Director Chair

    All groups

    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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    A fully overcast sky, soft even daylight from above, no hard shadows, muted colours.

    Time of day

    Overcast

    Soft, shadowless grey daylight: calm, honest, a bit melancholic.

    Use when
    Documentary, Nordic and minimal looks, skin and product detail without harsh shadows.

    Prompt instructions

    Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot Light: a fully overcast sky, soft even daylight from above, no hard shadows, muted colours

    Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

    Watch out

    Related

    Soft lightPrompt High noonPrompt Fog and mist

    Depth fades into white; the world feels hushed or uncertain.

    Prompt

    Sources

    Own words; the term from general film vocabulary, as also used in ShotDeck's filters and general film vocabulary, as also used in Flim's filters Checked 2026-11-13.

    ShotDeck: real film examples of this weather and light (paid, link only)

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

    For agents: this card as markdown, as JSON.