Crane up

Rises above the scene: release, scale, an ending.

Use when: Closing shots, festivals, crowds, revealing a venue.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot Optics and camera: Crane up, the camera rises smoothly from head height to above the rooftops while still looking at the square. Camera: rises through open space. Pace: slow. Keep: the subject or place readable as the view grows. Ends: high, the scale of the place visible. Reference clip (Crane up): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/25-crane-up-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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Move card

Camera: Rises through open space
Pace: Slow
Keep: The subject or place readable as the view grows
Ends: High, the scale of the place visible

Say it like this

Crane up, the camera rises smoothly from head height to above the rooftops while still looking at the square.

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 up. Movement: travel smoothly upward through open space. Speed: slow controlled vertical lift. Framing: keep the subject or location readable as the camera rises. End: finish with the higher scale 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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