technique · 2 recipes
Slider Reveal
A slider reveal uses a short lateral path to uncover a subject behind a foreground obstruction.
Selected recipe
Slider Reveal
This is the default recipe for the Occlusion Reveal family.
Free short AI video prompt
A starter line you can copy. The full timed recipe, still-image and production prompts are on the shot card.
Prompt rule: Start with the target genuinely occluded by opaque foreground geometry. Clear that occluder by the declared translation, with tilt only if specified; do not fade or dissolve the occluder.
Slider Reveal: A slider reveal uses a short lateral path to uncover a subject behind a foreground obstruction. Keep the subject readable; motivate camera and light.
Technique guide
- When to use
- First hide the information, then use spatial exploration rather than cutting to deliver the focus to the audience.
- How it works
- First, verify at the starting point that the target is indeed not visible or mostly obscured. Move to the position where the obstruction is removed, then trigger the target action, leaving a clear endpoint.
- Common mistakes
- The information that should be hidden has already been fully displayed in the first frame, and the foreground gradually becomes transparent instead of being moved out of view.
How to read this page
Slider Reveal is one technique in Camera Movement. The definition states the single mechanism the frame has to show. The technique guide covers when to use it, the steps, the usual mistakes, how it differs from the neighbors, and what a successful take looks like.
The clip above is one reading, made with a third-party video model. Another model, or the same model on another day, can land on a different frame. It is an example, not a promise that a prompt will match it.
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Recipe
8 seconds · single take
In a sunny courtyard, a rug-mender kneels beside a hanging rug, a wooden post close in front of the camera.
Shot cards
The full recipe for Slider Reveal is a shot card
The full recipe for Slider Reveal is a shot card. The start and end frames, timed action, lighting and color specs, a camera parameter table, copy-ready still-image and video prompts and negatives are open to GrokCine Pro members on the web.
Related families
- Pan Shot (Whip Pan)
Pan Shot (Whip Pan)A pan turns the camera around its vertical axis from a fixed station, changing horizontal direction without sideways travel. - Tilt Shot
Tilt ShotA tilt pitches the camera around a horizontal axis from one fixed station, changing vertical direction without changing support height. - Dolly Shot (Push In)
Dolly Shot (Push In)The camera translates on a smooth supported path, changing viewpoint and spatial overlap rather than only image scale.
More in Camera Movement
References
Sources we studied for this technique. External links; we don't embed them.
Articles & definitions
- Wikipedia: Camera dolly
Wikipedia · Web
A wheeled cart or track platform that carries the camera for smooth moves toward, away or alongside the subject.
Videos
- Anime multiplane parallax in Victory #13
@anime_gaku · 2022-02-23 · X
Multiplane parallax in an anime episode: layers slide at different speeds.
- Parallax effect: motion judged against the foreground
@HypnoFlick · 2023-10-13 · X
"Parallax effect. Your brain judges the movement relative to the foreground objects."