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Pedestal down

How to prompt a pedestal down shot in AI video

Pedestal down start frame

To prompt a pedestal down shot in AI video, describe your scene first, then add the camera line as its own sentence: "pedestal down. Movement: move the entire camera vertically downward in a straight line." Finish it with the speed, what stays fixed and how the shot ends, as in the full recipe below.

Whole camera lowers straight down, lens kept level.

Best for: Dropping to a low eyeline while holding a level horizon.

The recipe

pedestal down. Movement: move the entire camera vertically downward in a straight line. Speed: smooth constant descent. Framing: keep the lens level and pointed in the same direction during the vertical move. End: finish with the lower framing clearly readable.

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How to prompt a pedestal down shot in AI video

  1. 01

    Describe the shot

    Write one or two sentences for the subject, setting and light before any camera language.

  2. 02

    Add the pedestal down recipe

    Append the recipe as its own sentence: "Camera: pedestal down. Movement: move the entire camera vertically downward in a straight line. Speed: smooth constant descent. Framing: keep the lens level and pointed in the same direction during the vertical move. End: finish with the lower framing clearly readable."

  3. 03

    Keep one move per shot

    Remove any other camera instructions so the model commits to a single, readable move.

  4. 04

    Generate and review the ending

    Check the final frame matches the End line. If the move drifts, shorten the clip or restate what must stay fixed.

One move is one shot. To carry it into the next shot, pin where each clip starts and ends with first-frame / last-frame and chain the shots into a short film with one cast in every shot. Still picking software? Here is what to look for in a short-film tool.

Try this prompt

“A lighthouse on a rocky coast at golden hour, waves breaking softly below, warm light on the stone. Camera: pedestal down. Movement: move the entire camera vertically downward in a straight line. Speed: smooth constant descent. Framing: keep the lens level and pointed in the same direction during the vertical move. End: finish with the lower framing clearly readable.”

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Opens the studio with this prompt filled in · 65 free credits

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