First-Person Continuous Take Video Template

# SCENE CONTEXT
Handlebar-mounted action camera, chest-to-eye height (approx. 1.4 m), capturing a mountain bike descent down a forest trail. Total duration {{duration}}. The camera is rigidly fixed to the handlebars so every shake, jolt and tilt comes from the bike's motion over roots, rocks and turns. Non-empty opening frame: already mid-descent, hands gripping the bars, trail rushing beneath, trees streaming past on both sides.

# ACTIVE REFERENCES
- **Hands:** Both hands visible in lower frame throughout, gloved, gripping brake levers and bar grips. Left hand controls front brake; right hand rear brake and throttle (if present). Knuckles, forearms and wrists stay in frame.
- **Handlebars:** Flat or riser MTB bars, black grips, visible brake/shift levers.
- **Trail surface:** Dirt singletrack, embedded roots, loose rocks, occasional ruts.

# LOCATION MAP
- **Foreground (0–3 m):** Handlebars, grips, brake cables, rider's gloved hands and forearms locked in lower third of frame; trail surface rushing directly below and ahead.
- **Midground (3–15 m):** Dirt trail winding through tree trunks, exposed roots crossing the path, dappled light and shadow patches, occasional fallen branches.
- **Background (15+ m):** Dense forest canopy, tree trunks receding into green gloom, shafts of sunlight filtering through leaves.
- **Camera height:** 1.4 m, fixed to handlebars, tilted ~10° downward so the trail and hands share the frame.

# FIRST FRAME / BLOCKING
Opening frame is NOT static or empty. The bike is already in motion: front wheel rolling over a gnarled root, both hands visible and tensed on the grips, trail dropping away ahead, trees blurring at the edges. The viewer enters mid-descent, heart rate already elevated.

# FORMAT MODE
One continuous take for the entire {{duration}}. No cuts, no time jumps, no scene changes. The camera records the descent in real time from start to finish. If the trail forks or the rider pauses, that pause appears in full; otherwise the motion is unbroken.

# OPTICS & MOUNT BEHAVIOUR
- **Field of view:** {{fov}}° throughout (typical GoPro wide or ultrawide). No drift, no zoom, no FOV changes within the take.
- **Wide-angle distortion:** Barrel distortion at frame edges; straight tree trunks bow outward near the sides.
- **Motion signature:** Vertical bob and judder from the bike hitting roots and rocks; lateral sway in turns; sudden drops when the front wheel leaves the ground; motion blur on very fast passages or hard lantern-jaw braking.
- **Optical stability:** Image is NOT gimbal-smooth—it inherits every jolt the handlebars feel. Natural action-cam shake and vibration present throughout.
- The camera itself is never visible. No reflection, no housing edge, no mount hardware in frame.

# AUDIO & ATMOSPHERE
Diegetic sound: tyre crunch on dirt and gravel, chain rattle, brake squeaks, heavy breathing, wind rush, distant bird calls. No music, no slow-motion, no cinematic grading, no colour-grade overlays. Raw action-cam aesthetic: high contrast between sun patches and shadow, natural colour saturation.

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**Technical guardrails:**  
- Hands and handlebars remain anchored in frame at all times.  
- No third hand, no impossible hand positions.  
- No scene jumps; if the trail changes, the camera travels there in real time or the take ends.  
- No cuts unless explicitly moved into FORMAT MODE.  
- Lighting changes (sun to shadow) happen gradually as the bike moves, not as instantaneous flips.