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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Cowboy shot, framed from mid-thigh up, hands visible at hip height, the camera slightly below eye level.

Shot sizes

Cowboy shot

A confident, ready-to-act stance; the frame stops just below the hands at the hips.

Use when
Hero shots of a founder, a team lead or a character about to act.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. First frame: cowboy shot, framed from mid-thigh up, hands visible at hip height, the camera slightly below eye level Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Watch out

Related

Keeps body language and the space around the person while the face stays readable.

Medium wide shotPrompt

Makes the subject bigger, stronger and more important.

Low anglePrompt

Shows the whole body, so posture, outfit and the way someone stands carry the message.

Full shotPrompt

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.

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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