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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Transitions

Whip between two subjects

The blur of a fast swing hides the join and carries the energy from one subject to the next.

Use when
Handheld cutaways from the face to the screen, loops, changes of place.

Shown with: Whip pan. Clip by AI Camera Movements, shown with permission.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot. Cut: handheld whip from his face to the monitor, the frame smearing for a few frames, landing on the screen

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Say it like this

Handheld whip from his face to the monitor, the frame smearing for a few frames, landing on the screen.

Watch out

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Sources

Own words from Director Chair measurement of a published short, Oct 2026 and the Director Chair hook framework (our 2026 synthesis of @marco.thecreative's TikTok series, OpusClip's hook formulas, a Brandefy article, Meta retention research and a Gemini research report) Checked 2026-11-13.

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