Slider

A small, smooth sideways glide that adds depth to a still scene.

Use when: Product shots, interviews, food, any static setup that needs a little life.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot Optics and camera: Slider shot, the camera glides half a metre to the left, the foreground glass, the bottle and the background shift against each other. Camera: glides a short distance sideways. Pace: slow and smooth. Keep: foreground, subject and background shifting against each other. Ends: a slightly new angle on the same subject. Reference clip (Slider right): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/12-slider-right-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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Camera: Glides a short distance sideways
Pace: Slow and smooth
Keep: Foreground, subject and background shifting against each other
Ends: A slightly new angle on the same subject

Say it like this

Slider shot, the camera glides half a metre to the left, the foreground glass, the bottle and the background shift against each other.

Watch out

Put something in the foreground. Without layers at different distances a slider move is invisible.film-craft: Director Chair field notes on video prompting

The maker's card

slider right. Movement: slide the camera a small distance to the right. Speed: slow controlled constant motion. Framing: keep foreground, subject and background layers readable as parallax shifts. End: finish on a refined composition with the new right-side angle visible.AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)
slider left. Movement: slide the camera a small distance to the left. Speed: slow controlled constant motion. Framing: keep foreground, subject and background layers readable as parallax shifts. End: finish on a refined composition with the new left-side angle visible.AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)

More clips on this card

Slider left

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

Circles part of the way around a subject; it gains dimension and importance.ArcPrompt

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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