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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Insert shot of a hand pressing the button, only the hand and the device in frame.

Shot sizes

Insert shot

Shows the viewer the one object the story needs them to notice.

Use when
A phone screen, a label, a button being pressed, the hand placing the product.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. First frame: insert shot of a hand pressing the button, only the hand and the device in frame Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Watch out

Related

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

Extreme close-upPrompt

The viewer becomes the person and sees through their eyes.

Point of 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.

ShotDeck: real film examples of this shot type (paid, link only)

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

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