Director Chair
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Film print look, saturated colours get darker instead of brighter, highlights roll softly into white, midtone contrast, a slight warm and cool split between highlights and shadows.

Colour looks

Film print

What makes digital read as cinema: colour gets denser, highlights roll off softly.

Use when
Any shot that should feel expensive.

Prompt instructions

Global look: film print look, saturated colours get darker instead of brighter, highlights roll softly into white, midtone contrast, a slight warm and cool split between highlights and shadows Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

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Related

Sources

Own synthesis in the Director Chair colour grading guide Checked 2026-10-13.

ShotDeck: real film frames to search by framing and lens (paid, link only)

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

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