A $40 AI CLIP AND A $40,000 SHOOT ARE SEPARATED BY TWO WORDS the two wor

Prompt

A $40 AI CLIP AND A $40,000 SHOOT ARE SEPARATED BY TWO WORDS

the two words are the camera move. most AI video prompts describe the subject and the light, leave the camera out, and get the same slow drift every time.

the vocabulary a film crew uses, and what each move does to the viewer:

> DOLLY ZOOM - the background stretches while the face stays put. the floor drops out
> DOLLY IN - the camera moves toward the face. a realization lands
> CRASH ZOOM - a snap zoom. shock, or the punchline
> WHIP PAN - a pan so fast it blurs. energy, and it hides a cut
> RACK FOCUS - focus jumps from the foreground to the subject. the reveal
> ORBIT - the camera circles the subject. the hero moment
> CRANE UP - rises and pulls back. endings, scale
> TRACKING SHOT - moves alongside someone walking. momentum
> FPV DIVE - a drone dive through the space. speed
> LOW ANGLE - near the ground, looking up. power
> DUTCH ANGLE - the horizon tilts. something is wrong
> HANDHELD - a small shake. it feels filmed, not generated

two habits matter more than the list. name the move before the subject, and give each shot one move. stack two in one prompt and you are asking the model to guess which one you meant.

the $40,000 used to pay for the dolly track, the crane and the focus puller. now it pays for knowing their names.