Video · Shot SizeNO.028 / 166

Watch: The frame looks past the near person's shoulder and frames the one opposite: the back of the head in the foreground tells you who is looking.A line-art demo that only illustrates the technique, not finished footage.

Video · Shot Size

Over-the-Shoulder过肩

Look past one person's shoulder at another, showing their relationship and eyeline.

Category: Shot Size
Group: Basics
Medium: Video
Library: 028 / 166

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Prompt templates are written from how generation models usually behave and have not yet been verified one by one with real generations. “Common pitfalls” are judgment from experience, not official limits.

When to use it

Confrontational dialogue, interrogations, negotiations, putting the audience on one side.

Prompt template

over-the-shoulder shot, foreground shoulder and back of head soft in lower left, focus on the facing subject, clear eyeline.

Sample prompt · generate a video directly

The technique comes first, followed by the scene, action, performance and duration. Paste it straight into a video model and swap in your own characters and plot.

Over-the-shoulder shot: the man's shoulder and the back of his head on the left of the foreground, out of focus; focus on the woman's face opposite, eyeline clear. In an interrogation room, a policewoman pushes a photo to the middle of the table and fixes him with a stare: “This man. Have you seen him?” 5 seconds, the foreground person must not steal focus, and their eyelines must meet.

Common pitfalls

The foreground shoulder takes too much space and blocks the other person.
Both people are sharp, with no clear priority.

Parameter tips

Foreground within 1/4 of the frame; when cutting between two over-the-shoulders, keep the camera positions symmetrical.