Slow zoom out
How to prompt a slow zoom out shot in AI video
To prompt a slow zoom out shot in AI video, describe your scene first, then add the camera line as its own sentence: "slow zoom out. Movement: slowly decrease lens focal length toward a wider frame." Finish it with the speed, what stays fixed and how the shot ends, as in the full recipe below.
Gradual optical pull toward a wider frame.
Best for: Revealing context and letting a subject shrink into its world.
The recipe
slow zoom out. Movement: slowly decrease lens focal length toward a wider frame. Speed: gradual and even. Framing: keep the main visual target readable as more surrounding space appears. End: finish on a stable wider composition.
How to prompt a slow zoom out shot in AI video
- 01
Describe the shot
Write one or two sentences for the subject, setting and light before any camera language.
- 02
Add the slow zoom out recipe
Append the recipe as its own sentence: "Camera: slow zoom out. Movement: slowly decrease lens focal length toward a wider frame. Speed: gradual and even. Framing: keep the main visual target readable as more surrounding space appears. End: finish on a stable wider composition."
- 03
Keep one move per shot
Remove any other camera instructions so the model commits to a single, readable move.
- 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: slow zoom out. Movement: slowly decrease lens focal length toward a wider frame. Speed: gradual and even. Framing: keep the main visual target readable as more surrounding space appears. End: finish on a stable wider composition.”
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