Director Chair
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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

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The empty location in a wide shot, no people, the light and time of day of the scene, generated ten times and the best one kept.

Settings

Location plate

An empty, consistent place that every shot of the job can reuse.

Use when
Any scene shot in more than one generation.

Prompt instructions

[your subject] in [your setting]. The empty location in a wide shot, no people, the light and time of day of the scene, generated ten times and the best one kept.

Nano Banana Pro reads full sentences joined into a paragraph.

Watch out

Related

A real place, made to match the look of the film without changing what is in it.

Real location, same gradePrompt

Tells the viewer where and when the next scene happens, before anyone speaks.

Establishing shotPrompt

Sources

Own words from Director Chair field notes on image prompting Checked 2026-10-13.

ShotDeck: real film frames to search by framing and lens (paid, link only)

Flim: film and ad stills to search by text or image (free tier, link only)

Camera Control: a free 3D stage that sets this value and writes it into the prompt

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