Video · Camera MoveNO.003 / 166
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When to use it
To connect two things in the same space, follow something moving sideways, or build suspense about what's over there.
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Prompt template
locked-off camera pans horizontally to the right from one subject to another; camera body does not translate; even speed; comes to rest; no shake.
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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 locked-off camera pans horizontally to the right on the spot; the camera does not move, only the lens turns. A narrow kitchen in an old apartment block: a mother ladles soup at the stove and the steam briefly fogs the lens. The camera pans over and stops on an empty chair by the dinner table, a school uniform jacket draped over its back. The mother's ladle pauses and she says, “We won't wait today,” her voice kept flat. 3 seconds, even speed, steady at the end; do not turn it into a sideways track, no shake.
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Common pitfalls
- Panning too fast causes jello and smearing, especially in frames with lots of horizontal detail.
- AI often turns a pan into a sideways track; spell out that it turns on the spot and the camera doesn't move.
- If it doesn't settle at the end, the cut point drifts.
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Parameter tips
No more than 90° per pan; 1.5–3 s; ask explicitly for tripod-steady motion.