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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Medium close-up, framed from mid-chest up, the eyes in the upper third of the frame.

Shot sizes

Medium close-up

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

Use when
Testimonials, the key line of an interview, a reaction.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. First frame: medium close-up, framed from mid-chest up, the eyes in the upper third of the frame Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Watch out

Related

Conversational distance: the viewer sees the face and the hands, as if talking across a table.

Medium shotPrompt

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

Close-upPrompt

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)

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

For agents: this card as markdown, as JSON.