01One move per shot
Pick a single camera movement per generation. Stacking several moves confuses the model and creates drift.
AI video models guess the camera unless you direct it. One clear movement per shot is the difference between random drift and cinematic footage.
Pick a single camera movement per generation. Stacking several moves confuses the model and creates drift.
Click any prompt below to copy it, place it at the start of your prompt, then describe the subject's motion separately.
Add slow, fast or smooth to control the pacing. Slow almost always reads as more premium and stable.
The camera stays locked, nothing drifts. The most underrated keyword: maximum temporal stability and a calm, intentional look.
[Static shot, fixed camera...]The camera slowly moves toward the subject, building focus and intimacy. Perfect for faces, products and detail reveals.
[Slow push in on the subject...]The camera moves away and reveals the wider scene. Great for endings, punchlines and scale reveals that reframe the story.
[Slow zoom out revealing the scene...]The camera rotates horizontally from a fixed position, scanning the scene. Use it to connect two points of interest in one shot.
[Slow pan from left to right]The camera rotates vertically from a fixed position. Tilt up for reveals and grandeur, tilt down to settle onto your subject.
[Camera tilts up slowly]The camera circles smoothly around the subject, showing it from all sides. The signature look for products and hero shots.
[Camera orbits left around the subject]The camera travels with a moving subject, matching its speed. Instantly cinematic for walking, driving and running scenes.
[Tracking shot following the subject]The camera sweeps vertically through the air, like on a film crane. Big establishing energy for openings and finales.
[Crane shot sweeping upwards]The camera moves while the lens zooms the opposite way: the background warps, the subject stays. The classic vertigo effect for tension.
[Dolly zoom effect, vertigo effect]The focus shifts from one plane to another inside the shot. An elegant way to guide attention without moving the camera at all.
[Rack focus from foreground to background]Fast first-person drone flight through the scene, diving and weaving. High energy for locations, sports and transitions.
[FPV drone shot flying through...]Subtle natural shake, as if held by hand. Adds documentary realism and rawness to otherwise perfect AI footage.
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