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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Over-the-shoulder shot from behind his left shoulder, his shoulder and the back of his head soft in the foreground, her face sharp beyond it.

Shot sizes

Over-the-shoulder shot

Puts the viewer inside a conversation, behind one person and facing the other.

Use when
Dialogue, a salesperson with a client, someone looking at a screen.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. First frame: over-the-shoulder shot from behind his left shoulder, his shoulder and the back of his head soft in the foreground, her face sharp beyond it Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Watch out

Related

Shows a relationship: two people and the space between them.

Two-shotPrompt

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

Medium close-upPrompt

Keeps the person anonymous and puts the viewer where they are heading.

From behindPrompt

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 shot type (paid, link only)

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

For agents: this card as markdown, as JSON.