# Slider

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

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.
- Phrase: slider shot, the camera glides half a metre to the left, the foreground glass, the bottle and the background shift against each other
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/move/slider-shot
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/move/slider-shot.json

## 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)

## Move card

- **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: Slider right

> 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.

Credit: AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com). Source: https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/12-slider-right-hq.mp4
Clip: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/12-slider-right-hq.mp4
Poster: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/12-slider-right-hq.jpg

## Reference: Slider left

> 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.

Credit: AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com). Source: https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/12b-slider-left-hq.mp4
Clip: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/12b-slider-left-hq.mp4
Poster: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/12b-slider-left-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: 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
```

### Seedance 2.0

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1: 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
```

### Kling 3.0

```
[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. 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
```

### Veo 3.1

```
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. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.
Reference clip (Slider right): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/12-slider-right-hq.mp4
```

## Look further

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

## Goes well with

- Truck (left or right): https://directorchair.ai/move/truck
- Arc: https://directorchair.ai/move/arc-shot

## 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.