The camera board.

Shot sizes, angles and movements — the framing half of any picture. Each block is a reusable prompt phrase: copy it alone, or combine it with a vibe and a lighting style in the Vibe Mixer.

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Shot size — how much of the subject is in frame

From a whole world down to a single eye. The green frame shows the crop.

Establishing ShotES

Opens a scene from far away so the whole place reads at once. Sets where and when before anyone speaks.

establishing shot, the full location visible, subject tiny in the environment
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Extreme Wide ShotEWS

The subject is a speck in a huge environment. Scale, isolation, awe.

extreme wide shot, vast environment dwarfing the subject
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Wide ShotWS

The whole subject and their surroundings share the frame equally. Context plus body language.

wide shot, full scene visible, subject grounded in the environment
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Full ShotFS

Head to toe, edge to edge. Outfit, posture and stance do the talking.

full shot, subject framed head to toe
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Cowboy ShotCS

Mid-thigh up — the old western holster frame. Confident, ready-for-anything energy.

cowboy shot, framed from mid-thigh up, confident stance
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Medium ShotMS

Waist up. The conversational default — close enough for expression, wide enough for gesture.

medium shot, subject framed from the waist up
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Medium Close-UpMCU

Chest up. Intimacy is building; the face starts to dominate the frame.

medium close-up, framed from the chest up, expressive face
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Close-UpCU

The face fills the frame. Every flicker of emotion is the story now.

close-up on the face, emotion filling the frame
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Extreme Close-UpECU

One detail — an eye, lips, a trembling hand. Maximum intensity, zero escape.

extreme close-up, a single detail filling the entire frame
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Camera angle — where the camera stands

The same subject reads as hero, victim or stranger depending on where you put the lens.

Eye Level

Camera at the subject's eye height. Neutral, honest, meets them as an equal.

eye-level angle
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Low Angle

Camera looks up. The subject towers — power, threat, heroism.

low-angle shot looking up at the subject, imposing and powerful
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High Angle

Camera looks down. The subject shrinks — vulnerable, small, watched.

high-angle shot looking down at the subject, vulnerable
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Bird's-Eye View

Straight down from above. Bodies become geometry; the world becomes a map.

bird's-eye view, camera directly overhead, graphic top-down composition
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Worm's-Eye View

Straight up from the ground. Ceilings, towers and sky loom into a vortex.

worm's-eye view from ground level looking straight up
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Dutch Angle

The horizon tilts. Something is wrong and the frame knows it.

dutch angle, tilted horizon, uneasy off-balance composition
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Over-the-Shoulder

Framed past one person's shoulder onto another. Confrontation and connection at once.

over-the-shoulder shot, foreground shoulder framing the subject
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Point of View

The camera IS the character's eyes. The viewer stops watching and starts being.

first-person point-of-view shot, seen through the character's eyes
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Camera movement — how the frame travels

Movement is emotion over time. Mostly for video prompts; some read beautifully in stills too.

Locked-Off / Static

The camera never moves; life moves through the frame. Composed, patient, painterly.

static locked-off camera, composed painterly framing
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Slow Push-In

A creeping dolly toward the subject. Tension rises a millimetre at a time.

slow dolly push-in toward the subject, rising tension
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Pull-Back Reveal

The camera retreats and the context floods in — the reveal move.

slow pull-back reveal, environment expanding around the subject
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Tracking Shot

The camera travels alongside the subject, gliding with the action.

smooth lateral tracking shot following the subject
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Crane Rise

The camera lifts away into the air — endings, scale, gods-eye grandeur.

crane shot rising upward, scene expanding below
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Handheld

Human shake in every frame. Urgent, documentary, dangerously alive.

raw handheld camera, urgent documentary energy
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Orbit

The camera circles the subject — a hero moment carved in motion.

orbiting camera circling the subject, cinematic hero moment
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Whip Pan

A violent blur from one thing to the next. Comedy or chaos, nothing between.

whip pan, motion-blurred snap between subjects
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