Director Chair

    All groups

    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

    Hooks 46Script arcs 10Video formats 11Calls to action 5Test and publish 16

    Recipes

    Presets 28Prompt guides 11

    Tools

    BoardModelsGuidesAboutAgent skill
    Aspect ratios

    2:1

    Wide but not epic: a modern series and streaming frame.

    Use when
    Premium social ads that letterbox on a phone, series-style brand films.

    Prompt instructions

    Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. First frame: 2:1 frame, black bars at top and bottom of a 16:9 video Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot

    Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

    Say it like this

    2:1 frame, black bars at top and bottom of a 16:9 video.

    Watch out

    Related

    16:9 landscapePrompt 21:9 ultrawidePrompt

    Sources

    Own words; the term from general film vocabulary, as also used in Flim's filters (its ratio filter, which also lists 2.20) Checked 2026-11-13.

    ShotDeck: real film examples of this aspect ratio (paid, link only)

    Flim: film, ad and music-video stills of this aspect ratio (free tier, link only)

    For agents: this card as markdown, as JSON.