Push past

Moves through a foreground object into the scene, as if the viewer steps inside.

Use when: Entering a shop through the door frame, past a plant to the person behind it.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot Optics and camera: Push past: the camera glides forward past the edge of the doorframe, the frame passes close to the lens and the room beyond opens up. Camera: glides forward past something close to the lens. Pace: smooth. Keep: the near object sliding past the edge while the space behind opens. Ends: inside or beyond what it passed. Reference clip (Push past / pass-by shot): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/13-push-past-pass-by-shot-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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Move card

Camera: Glides forward past something close to the lens
Pace: Smooth
Keep: The near object sliding past the edge while the space behind opens
Ends: Inside or beyond what it passed

Say it like this

Push past: the camera glides forward past the edge of the doorframe, the frame passes close to the lens and the room beyond opens up.

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

The maker's card

push past. Movement: move forward past a visible foreground object, edge or opening. Speed: smooth forward glide. Framing: let the foreground pass close to the lens while the space beyond becomes clearer. End: arrive inside or beyond the foreground layer.AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)

Draws the viewer closer; intimacy or rising importance, with real depth.Dolly inPrompt

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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