# Static shot

Camera / Camera move / Pan and tilt. Checked 2026-10-13.

Calm and observant; the action in the frame carries all the energy.

- Use when: Interviews, product on a table, a performance you want the viewer to watch without distraction.
- Phrase: static shot on a tripod, the camera does not move for the whole clip, only the people in the frame move
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/move/static-shot
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/move/static-shot.json

## Watch out

- Models like to add a slow drift. Say what stays fixed: the same height, the same angle, the same framing from first to last frame. (vendor; Higgsfield Seedance 2.5 prompting guide, read 28 Sep 2026)

## Move card

- **Camera:** on a tripod, not moving at all
- **Pace:** none; only the scene moves
- **Keep:** height, angle, lens and framing identical from the first frame to the last
- **Ends:** exactly where it started

## Reference: Static shot

> locked-off static shot. Movement: hold one fixed camera position for the full clip. Speed: still and steady. Framing: keep the same angle, height, lens distance and composition. End: finish with the same framing and camera position.

Credit: AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com). Source: https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/01-static-shot-hq.mp4
Clip: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/01-static-shot-hq.mp4
Poster: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/01-static-shot-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: Static shot on a tripod, the camera does not move for the whole clip, only the people in the frame move. Camera: on a tripod, not moving at all. Pace: none; only the scene moves. Keep: height, angle, lens and framing identical from the first frame to the last. Ends: exactly where it started.
Reference clip (Static shot): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/01-static-shot-hq.mp4
```

### Seedance 2.0

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1: one continuous shot
Optics and camera: Static shot on a tripod, the camera does not move for the whole clip, only the people in the frame move. Camera: on a tripod, not moving at all. Pace: none; only the scene moves. Keep: height, angle, lens and framing identical from the first frame to the last. Ends: exactly where it started.
Reference clip (Static shot): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/01-static-shot-hq.mp4
```

### Kling 3.0

```
[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Static shot on a tripod, the camera does not move for the whole clip, only the people in the frame move. Camera: on a tripod, not moving at all. Pace: none; only the scene moves. Keep: height, angle, lens and framing identical from the first frame to the last. Ends: exactly where it started.
Reference clip (Static shot): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/01-static-shot-hq.mp4
```

### Veo 3.1

```
Static shot on a tripod, the camera does not move for the whole clip, only the people in the frame move. Camera: on a tripod, not moving at all. Pace: none; only the scene moves. Keep: height, angle, lens and framing identical from the first frame to the last. Ends: exactly where it started. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.
Reference clip (Static shot): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/01-static-shot-hq.mp4
```

## Look further

- https://aicameramovements.com/ : a looping example clip of this move and a free prompt card (link only)
- https://aicameracontrol.com/ : a free 3D stage to place the person and set the lens before you generate
- https://shotdeck.com/ : real film examples of this camera move (paid, link only)
- https://flim.ai/ : film, ad and music-video stills of this camera move (free tier, link only)

## Goes well with

- Handheld: https://directorchair.ai/move/handheld-shot
- Time-lapse: https://directorchair.ai/motion/time-lapse

## 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.