Keep POV camera layouts action neutral

scene_camera_adapters.py

@@ -838,6 +838,24 @@ def camera_geometry_phrase(parsed: dict[str, Any], compact_labels: Mapping[str,
     return ", ".join(compact_parts)
 
 
+def pov_camera_geometry_phrase(parsed: dict[str, Any], compact_labels: Mapping[str, str] | None = None) -> str:
+    elevation = str(parsed.get("orbit_elevation_label") or "").strip()
+    distance = str(parsed.get("orbit_distance_label") or "").strip()
+    custom = str(parsed.get("custom_camera_prompt") or "").strip()
+    if custom:
+        elevation = elevation or camera_elevation_from_text(custom)
+        distance = distance or camera_distance_from_text(custom)
+    parts = [part for part in (elevation, distance) if part and part != "auto"]
+    if parts:
+        return ", ".join(parts)
+    compact_parts = [
+        _compact_label(parsed.get(key), compact_labels)
+        for key in ("shot_size", "distance")
+    ]
+    compact_parts = [part for part in compact_parts if part and part != "auto"]
+    return ", ".join(compact_parts)
+
+
 def camera_direction_from_text(text: Any) -> str:
     source = str(text or "").lower()
     for label in CAMERA_DIRECTIONS:
@@ -901,15 +919,15 @@ def scene_direction_detail(
     face_verb = "face" if subject == "the subjects" else "faces"
     if pov_labels:
         if "right side" in direction:
-            return f"{subject} {is_verb} in right-side profile; {midground} run behind {pronoun} toward {background}, with {detail_label} kept at the frame edges"
+            return f"{subject} stays readable in the first-person action while {midground} run along the viewer's right-side background toward {background}, with {detail_label} kept at the frame edges"
         if "left side" in direction:
-            return f"{subject} {is_verb} in left-side profile; {midground} run behind {pronoun} toward {background}, with {detail_label} kept at the frame edges"
+            return f"{subject} stays readable in the first-person action while {midground} run along the viewer's left-side background toward {background}, with {detail_label} kept at the frame edges"
         if "back-right" in direction or "back-left" in direction:
-            return f"{subject} stays close in one continuous diagonal first-person body angle; {midground} lead toward {background} behind {pronoun} at the edges, not in the lower foreground"
+            return f"{subject} stays close in one continuous first-person action frame; {midground} lead diagonally toward {background} at the edges, not in the lower foreground"
         if direction == "back view":
-            return f"the viewer looks past {subject}'s back toward {midground}, then into {background}; only POV body cues sit low in frame"
+            return f"{subject} and the action stay primary while {midground} and {background} remain beyond the body, not between viewer and action; only POV body cues sit low in frame"
         if "front-right" in direction or "front-left" in direction:
-            return f"{subject} fills the first-person front-quarter view; {midground} recede diagonally behind {pronoun} toward {background}"
+            return f"{subject} fills the first-person action frame while {midground} recede diagonally behind {pronoun} toward {background}"
         return f"{subject} faces the viewer in first-person view; {midground} and {background} stay behind {pronoun}, not between viewer and body"
     if "right side" in direction or "left side" in direction:
         return f"{subject} {is_verb} held in side profile along the {foreground}; {midground} run laterally behind {pronoun}, with {background} still readable"
@@ -1021,7 +1039,7 @@ def scene_camera_directive(
     direction_detail = scene_direction_detail(direction, profile, pov_labels, subject_kind)
     distance_detail = scene_distance_detail(distance, profile, subject_kind, pov_labels)
     elevation_detail = scene_elevation_detail(elevation, profile, subject_kind, pov_labels)
-    geometry = camera_geometry_phrase(parsed, compact_labels)
+    geometry = pov_camera_geometry_phrase(parsed, compact_labels) if pov_labels else camera_geometry_phrase(parsed, compact_labels)
     geometry_clause = f" ({geometry})" if geometry else ""
     if pov_labels:
         return (

tools/prompt_smoke.py

@@ -991,7 +991,8 @@ def smoke_row_camera_policy() -> None:
         20,
     )
     _expect("Hotel corridor camera layout from POV" in semi_public_scene, "row camera semi-public scene did not use hotel corridor profile")
-    _expect("back view" in semi_public_scene, "row camera semi-public scene missed orbit direction")
+    _expect("back view" not in semi_public_scene, "POV camera scene should not inject orbit back view as body orientation")
+    _expect("partner's back" not in semi_public_scene, "POV camera scene should not force the visible partner's back")
     _expect("first-person spatial geometry" in semi_public_scene, "row camera semi-public POV scene lost first-person geometry")
     _expect(updated_semi_public.get("scene_camera_profile_key") == "hotel_corridor", "row camera semi-public scene did not expose text-matched profile key")
     _expect("hotel corridor" in semi_public_composition.lower(), "row camera semi-public composition did not become location-aware")