technique · 1 recipe
Wiggle Camera Move
A wiggle alternates between nearby viewpoints over centimetres, creating a small recurring stereo-like parallax.
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Wiggle
This is the default recipe for the Continuous Micro-Parallax 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: Move continuously through the small lateral cycle while gently aiming at the subject. Preserve temporal continuity and physical parallax; no discrete A-B-C-B still-frame switching.
Wiggle: A wiggle alternates between nearby viewpoints over centimetres, creating a small recurring stereo-like parallax. Keep the subject readable; motivate camera and light.
Technique guide
- When to use
- Use subtle depth cues to make still life compositions feel more spatial.
- How it works
- Set a small depth difference between the nearby cork and the sailboat inside the bottle. Swing continuously at the centimeter level and complete integer periods, comparing the relative displacement of the details.
- Common mistakes
- Use 2D deformation to create swaying Treat frozen viewpoints stitched together as continuous camera movement
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Wiggle Camera Move 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.
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Recipe
8 seconds · single take
A silver surveying instrument with a circular dial and one red pointer stands on a midnight-blue plinth in a studio, with a row of brass lamps on a shelf about 3 m behind it.
Shot cards
The full recipe for Wiggle is a shot card
The full recipe for Wiggle 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.
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References
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Articles & definitions
- Wikipedia: Wiggle stereoscopy
Wikipedia · Web
Wiggle stereoscopy alternates the left and right images of a stereo pair to give a 3D effect.
Videos
- Wiggle stereoscopy example
@PhantomAvery1 · 2024-03-05 · X
Wiggle stereoscopy: two or three views alternated to make a 3D wobble.
- Mars rover Navcam wigglegram of a drilled rock
@martiandennis · 2022-01-11 · X
Mars rover Navcam wigglegram of a drilled rock — the same two-view alternation.
- Wiggle stereoscopy reanimates Gilded Age New York
@grescoe · 2016-02-16 · X
Wiggle stereoscopy reanimates Gilded Age New York stereo cards.