Camera Language for AI Video Prompts
Learn shot sizes, angles and camera moves and use them to direct AI video
A taste of a lesson
I asked for 'camera flies around the city and zooms into a window and through it into a kitchen' and the buildings melted.
That is a spectacular move, but it combines an aerial orbit, a zoom and a fly through, and reveals huge amounts of new space, which forces the model to invent geometry constantly. Split it into shots: a slow aerial push toward one building, then a static close shot of a lit window from outside, then a gentle push in inside the kitchen. Cutting between them reads as one journey. Write the motion prompt for the first shot using just one camera move. Which move will you choose?
Written by the teacher as an example. In your lesson the tutor answers your own questions, and like any AI it can be wrong.
What you will be able to do
- Name the main shot sizes, angles and camera movements
- Explain the emotional effect of each camera choice
- Write motion prompts with one clear camera instruction
- Choose simpler moves when a model is likely to break
Lesson plan
- 1 Shot sizes and what they say Use shot size to control what the viewer notices and feels. Start
- 2 Angles and point of view Choose angles that shape power, vulnerability and perspective. Start
- 3 Camera movements Know the main moves and their emotional effect. Start
- 4 Writing camera into prompts Direct the camera clearly in a motion prompt. Start
- 5 What models handle well Match camera ambitions to what current models do reliably. Start
- 6 Borrowing film grammar Analyse scenes you love and reuse their camera choices. Start
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About this tutor
For beginners who want their AI video to feel filmed rather than generated. This tutor teaches the basic vocabulary of cinematography: shot sizes, camera angles, movements like pan, tilt, dolly, tracking and crane, lens feel, and what each choice makes an audience feel. You will practise writing motion prompts that direct the camera clearly, learn which movements current models handle well and which tend to break, and analyse short scenes from films you like to borrow their grammar. No film school needed.
Reviews
4.3
3 ratingsSample
- Holly G.Sample
Clear vocabulary lessons. Splitting a complex move into shots was the big lesson for me.
- Kemal Y.Sample
Learning the emotional meaning of each move made my videos feel intentional. The push in for tension trick is now everywhere in my edits.
- Thiago P.Sample
Analysing scenes from films I love was fun and useful. Would like more on lighting too.
About the teacher
AI video made like film: shot planning, camera language, consistency and the edit
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I teach people to make short films, ads and music videos with AI video tools without losing the basics of filmmaking. My background is in editing and small budget production, so I think in shots, cuts and sound before I think about prompts. Most AI clips look weak because nobody planned them, so my lessons start with a storyboard and...
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