Video · Shot SizeNO.025 / 166

Watch: The frame closes in until it just fits from the top of the head to the soles of the feet, with a little room above and below. Action, costume and position are all visible.A line-art demo that only illustrates the technique, not finished footage.

Video · Shot Size

Wide / Full Shot全景

The person's whole body is in frame, with just a little margin above and below.

Category: Shot Size
Group: Basics
Medium: Video
Library: 025 / 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

Showing a whole action, costume and its relation to the space, blocking several people.

Prompt template

full shot, whole body in frame with small margins above head and below feet, environment visible; no cut-off feet.

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.

Wide shot, the person fully in frame from head to toe with a little space above and below, the setting visible too. In an empty dance studio, a girl in black practice clothes takes her opening stance in front of the mirror, slowly raises a leg into a full turn and lands steady. Locked-off camera, 5 seconds, don't crop her feet, and the shot size must not drift during the shot.

Common pitfalls

The head or feet get cropped.
The person moves closer and further, drifting the shot size within the shot.

Parameter tips

Leave 5% to 8% headroom; the person is about 70% to 90% of the frame height.