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cinematic-shot-direction

Direct cinematic shots and coverage for AI-assisted content production. Use when an agent must translate story intent into framing, shot size, lens and perspective, camera position, movement, blocking, screen direction, lighting-aware coverage, continuity, shot specifications, or diagnose why generated or filmed shots do not cut together.

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# Direct cinematic shots as editorial decisions

Treat a shot as a controlled change in audience knowledge, attention, and feeling—not as a bundle of cinematic adjectives. Decide what the audience must perceive, choose the camera relationship that makes that perception likely, and specify only the variables needed to preserve it through production and editing.

Use three evidence labels throughout the work:

- **Established fact**: optics, geometry, or supported perceptual evidence.
- **Production convention**: a broadly used continuity or craft practice that may be broken deliberately.
- **Production heuristic**: a defensible starting point, not a law or guaranteed emotional effect.

Do not claim that a high angle always means weakness, a low angle always means power, a wide lens always feels energetic, or handheld always feels real. These are contextual readings. State the intended effect and test whether the complete image supports it.

## Begin with the dramatic job
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