Camera Shot Prompts for AI Video and Images

Exact prompt wording for eight camera shots and moves, from dolly zoom to over-the-shoulder, each with an example frame and the look it gets confused with.

• Dolly ZoomTrack backward while zooming in, or the reverse. The subject holds the same size while the background stretches or collapses behind them.
• Dutch AngleThe camera rolls sideways so the horizon tilts. Held steady, it says something here is wrong.
• Low Angle ShotThe camera sits near the ground and looks up. The subject towers against the sky.
• High Angle ShotThe camera looks down on the subject from above, but not straight down. They read as small and exposed.
• Orbit ShotThe camera circles the subject while keeping them centred. The background sweeps one way, the foreground the other.
• Extreme Close-UpThe frame crops inside the face or the object: one eye, a hand on a latch. Detail becomes the whole story.
• Over-the-Shoulder ShotA soft dark shoulder and head of one person frame the other person, who faces the camera. The grammar of conversation.
• FisheyeAn ultra-wide lens bends straight lines into curves and pushes the centre toward you. Skate-video energy.