Video · Shot SizeNO.027 / 166

Watch: The frame closes in until only a face is left: the setting is shut out and the audience can only watch the expression.A line-art demo that only illustrates the technique, not finished footage.

Video · Shot Size

Close-Up特写

A face or a single object fills the frame and everything else is excluded.

Category: Shot Size
Group: Basics
Medium: Video
Library: 027 / 166

Want to merge it with other techniques (shot size, lighting, style…) into one full prompt? Click “Add to combo”, then pick one from each of the other terms.

Prompt templates are written from how generation models usually behave and have not yet been verified one by one with real generations. “Common pitfalls” are judgment from experience, not official limits.

When to use it

Emotional turns, key props, pinning attention on one detail.

Prompt template

close-up, face filling most of the frame, focus on the eyes, background heavily defocused, stable camera, subtle expression change.

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.

Close-up, the face filling most of the frame, eyes in focus, background heavily blurred. On a train platform, a middle-aged man watches the doors slowly close; his lips move without a sound and his eyes slowly redden. Steady camera, 4 seconds, subtle changes of expression, the face must not warp or turn into someone else.

Common pitfalls

The face warps or turns into someone else as it moves.
Too much blur and the face loses texture.

Parameter tips

Put the eyes on the upper third line; hold it at least 2 s for the performance to read.