# Five-shot sequence

Recipes / Preset / Production. Checked 2026-11-13.

A process can be cut as action, because every size and angle is there.

- Use when: Filming B-roll of someone at work.
- Phrase: a close-up of the hands, a close-up of the face, a wide of the whole scene, an over-the-shoulder, and one unusual angle
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/preset/five-shot-sequence
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/preset/five-shot-sequence.json

## Watch out

- Roll 8 to 10 seconds per take and hold still for 3 seconds at the start and the end; usually 2 to 4 seconds are used. (practitioner; Director Chair field notes on b-roll)
- One move per shot, starting and ending still, and never a digital zoom. (practitioner; Director Chair field notes on b-roll)
- Match the main footage: the same frame rate or a multiple of it, the same light direction and colour temperature. (practitioner; Director Chair field notes on b-roll)

## Prompts

### Any chat model

```
Give me a production plan: the shots or scenes in order, what each one needs, and the edit settings, for a short video about [your product], for [your audience]. The technique is five-shot sequence: a process can be cut as action, because every size and angle is there. How it works: a close-up of the hands, a close-up of the face, a wide of the whole scene, an over-the-shoulder, and one unusual angle. It is right for: filming B-roll of someone at work. Roll 8 to 10 seconds per take and hold still for 3 seconds at the start and the end; usually 2 to 4 seconds are used. One move per shot, starting and ending still, and never a digital zoom. Be concrete: numbers, seconds and settings, no theory. Ask me one question first if something you need is missing.
```

## Goes well with

- Insert shot: https://directorchair.ai/shot/insert-shot
- Close-up: https://directorchair.ai/shot/close-up
- Over-the-shoulder shot: https://directorchair.ai/shot/over-the-shoulder-shot
- Natural sound under B-roll: https://directorchair.ai/sound/natural-sound-under-broll
- B-roll pass: show or explain: https://directorchair.ai/preset/preset-broll-pass

## Source

Own words from Director Chair field notes on b-roll (a news and documentary practice)

Text CC BY 4.0, Director Chair (directorchair.ai). Reference clips and their card texts belong to their makers.