# Fast zoom

Camera / Camera move / Zoom and lens. Checked 2026-10-13.

A quick, decisive change of scale that points the viewer at one thing.

- Use when: Highlighting a detail, a reaction in comedy, punchy social cuts.
- Phrase: fast zoom in on the logo on the box, about one second from wide to tight, the camera stays in place
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/move/fast-zoom
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/move/fast-zoom.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:** stays put while the lens changes quickly, in or out
- **Pace:** about a second
- **Keep:** the target in the centre through the change
- **Ends:** a steady frame at the new size

## Reference: Fast zoom in

> fast zoom in. Movement: quickly increase lens focal length toward the main visual target. Speed: quick decisive zoom. Framing: keep the target centered or clearly readable during the scale change. End: finish on a stable tighter composition.

Credit: AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com). Source: https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/06-fast-zoom-in-v2-hq.mp4
Clip: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/06-fast-zoom-in-v2-hq.mp4
Poster: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/06-fast-zoom-in-v2-hq.jpg

## Reference: Fast zoom out

> fast zoom out. Movement: quickly decrease lens focal length away from the main visual target. Speed: quick decisive zoom. Framing: keep the target readable as the surrounding space appears. End: finish on a stable wider composition.

Credit: AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com). Source: https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/06b-fast-zoom-out-v2-hq.mp4
Clip: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/06b-fast-zoom-out-v2-hq.mp4
Poster: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/06b-fast-zoom-out-v2-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: Fast zoom in on the logo on the box, about one second from wide to tight, the camera stays in place. Camera: stays put while the lens changes quickly, in or out. Pace: about a second. Keep: the target in the centre through the change. Ends: a steady frame at the new size.
Reference clip (Fast zoom in): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/06-fast-zoom-in-v2-hq.mp4
```

### Seedance 2.0

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1: one continuous shot
Optics and camera: Fast zoom in on the logo on the box, about one second from wide to tight, the camera stays in place. Camera: stays put while the lens changes quickly, in or out. Pace: about a second. Keep: the target in the centre through the change. Ends: a steady frame at the new size.
Reference clip (Fast zoom in): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/06-fast-zoom-in-v2-hq.mp4
```

### Kling 3.0

```
[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Fast zoom in on the logo on the box, about one second from wide to tight, the camera stays in place. Camera: stays put while the lens changes quickly, in or out. Pace: about a second. Keep: the target in the centre through the change. Ends: a steady frame at the new size.
Reference clip (Fast zoom in): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/06-fast-zoom-in-v2-hq.mp4
```

### Veo 3.1

```
Fast zoom in on the logo on the box, about one second from wide to tight, the camera stays in place. Camera: stays put while the lens changes quickly, in or out. Pace: about a second. Keep: the target in the centre through the change. Ends: a steady frame at the new size. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.
Reference clip (Fast zoom in): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/06-fast-zoom-in-v2-hq.mp4
```

## Look further

- https://aicameramovements.com/ : a looping example clip of this move and a free prompt card (link only)

## Goes well with

- Crash zoom: https://directorchair.ai/move/crash-zoom
- Slow zoom in: https://directorchair.ai/move/slow-zoom-in

## 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.