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Camera moves

Chase shot

Urgency: the camera struggles to keep up with fast action.

Use when
Action, sport, a playful chase in an ad.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot Optics and camera: Chase shot, the camera runs behind him close and low, it lags, over-corrects and catches up again. Camera: runs after a fast subject, close. Pace: fast and reactive. Keep: the subject in view while the frame reframes roughly. Ends: still on the subject's heels. Reference clip (Chase shot): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/22-chase-shot-hq.mp4

Download reference

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Reference clip by AI Camera Movements, shown with permission.

Move card

Camera
Runs after a fast subject, close
Pace
Fast and reactive
Keep
The subject in view while the frame reframes roughly
Ends
Still on the subject's heels

Say it like this

Chase shot, the camera runs behind him close and low, it lags, over-corrects and catches up again.

Watch out

The maker's card

Related

Follow shotPrompt HandheldPrompt

Sources

Move names and the seven groups from aicameramovements.com (names and structure only); behaviour and numbers in our own words from Director Chair field notes on video prompting and the first Director Chair spec 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.