{
 "slug": "front-view",
 "name": "Front view",
 "category": "angle",
 "group": "Viewpoint",
 "media": [
  "image",
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-11-13",
 "effect": "Face to face: direct, confrontational or honest.",
 "use_when": "Direct address, mugshot-style portraits, symmetrical frames, the moment someone turns to face the viewer.",
 "phrase": "seen straight from the front, her face and chest square to the camera, both ears equally visible",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "A front view flattens the face; turn the body a few degrees or light it from the side when the shape of the face matters.",
   "evidence": "film-craft",
   "source": "The controls of the free 3D stage at aicameracontrol.com, read 13 Nov 2026"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [
  {
   "site": "aicameracontrol",
   "url": "https://aicameracontrol.com/",
   "what": "a free 3D stage that sets this value and writes it into the prompt"
  },
  {
   "site": "shotdeck",
   "url": "https://shotdeck.com/",
   "what": "real film examples of this view (paid, link only)"
  },
  {
   "site": "flim",
   "url": "https://flim.ai/",
   "what": "film, ad and music-video stills of this view (free tier, link only)"
  }
 ],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "three-quarter-view",
  "profile-shot",
  "centred-symmetry"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "film-craft",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Own words; the term from the controls of the free 3D stage at aicameracontrol.com, read 13 Nov 2026 and general film vocabulary, as also used in Flim's filters"
 },
 "body": "",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/angle/front-view",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/angle/front-view.md",
 "prompts": {
  "nano-banana-pro": "[your subject] in [your setting]. Seen straight from the front, the subject's face and chest square to the camera, both ears equally visible.",
  "nano-banana-2": "[your subject] in [your setting]. Seen straight from the front, the subject's face and chest square to the camera, both ears equally visible.",
  "gpt-image": "A photograph of [your subject] in [your setting].\nPeople and framing: seen straight from the front, the subject's face and chest square to the camera, both ears equally visible\nExclusions: no extra text, no watermark, no logo.",
  "seedream-5": "[your subject] in [your setting]. Seen straight from the front, the subject's face and chest square to the camera, both ears equally visible.",
  "seedance-2.5": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nFirst frame: seen straight from the front, the subject's face and chest square to the camera, both ears equally visible\nShot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot",
  "seedance-2.0": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nFirst frame: seen straight from the front, the subject's face and chest square to the camera, both ears equally visible\nShot 1: one continuous shot",
  "kling-3": "[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Seen straight from the front, the subject's face and chest square to the camera, both ears equally visible.",
  "veo-3.1": "Seen straight from the front, the subject's face and chest square to the camera, both ears equally visible. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image."
 },
 "licence": {
  "code": "MIT",
  "text": "CC BY 4.0",
  "third_party": "Clips and card texts inside a \"licensed\" block belong to their makers and are shown with permission and credit."
 }
}