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Camera

Shot sizes 16Angles 17Camera moves 43Rigs 6Lenses 10Focus and depth 4

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Motion

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Edit

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Camera moves

Slow zoom in

Builds tension or focus without the camera moving; the background flattens.

Use when
A realisation, a dramatic line, a product that should feel more and more important.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot Optics and camera: Slow zoom in on her face, the camera stays in place while the lens tightens the frame. Camera: stays put while the lens tightens. Pace: slow and even. Keep: the main subject readable as it grows. Ends: a calm tighter frame. Reference clip (Slow zoom in): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/05-slow-zoom-in-hq.mp4

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Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Reference clip by AI Camera Movements, shown with permission.

Move card

Camera
Stays put while the lens tightens
Pace
Slow and even
Keep
The main subject readable as it grows
Ends
A calm tighter frame

Say it like this

Slow zoom in on her face, the camera stays in place while the lens tightens the frame.

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Related

Draws the viewer closer; intimacy or rising importance, with real depth.Dolly inPrompt Reveals context around a subject; what seemed central becomes small.Slow zoom outPrompt A jolt: sudden emphasis, often comic or dramatic.Crash zoomPrompt

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)

ShotDeck: real film examples of this camera move (paid, link only)

Flim: film, ad and music-video stills of this camera move (free tier, link only)

For agents: this card as markdown, as JSON.