AI video cinematography
Camera Motion vs Subject Motion
A common failure mode is mixing “the subject moves left” with “the camera moves left” without stating their relationship. Write them as separate instructions.
Subject motion
What the person, vehicle, product or environment physically does.
Camera motion
How the viewpoint changes relative to the subject.
Relationship
Parallel, approaching, receding, orbiting or locked.
End state
Where subject and camera should finish.
Prompt structure
Reusable cinematography template
Subject: [motion]. Camera: [motion] while maintaining [distance/angle]. End: [final subject state + final composition].