Crane down

Descends into the scene: arriving, focusing in from a wide view.

Use when: Openings that land on the main character, arriving at a location.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot Optics and camera: Crane down, the camera descends from above the trees to eye level and lands on the couple at the table. Camera: descends through open space. Pace: slow. Keep: the subject readable as the camera comes down. Ends: at the subject's level. Reference clip (Crane down): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/25b-crane-down-hq.mp4

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Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Reference clip by AI Camera Movements, shown with permission.

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Camera: Descends through open space
Pace: Slow
Keep: The subject readable as the camera comes down
Ends: At the subject's level

Say it like this

Crane down, the camera descends from above the trees to eye level and lands on the couple at the table.

Watch out

Give one main camera move per shot. Two moves at once, or orders that contradict each other, make the camera wander.vendor: Kling camera guide and ByteDance Dreamina Seedance guide, via Director Chair field notes on video prompting

The maker's card

crane down. Movement: travel smoothly downward through open space. Speed: slow controlled vertical descent. Framing: keep the subject or location readable as the camera descends. End: finish with the lower subject or destination clearly visible.AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)

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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)

Camera Control: a free 3D stage to place the person and set the lens before you generate

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