-hq.mp4 Poster: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s2-tilt-shift-hq.jpg ## Prompts ### Nano Banana Pro ``` [your subject] in [your setting]. Capture: Apply a tilt-shift photography effect with a narrow plane of focus, making the scene appear like a miniature scale model Reference clip (Tilt-shift): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s2-tilt-shift-hq.mp4 ``` ### Nano Banana 2 ``` [your subject] in [your setting]. Capture: Apply a tilt-shift photography effect with a narrow plane of focus, making the scene appear like a miniature scale model Reference clip (Tilt-shift): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s2-tilt-shift-hq.mp4 ``` ### GPT Image 2.5 ``` A photograph of [your subject] in [your setting]. Details: 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 Exclusions: no extra text, no watermark, no logo. Reference clip (Tilt-shift): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s2-tilt-shift-hq.mp4 ``` ### Seedream 5 ``` [your subject] in [your setting]. Capture: 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 Reference clip (Tilt-shift): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s2-tilt-shift-hq.mp4 ``` ### Seedance 2.5 ``` 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 ``` ### Seedance 2.0 ``` Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1: 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 ``` ### Kling 3.0 ``` [your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. 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 ``` ### Veo 3.1 ``` 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. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image. Reference clip (Tilt-shift): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s2-tilt-shift-hq.mp4 ``` ## Look further - https://aicameramovements.com/ : a looping example clip of this move and a free prompt card (link only) - https://shotdeck.com/ : real film frames tagged by colour, lighting, time of day and composition (paid, link only) - https://flim.ai/ : film, ad and music-video stills to search by text or image (free tier, link only) ## Goes well with - Bird's-eye view: https://directorchair.ai/angle/birds-eye-view ## Source The first Director Chair spec, own words Text CC BY 4.0, Director Chair (directorchair.ai). Reference clips and their card texts belong to their makers.