Crash zoom

Request a rapid lens-like change in framing for a sudden emphasis. Decide exactly what motivates the zoom and where it should stop. Russian catalog label: крэш-зум.

Prepare the direction

Choose the starting composition, the action and the intended end state. Put the direction in the scene brief or the request for Prompt for the model (Промпт под модель). Select the video model separately and review the final instructions before rendering.

Original example:

A librarian notices a moving bookmark. Make a rapid zoom toward the bookmark as it slides out of the book, then hold the close view.

Model applicability

Availability: supported as a natural-language authoring instruction for the current video families. It is not a separate hardware camera control or a promise that a model will comply. Choose a mode that can accept the scene’s required inputs; first-frame constraints can conflict with an incompatible starting view.

Outcome: no dedicated controlled success claim for this exact technique/model pair is established by this guide. Model pages report their specific observations. Start with a short test and keep the model, quality and mode in your notes. Seedance 2.0 is one documented starting point; the model guide explains the other families.

Inspect the result

Check that the emphasis happens at the intended event and does not become a camera flight or an unrelated cut. Keep readable time before and after the zoom.

If the result misses the technique, revise one conflicting instruction or input at a time. Missing evidence means untested, not unsupported. See also snap pacing.

See the model–technique applicability matrix for connected operations, dated outcomes and configurations that remain untested.

Reviewed 14 October 2026 against the public technique catalog and Studio authoring contract. This example has not been rendered for this documentation.