# Drone push in

Camera / Camera move / Drone and crane. Checked 2026-10-13.

Flies toward a place; anticipation and arrival.

- Use when: Venues, buildings, landscapes, real estate.
- Phrase: drone push in, the camera flies forward and slightly down toward the farmhouse at the edge of the field
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/move/drone-push-in
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/move/drone-push-in.json

## 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)

## Move card

- **Camera:** flies forward toward a place
- **Pace:** a controlled glide
- **Keep:** the destination readable as it approaches
- **Ends:** a closer aerial view

## Reference: Drone push in

> drone push in. Movement: fly smoothly forward through open space toward the subject or destination. Speed: controlled aerial glide. Framing: keep the route and destination readable as the camera approaches. End: arrive at a closer aerial composition.

Credit: AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com). Source: https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/26-drone-push-in-hq.mp4
Clip: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/26-drone-push-in-hq.mp4
Poster: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/26-drone-push-in-hq.jpg

## Prompts

### Seedance 2.5

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot
Optics and camera: Drone push in, the camera flies forward and slightly down toward the farmhouse at the edge of the field. Camera: flies forward toward a place. Pace: a controlled glide. Keep: the destination readable as it approaches. Ends: a closer aerial view.
Reference clip (Drone push in): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/26-drone-push-in-hq.mp4
```

### Seedance 2.0

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1: one continuous shot
Optics and camera: Drone push in, the camera flies forward and slightly down toward the farmhouse at the edge of the field. Camera: flies forward toward a place. Pace: a controlled glide. Keep: the destination readable as it approaches. Ends: a closer aerial view.
Reference clip (Drone push in): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/26-drone-push-in-hq.mp4
```

### Kling 3.0

```
[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Drone push in, the camera flies forward and slightly down toward the farmhouse at the edge of the field. Camera: flies forward toward a place. Pace: a controlled glide. Keep: the destination readable as it approaches. Ends: a closer aerial view.
Reference clip (Drone push in): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/26-drone-push-in-hq.mp4
```

### Veo 3.1

```
Drone push in, the camera flies forward and slightly down toward the farmhouse at the edge of the field. Camera: flies forward toward a place. Pace: a controlled glide. Keep: the destination readable as it approaches. Ends: a closer aerial view. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.
Reference clip (Drone push in): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/26-drone-push-in-hq.mp4
```

## Look further

- https://aicameramovements.com/ : a looping example clip of this move and a free prompt card (link only)
- https://aicameracontrol.com/ : a free 3D stage to place the person and set the lens before you generate
- https://shotdeck.com/ : real film examples of this aerial shot (paid, link only)
- https://flim.ai/ : film, ad and music-video stills of this aerial shot (free tier, link only)

## Goes well with

- Drone pull back: https://directorchair.ai/move/drone-pull-back
- Crane down: https://directorchair.ai/move/crane-down
- Establishing shot: https://directorchair.ai/shot/establishing-shot

## Source

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

Text CC BY 4.0, Director Chair (directorchair.ai). Reference clips and their card texts belong to their makers.