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Camera

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

Frame

Composition 14Aspect ratios 11

Light and look

Light 22Time of day 12Colour looks 14Film stock and texture 9Art styles 6

People and places

Characters 6Expressions 31Settings 6

Motion

Subject motion and speed 9

Edit

Transitions 21Edit effects 41Sound 14

Story

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Recipes

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Camera moves

Slow zoom out

Reveals context around a subject; what seemed central becomes small.

Use when
Ending a video, showing a person is not alone, revealing the setting.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot Optics and camera: Slow zoom out from the cup on the table until the whole café is in frame, the camera stays in place. Camera: stays put while the lens widens. Pace: slow and even. Keep: the main subject readable as the surroundings appear. Ends: a calm wider frame. Reference clip (Slow zoom out): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/5b-slow-zoom-out-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 widens
Pace
Slow and even
Keep
The main subject readable as the surroundings appear
Ends
A calm wider frame

Say it like this

Slow zoom out from the cup on the table until the whole café is in frame, the camera stays in place.

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Related

Pulls away and reveals; isolation, or the bigger picture.Dolly outPrompt Builds tension or focus without the camera moving; the background flattens.Slow zoom inPrompt

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.