Infinite zoom

One unbroken dive from one world into the next.

Use when: Transitions, storytelling openers, playful brand films.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot Optics and camera: Infinite zoom into the centre of the round window until the scene behind it fills the frame. Camera: dives toward the exact centre without stopping. Pace: speeding up. Keep: the round target centred as it grows. Ends: inside the next world. Reference clip (Infinite zoom): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s3-infinite-zoom-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: Dives toward the exact centre without stopping
Pace: Speeding up
Keep: The round target centred as it grows
Ends: Inside the next world

Say it like this

Infinite zoom into the centre of the round window until the scene behind it fills the frame.

Watch out

Match cuts and dives need a shape rhyme: push into a round shape or an eye until it fills the frame, then come out in the next scene.vendor: Director Chair field notes on video prompting

The maker's card

infinite zoom. Movement: zoom continuously inward toward the exact center target. Speed: smooth accelerating zoom. Framing: keep the circular target centered as it expands. End: finish when the next visual world fills the frame.AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)

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Goes through a surface into a new space; a playful reveal.Pass throughPrompt

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.

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