Video · Camera MoveNO.012 / 166
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When to use it
Revealing detail (water drops, fibers, gears meshing), science explainers, making the invisible visible.
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Prompt template
macro lens slowly pushing in, focus locked on the surface texture of a small object, extremely shallow depth of field, background fully blurred.
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Sample prompt · generate a video directly
The technique comes first, followed by the scene, action, performance and duration. Paste it straight into a video model and swap in your own characters and plot.
A macro lens slowly pushes in extremely close, with very shallow depth of field. On a table, a drop of water slides down the side of a glass, passes a crack at its base and seeps into a stack of bills pinned underneath. The camera keeps pushing in to the paper fibers as the water slowly blurs the word “OVERDUE”. Off screen, a woman says softly, “Not again.” 5 seconds, steady push, focus following the water mark throughout, no sudden loss of focus.
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Common pitfalls
- The focus wanders.
- AI generates the texture as meaningless patterns.
- Depth of field so shallow that even the subject is blurry.
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Parameter tips
2–4 s; say exactly where the focus lands; avoid asking for the object to move at the same time.