# Pedestal (up or down)

Camera / Camera move / Physical moves. Checked 2026-10-13.

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.
- Phrase: pedestal up, the whole camera rises straight up from table height to her face, the lens stays level
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/move/pedestal
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/move/pedestal.json

## 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)

## Move card

- **Camera:** rises or sinks straight up or down
- **Pace:** steady
- **Keep:** the lens level, not tilting
- **Ends:** the new height clearly readable

## Reference: Pedestal up

> 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.

Credit: AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com). Source: https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/11a-pedestal-up-hq.mp4
Clip: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/11a-pedestal-up-hq.mp4
Poster: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/11a-pedestal-up-hq.jpg

## Reference: Pedestal down

> 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.

Credit: AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com). Source: https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/11b-pedestal-down-hq.mp4
Clip: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/11b-pedestal-down-hq.mp4
Poster: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/11b-pedestal-down-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: Pedestal up, the whole camera rises straight up from table height to the subject's 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
```

### Seedance 2.0

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1: one continuous shot
Optics and camera: Pedestal up, the whole camera rises straight up from table height to the subject's 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
```

### Kling 3.0

```
[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Pedestal up, the whole camera rises straight up from table height to the subject's 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
```

### Veo 3.1

```
Pedestal up, the whole camera rises straight up from table height to the subject's 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. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.
Reference clip (Pedestal up): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/11a-pedestal-up-hq.mp4
```

## Look further

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

## Goes well with

- Tilt up: https://directorchair.ai/move/tilt-up
- Crane up: https://directorchair.ai/move/crane-up

## 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.