Pan

Scans a space or follows something across it, like turning your head.

Use when: Revealing a room, following a person who walks past, showing a row of products.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot Optics and camera: Slow pan to the right, the camera turns on its tripod and stays in one place, new space comes in from the right edge. Camera: turns sideways on the spot, left or right. Pace: even and unhurried. Keep: a level horizon while new space slides in from the side you turn toward. Ends: a settled frame on what the turn was looking for. Reference clip (Pan right): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/02-pan-right-hq.mp4

Download reference

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Reference clip by AI Camera Movements, shown with permission.

SubjectSetting

Move card

Camera: Turns sideways on the spot, left or right
Pace: Even and unhurried
Keep: A level horizon while new space slides in from the side you turn toward
Ends: A settled frame on what the turn was looking for

Say it like this

Slow pan to the right, the camera turns on its tripod and stays in one place, new space comes in from the right edge.

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
A slow pan gives a landscape time to render detail; a fast one smears it.unverified: A 2026 model-syntax study for a prompt builder, summarised in Director Chair field notes on video prompting, not measured by us

The maker's card

pan right. Movement: rotate the camera horizontally from left to right from one fixed point. Speed: smooth constant rotation. Framing: keep the horizon level while new space enters from the right side of the frame. End: settle on a clear final composition.AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)
pan left. Movement: rotate the camera horizontally from right to left from one fixed point. Speed: smooth constant rotation. Framing: keep the horizon level while new space enters from the left side of the frame. End: settle on a clear final composition.AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)

More clips on this card

Pan left

A burst of energy that jumps attention from one thing to the next.Whip panPrompt

Slides past a scene like a window; layers in depth separate.TruckPrompt

Reveals height or importance, from a detail up to the whole.Tilt upPrompt

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

ShotDeck: real film examples of this camera move (paid, link only)

Flim: film, ad and music-video stills of this camera move (free tier, link only)

For agents: this card as markdown, as JSON.

Camera

Frame

Light and look

People and places

Motion

Edit

Story

Recipes

Tools

Pan