Director Chair
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Camera

Shot sizes 13Angles 13Camera moves 42Rigs 6Lenses 9Focus and depth 4

Frame

Composition 13Aspect ratios 6

Light and look

Light 11Time of day 4Colour looks 13Film stock and texture 9Art styles 6

People and places

Characters 5Expressions 31Settings 3

Motion

Subject motion and speed 8

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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One soft key light directly in front of her and slightly above eye level, a small shadow under the nose, a softbox as the source.

Light

Butterfly light

A polished, flattering face for a talking head.

Use when
Founders and presenters talking to camera.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot Light: one soft key light directly in front of her and slightly above eye level, a small shadow under the nose, a softbox as the source

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Watch out

Related

One key light high and to the side, a small triangle of light on her shadowed cheek under the eye.

Rembrandt lightPrompt

Large softbox to the front left, even soft light, gentle shadow on the right, plain grey backdrop.

Studio softboxPrompt

The speaker talks into the lens from a medium close-up, cuts on every new sentence, text of the key word on screen.

Face camPrompt

The face about a stop brighter than the wall behind, warm skin against a slightly cooler background, a thin rim of light on hair and shoulders, deep but not crushed blacks.

Talking headPrompt

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) (the set-up is established portrait lighting) Checked 2026-11-13.

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