Tilt down

Lowers the attention from the context to the detail that matters.

Use when: From a shop sign down to the product in the window, from the sky to a person.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot Optics and camera: Tilt down from the sky to the man on the bench, the camera stays in place and only turns downward. Camera: turns downward on the spot. Pace: steady. Keep: the subject centred as the frame lowers. Ends: the detail at the bottom. Reference clip (Tilt down): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/4b-tilt-down-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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Move card

Camera: Turns downward on the spot
Pace: Steady
Keep: The subject centred as the frame lowers
Ends: The detail at the bottom

Say it like this

Tilt down from the sky to the man on the bench, the camera stays in place and only turns downward.

Watch out

Give one main camera move per shot. Two moves at once, or orders that contradict each other, make the camera wander.vendor: Kling camera guide and ByteDance Dreamina Seedance guide, via Director Chair field notes on video prompting

The maker's card

tilt down. Movement: rotate the camera downward from one fixed point. Speed: smooth constant tilt. Framing: keep the vertical subject or architecture centered as the frame travels downward. End: land on the lower target.AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)

Reveals height or importance, from a detail up to the whole.Tilt upPrompt

Descends into the scene: arriving, focusing in from a wide view.Crane downPrompt

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)

Camera Control: a free 3D stage to place the person and set the lens before you generate

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.

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