# Tilt down

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

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.
- Phrase: tilt down from the sky to the man on the bench, the camera stays in place and only turns downward
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/move/tilt-down
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/move/tilt-down.json

## 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)

## Move card

- **Camera:** turns downward on the spot
- **Pace:** steady
- **Keep:** the subject centred as the frame lowers
- **Ends:** the detail at the bottom

## Reference: Tilt down

> 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.

Credit: AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com). Source: https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/4b-tilt-down-hq.mp4
Clip: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/4b-tilt-down-hq.mp4
Poster: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/4b-tilt-down-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: 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
```

### Seedance 2.0

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

### Kling 3.0

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

### Veo 3.1

```
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. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.
Reference clip (Tilt down): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/4b-tilt-down-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

- Tilt up: https://directorchair.ai/move/tilt-up
- Crane down: https://directorchair.ai/move/crane-down

## 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.