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Time-lapse

Compresses time: clouds race, crowds flow, a day passes in seconds.

Use when: Openings, construction, a shop through the day, before and after.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): Locked-camera time-lapse, the street from morning to night in ten seconds, the camera never moves. Locked-camera time-lapse. Movement: hold one fixed camera position while time moves rapidly forward. Speed: fast time compression with a stable camera. Framing: keep the same composition and horizon as motion passes through the frame. End: finish from the same camera angle with visible passage of time. Reference clip (Time-lapse): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s5-time-lapse-hq.mp4

Download reference

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Reference clip by AI Camera Movements, shown with permission.

Your subjectYour setting

Say it like this

Locked-camera time-lapse, the street from morning to night in ten seconds, the camera never moves.

Watch out

Keep the camera fixed and say so. A moving camera turns a time-lapse into a hyperlapse.film-craft: Director Chair field notes on video prompting

The maker's card

locked-camera time-lapse. Movement: hold one fixed camera position while time moves rapidly forward. Speed: fast time compression with a stable camera. Framing: keep the same composition and horizon as motion passes through the frame. End: finish from the same camera angle with visible passage of time.AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)

HyperlapsePrompt

Static shotPrompt

Sources

The first Director Chair spec and aicameramovements names Checked 2026-10-13.

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

For agents: this card as markdown, as JSON.