# Studio dolly or tripod

Camera / Rig / Studio. Checked 2026-10-13.

Machine-smooth and deliberate: prestige, control, calm.

- Use when: Brand films, drama, premium product work.
- Phrase: slow, deliberate, machine-smooth camera moves on a heavy dolly, no handheld jitter, no drone float
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/rig/studio-dolly-rig
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/rig/studio-dolly-rig.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)

## Prompts

### Seedance 2.5

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot
Optics and camera: Slow, deliberate, machine-smooth camera moves on a heavy dolly, no handheld jitter, no drone float.
```

### Seedance 2.0

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1: one continuous shot
Optics and camera: Slow, deliberate, machine-smooth camera moves on a heavy dolly, no handheld jitter, no drone float.
```

### Kling 3.0

```
[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Slow, deliberate, machine-smooth camera moves on a heavy dolly, no handheld jitter, no drone float.
```

### Veo 3.1

```
Slow, deliberate, machine-smooth camera moves on a heavy dolly, no handheld jitter, no drone float. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.
```

## Goes well with

- Dolly in (push in): https://directorchair.ai/move/dolly-in
- Static shot: https://directorchair.ai/move/static-shot

## Source

Rig wording from tested prompts in Director Chair field notes on video prompting

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