Pedestal

Lifts or lowers the viewer's eye line without tilting; a calm vertical reveal.

Use when: Rising from a table top to the person behind it, or lowering to a product.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot Optics and camera: Pedestal up, the whole camera rises straight up from table height to her face, the lens stays level. Camera: rises or sinks straight up or down. Pace: steady. Keep: the lens level, not tilting. Ends: the new height clearly readable. Reference clip (Pedestal up): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/11a-pedestal-up-hq.mp4

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Reference clip by AI Camera Movements, shown with permission.

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Camera: Rises or sinks straight up or down
Pace: Steady
Keep: The lens level, not tilting
Ends: The new height clearly readable

Say it like this

Pedestal up, the whole camera rises straight up from table height to her face, the lens stays level.

Watch out

A tilt turns the camera; a pedestal moves it up or down and keeps the lens level. Name the one you want.film-craft: Director Chair field notes on video prompting

The maker's card

pedestal up. Movement: move the entire camera vertically upward in a straight line. Speed: smooth constant lift. Framing: keep the lens level and pointed in the same direction during the vertical move. End: finish with the higher framing clearly readable.AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)
pedestal down. Movement: move the entire camera vertically downward in a straight line. Speed: smooth constant descent. Framing: keep the lens level and pointed in the same direction during the vertical move. End: finish with the lower framing clearly readable.AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)

More clips on this card

Pedestal down

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

Rises above the scene: release, scale, an ending.Crane 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)

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