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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A warm light leak builds over the cut, opaque at its midpoint, about 20 frames long.

Transitions

Light leak on the cut

A film flash covers the cut and gives it warmth.

Use when
Lifestyle montages, a change of chapter.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot. Cut: a warm light leak builds over the cut, opaque at its midpoint, about 20 frames long

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Watch out

Related

Rendered or generated footage looks photographed.

Halation, vignette and grainPrompt

Nothing softens the change, so attention goes straight to what happens next.

Hard cutPrompt

Sources

Own words from Director Chair field notes on motion graphics Checked 2026-11-13.

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