Shot and Camera Movement Bank
Mohamad Charafeddine — mohamadcharafeddine.com/en/resources/shot-camera-bank/
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── General shot prompt ──

[shot size and angle] of [subject] in [location].
Movement: [type of move], [direction], [speed: very slow / slow / medium].
What moves in the scene: [light natural motion: steam, leaves, fabric].
What stays fixed: [product shape, label, lighting, number of objects].
Lighting and style: [fixed style sentence].
Duration: [seconds]. Aspect ratio: [9:16 / 16:9 / 1:1].


── Establishing wide shot ──

Wide establishing shot of [location] at [time of day], [weather or mood].
Camera static or moving very slowly [forward / sideways].
Light signs of life: [distant passers-by, lit windows, moving trees].
[style sentence]. Duration: [4-6] seconds. Aspect ratio: [ ].


── Medium shot ──

Medium shot of [person or subject] from [the waist or mid-body] up,
[the action] in [location]. Camera [static / slight move].
Features [generic non-realistic / indistinct] unless the character is
approved. [style sentence]. Duration: [ ]. Aspect ratio: [ ].


── Close-up ──

Close-up of [subject] filling [half / two thirds] of the frame, blurred
background [description]. Camera: [static / very slow push-in].
What stays fixed: [shape, label, colour].
[style sentence]. Shallow depth of field. Duration: [ ]. Ratio: [ ].


── Extreme close-up ──

Extreme close-up (macro) of [detail: texture, droplet, thread, steam].
Movement: [very slow slide / static with natural motion in the subject].
[Side] lighting that reveals texture. Very shallow depth of field.
[style sentence]. Duration: [2-4] seconds. Aspect ratio: [ ].


── Over-the-shoulder ──

Over-the-shoulder shot of [person, shoulder and part of head blurred in
the foreground] looking at [subject: screen, menu, product, another
person] sharp in the background. Camera static or with slight breathing.
[style sentence]. Duration: [ ]. Aspect ratio: [ ].


── Point of view ──

Point-of-view shot: two hands entering from the bottom of frame
[doing something: holding, opening, turning] [subject].
Light natural motion as if the camera were the person's eyes, no strong
shake. [style sentence]. Duration: [ ]. Aspect ratio: [ ].


── Top-down ──

Top-down shot (directly overhead, 90 degrees) of [items] arranged on
[surface]. Movement: [static / very slow rotation / a hand adding an item
from the edge of frame]. [Soft] shadows from [light direction].
[style sentence]. Duration: [ ]. Aspect ratio: [ ].


── Insert shot ──

Short insert close-up of [action or detail], within the same scene at
[location]. Lighting and colours match shot [number] before it.
Movement: [static], [the action happens once, clearly].
Duration: [1-3] seconds. Aspect ratio: [ ].


── Low angle ──

Low angle: camera below [subject] looking up, [subject] appears
[towering / strongly present] against [background: sky, ceiling].
Movement: [static / slow rise].
[style sentence]. Duration: [ ]. Aspect ratio: [ ].


── High angle ──

High angle: camera above [subject] at [roughly 45 degrees], showing
[subject] within [surroundings: table, hall, street].
Movement: [static / slow lateral slide].
[style sentence]. Duration: [ ]. Aspect ratio: [ ].


── Eye level ──

Camera at [the person's eye level / the product's level on the table],
facing it directly or at a slight angle. [Subject] in [the centre / the
left third]. Movement: [static / slow push-in].
[style sentence]. Duration: [ ]. Aspect ratio: [ ].


── Dutch angle ──

Dutch angle: horizon tilted about [10-20] degrees, [subject] in
[location]. Movement: [static / short quick move].
[style sentence]. Duration: [1-3] seconds. Aspect ratio: [ ].


── Static camera ──

Completely static camera, no movement at all. [Subject] in [location].
Motion within the scene only: [rising steam, moving fabric, slowly
changing light]. No change to [product shape, objects, lighting].
[style sentence]. Duration: [ ]. Aspect ratio: [ ].


── Slow push-in ──

Camera moves [very] slowly toward [subject] from [a medium shot] to
[a close-up]. Lighting fixed, no change to objects, [light natural motion
in the background]. [style sentence]. Duration: [5-7] seconds. Ratio: [ ].


── Pull-out reveal ──

Camera starts close on [detail], then slowly pulls back to reveal
[the wider context]. No change to objects during the pull-back. Lighting
fixed. [style sentence]. Duration: [5-7] seconds. Aspect ratio: [ ].


── Lateral slide ──

Camera slides sideways [right to left] at [slow] speed parallel to
[subject: shelf, table, shopfront], with [a near object in the
foreground] passing to add depth. No change to objects.
[style sentence]. Duration: [ ]. Aspect ratio: [ ].


── Pan ──

Camera stays in place and pans slowly from [first point] to [second point]
in [location]. Smooth move with no shake.
[style sentence]. Duration: [4-6] seconds. Aspect ratio: [ ].


── Tilt ──

Camera stays in place and tilts slowly [up / down] from [start] to [end].
[Subject] stays fixed. [style sentence]. Duration: [4-6] seconds.
Aspect ratio: [ ].


── Orbit ──

Camera orbits slowly around [subject] in a [quarter / half] circle
[clockwise], the subject fixed in the centre of frame.
What stays fixed: [shape, label from every side, lighting].
[style sentence]. Duration: [5-7] seconds. Aspect ratio: [ ].


── Tracking shot ──

Camera follows [person or object] from [behind / the side] as it
[walks / moves] through [location], at a constant distance, smoothly.
[Indistinct features / approved character]. [style sentence].
Duration: [ ]. Aspect ratio: [ ].


── Crane move ──

Camera [rises / descends] vertically and slowly from [starting level] to
[ending level] to reveal [what appears at the end]. Smooth move, lighting
fixed. [style sentence]. Duration: [5-7] seconds. Aspect ratio: [ ].


── Rack focus ──

Static camera. [First element] sharp in the foreground and [second
element] blurred in the background, then focus shifts slowly to [second
element], which becomes sharp while the foreground blurs.
[style sentence]. Duration: [4-5] seconds. Aspect ratio: [ ].


── Handheld ──

Handheld camera, light natural shake without exaggeration, [subject] in
[location] [action]. A spontaneous, documentary feel.
[style sentence]. Duration: [ ]. Aspect ratio: [ ].


── Foreground wipe reveal ──

Camera slides [sideways] behind [a near foreground object: pillar, plant,
passing person], which covers the frame for a moment, then [subject] is
revealed clearly. [style sentence]. Duration: [3-5] seconds. Ratio: [ ].


── Sequence recipes ──

Product reveal (3 shots, about 12 seconds):
  4 extreme close-up (3 s) - 14 slow push-in to the full product (5 s)
  - 13 static shot with space for text (4 s)

Before and after (4 shots, about 15 seconds):
  12 Dutch angle for the problem (3 s) - 8 insert of the fix (2 s)
  - 15 pull-out revealing the result (6 s) - 13 static with logo (4 s)

Introducing a place (4 shots, about 20 seconds):
  1 establishing wide (5 s) - 24 wipe reveal inside (4 s)
  - 2 medium of someone at work (6 s) - 3 close-up of the product (5 s)

Field story (4 shots, about 20 seconds):
  20 tracking from behind (5 s) - 7 top-down of what is being prepared (5 s)
  - 22 rack focus from object to people (5 s) - 21 crane to close (5 s)


── Pattern test log ──

Tool and version: [ ]                  Test date: [ ]
| Pattern # | Prompt used (short) | What happened | Worked? (yes/partly/no) | What I changed |
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| [ ]       | [ ]                 | [ ]           | [ ]                     | [ ]            |