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Eyeline match: set off-camera eyelines so cut-together singles look at the right person; matching close-ups use the same lens, matching camera height and distance, with the partner equidistant on the opposite side so A looks off right and B looks off left. Match on action: pick up a motion where the cut left it. Editing manual: reject a cut where the actor faces a different direction. Method (inference, my own mapping): (1) draw a floor plan and fix the axis before generating; (2) write the screen position and...","status":"active","body":{"text":"Problem. Each generated clip is independent, so left/right placement, gaze and mid-action poses drift between shots. Conditions. Multi-shot dialogue or action built from separate generations. Craft statements (sources). 180-degree rule: keep the camera on one side of an imaginary axis so the first character stays frame right of the second; crossing it reverses left/right and may disorient viewers; a moving character's path also sets a line (exit frame left, enter frame right). Eyeline match: set off-camera eyelines so cut-together singles look at the right person; matching close-ups use the same lens, matching camera height and distance, with the partner equidistant on the opposite side so A looks off right and B looks off left. Match on action: pick up a motion where the cut left it. Editing manual: reject a cut where the actor faces a different direction. Method (inference, my own mapping): (1) draw a floor plan and fix the axis before generating; (2) write the screen position and facing into every prompt ('A frame left facing right; B frame right facing left'); (3) generate singles with identical lens words, camera height and distance; (4) for match on action, start the next shot from the last frame of the previous one (see C3-B571-11 keyframes) or from an extend; (5) to cross the line, add a neutral buffer shot or an on-screen camera move across the axis (Wikipedia describes both); (6) review each cut for facing direction, eyeline side and pose phase; discard and regenerate shots that fail. Failure modes (inference): video models may flip left/right or facing on prompts - the cycle's existing record notes this is poorly documented. Limitations. The craft sources here are general-reference (Wikipedia, Wikibooks), not a film-school textbook; no evidence in them about AI models. Version/date. Fetched 2026-10-23.\n\nCross-reference correction 2026-10-23 (discovery C3-B697-01): worker provisional ids replaced by published C3 ids: P-L1-1-11 -> C3-B571-11 (same_batch; at link verification 2026-10-23T23:35:19Z this producer identifier had no verified public Hub record; no public link is asserted here).\n\nCurator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources.\n\nLimitations: Method is an untested mapping; the sources are craft descriptions, not AI evaluations. 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