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Research Request — Natural Action, Anatomy, and Motion

Story question

What scene and camera specifications produce credible bodies in motion rather than posed figures, especially for running, reaching, carrying, fighting, and interacting with terrain?

Scope

Research biomechanics, sports photography, shutter and lens behavior, gait phases, hand-object contact, cloth response, and renderer failure patterns. Use the Sylvan beach-running scene as the first benchmark without treating its current candidates as approved.

Required output

  • Action packet schema: phase, balance, weight transfer, limb state, gaze, breathing, and contact
  • Camera and motion-blur guidance tied to action type
  • Anatomy and interaction QA checks
  • Benchmark prompts that vary action phase without changing identity
  • Failure taxonomy for floating feet, frozen stride, extra limbs, and implausible cloth or energy behavior

Development gate

Add action packets and action-specific QA only after natural movement can be evaluated independently from identity and style.