Fix a failed take / Kling / camera ignored

Kling camera move ignored or drifting: how to fix it

You asked for a specific camera move and Kling drifted, picked another move or ignored it.

Why it happens

• A vague camera word ("cinematic", "quickly") instead of a named move.
• The camera behaviour over time is not described.

Fixes, in order

1. Name the actual move (slow push-in, static locked-off, handheld follow) and describe how the camera behaves over the clip. Avoid vague speed words.

   “Camera movement — name the move (slow push-in, static locked-off, handheld follow).”— aivideosensei, 2026-07-18

   “name the actual move and let duration/framing carry pace instead.”— aivideosensei, 2026-07-18

   “Instead of vague phrasing, describe how the camera behaves over time:”— Team fal, 2026-02-05

   “When you name the subject, the action, the camera, and the framing, those choices show up in the result rather than drifting”— Morphic

Change one thing per retry and keep the seed, so you can tell what helped. 4 quotes from the prompting guides linked above; we paraphrase the fix and quote the source word for word.

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