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

BoardModelsGuidesAboutAgent skill

The shot slides out to the left as the next one slides in from the right, in the direction the thumb swipes.

Transitions

Swipe

The new shot pushes the old one out in the direction of the movement.

Use when
Between B-roll shots, phone and app content.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot. Cut: the shot slides out to the left as the next one slides in from the right, in the direction the thumb swipes

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Watch out

Related

A gesture by the speaker triggers the change, so the cut feels caused.

Snap or clapPrompt

Over-the-shoulder on a hand holding the phone, the thumb scrolling the results and tapping one.

POV phone scrollPrompt

Sources

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

For agents: this card as markdown, as JSON.