# Name what it lands on

Motion / Subject motion and speed / Physics. Checked 2026-10-13.

The right sound and bounce when something falls or is put down.

- Use when: Products being placed, dropped or thrown.
- Phrase: he tosses the phone onto the grass, it lands with a soft thud and does not bounce
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/motion/landing-surface
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/motion/landing-surface.json

## Watch out

- Without the surface the model plays a hard floor. (practitioner; Rourke Heath (25 Sep 2026) via Director Chair field notes on video prompting)

## Prompts

### Seedance 2.5

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): he tosses the phone onto the grass, it lands with a soft thud and does not bounce
```

### Seedance 2.0

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1: he tosses the phone onto the grass, it lands with a soft thud and does not bounce
```

### Kling 3.0

```
[your subject]. He tosses the phone onto the grass, it lands with a soft thud and does not bounce. The scene is [your setting].
```

### Veo 3.1

```
[your subject] in [your setting]. He tosses the phone onto the grass, it lands with a soft thud and does not bounce. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.
```

## Goes well with

- Repeated action as a rule: https://directorchair.ai/motion/repeated-action-rule

## Source

Own words from Director Chair field notes on video prompting

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