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Camera moves & transitions, part 2 · #12
Over-the-shoulder
Frame one person over another's shoulder. The back of one person's head and shoulder sit at the edge of frame and the other person is seen past them; the foreground is soft, the subject sharp.
Angles & Framingover-the-shoulderotsdialogueconversationshouldertwo shotangle
Full motion specification
How the movement works
To show who is facing whom in a conversation and to focus on the other person's expression.
- 01Framing: the back of the foreground person's head and shoulder (grey, 0.62 m left, 1.15 m away) fill the left edge; the other person (blue, 0.32 m right, 3.1 m away) is seen past the shoulder
- 02Focus: the foreground shoulder is blurred 2.6 px, the other person is sharp and framed from the chest up
- 03Camera: height 1.55 m, yaw +0.05 rad; pushes in slowly 0 m → 0.35 m from 0.5 s to 3.4 s (cubic ease-in-out (about cubic-bezier(0.65,0,0.35,1)))
- 04The other person sways arms and legs by 0.35·sin(u×5) rad, as if talking
- 05Return: hold 3.4–4.2 s, then cross-fade back to the start over the last 0.5 s; top-right readout shows "OTS"
Prompt
Shoot the conversation over the shoulder, with the foreground shoulder slightly out of focus.