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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Close-up of her face from the chin to just above the hairline, the eyes in the upper third.

Shot sizes

Close-up

Emotion and detail: the viewer reads small changes in the face.

Use when
The moment of a reaction, a product touching skin, a decision.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. First frame: close-up of her face from the chin to just above the hairline, the eyes in the upper third Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Watch out

Related

Puts the attention on the face while the shoulders and chest still show posture.

Medium close-upPrompt

Isolates one detail so it carries the meaning: an eye, a fingertip, a texture.

Extreme close-upPrompt

The most natural angle on a face: depth and both eyes visible, without staring at the viewer.

Three-quarter viewPrompt

Sources

Own words, from the first Director Chair spec and Director Chair field notes on video prompting; pitfalls from the sources named per pitfall Checked 2026-10-13.

Camera Control: a free 3D stage to place the person and set the lens before you generate

ShotDeck: real film examples of this frame size (paid, link only)

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

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