# Infinite zoom

Camera / Camera move / Specials. Checked 2026-10-13.

One unbroken dive from one world into the next.

- Use when: Transitions, storytelling openers, playful brand films.
- Phrase: infinite zoom into the centre of the round window until the scene behind it fills the frame
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/move/infinite-zoom
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/move/infinite-zoom.json

## 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)

## Move card

- **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: Infinite zoom

> 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.

Credit: AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com). Source: https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/s3-infinite-zoom-hq.mp4
Clip: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s3-infinite-zoom-hq.mp4
Poster: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s3-infinite-zoom-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: 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
```

### Seedance 2.0

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1: 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
```

### Kling 3.0

```
[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. 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
```

### Veo 3.1

```
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. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.
Reference clip (Infinite zoom): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/s3-infinite-zoom-hq.mp4
```

## Look further

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

## Goes well with

- Earth zoom out: https://directorchair.ai/move/earth-zoom-out
- Pass through: https://directorchair.ai/move/pass-through

## 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.