Scenes Inside a Car, a Bus, a Train or a Plane: How the Location Image Is Drawn

Quick answer: When a location is the inside of a vehicle — a car, a van, a bus, a train carriage, a plane cabin, a truck cab — its location image is drawn from the front of the cabin looking toward the back, with every row of seats facing the camera and the rear window furthest away. Videos follow the location image, so a passenger written into the back seat now stays in the back seat. Vehicle images made before this change are not redrawn automatically; regenerate the location image once if back-seat scenes come out wrong.

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Open the location card of a car interior in Step 2. If the image looks from the back seats toward the dashboard, regenerate it.

Why the direction matters

A video of a scene is shot the way its location image shows the space. Most car interiors used to be drawn from the back seats looking toward the dashboard — the natural photo — which leaves the back seats out of the picture. A scene with someone in the back then had nowhere to put them, and they ended up in the front. Drawing the cabin from the front, facing back, puts every row in view, so each person has a seat the video can use. Same room in every episode.

Which vehicles

Cars and vans — the front seats nearest, the back seats (and third row) behind them, the rear window at the far end.
Buses, train carriages and plane cabins — the rows of seats running away from the camera, facing it.
Truck cabs — one row: the driver’s and passenger’s seats, with the sleeper or the back wall behind.

Rooms, streets and every other kind of location are drawn as before. Recognising a vehicle interior is automatic; there is nothing to switch on.

Writing the location

Describe the vehicle itself: what it is, how old, how clean, the seats, the lighting. Do not write where the camera is (“seen from the back seat”): for vehicle interiors the viewpoint is set by the site and such phrases are left out. Who sits where belongs in the storyboard, not in the location description. How to write a location.

Older vehicle images

Location images made before this change keep their old angle; they are yours and are not redrawn without you. If scenes with back-seat passengers come out wrong, open the location in Step 2 or in the episode’s asset library and generate it again (7 credits on the default image tier, or free if you still have free sheets). Then regenerate the affected segments. Regenerate one sheet.

When you use your own photo

A location you upload, or have redrawn from your own photo, keeps your photo’s angle. If back-seat scenes matter, use a photo taken from the front of the cabin looking back. Use your own photo.

Vehicle	The image shows
Car, van	Front seats nearest, back seats behind, rear window far
Bus, train, plane	Rows of seats facing the camera, running back
Truck cab	Driver and passenger seats, sleeper or back wall behind
Your own uploaded photo	Your photo's own angle

FAQ

Do I have to do anything for new projects?

No. New vehicle interiors are drawn this way automatically.

My back-seat passenger keeps appearing in the front.

If the car's image was made earlier, regenerate it; then check the storyboard says where each person sits, and regenerate the segment.

Can I choose a different angle for the location image?

For vehicle interiors the site sets it so every row is visible. Individual shots in the video still use their own angles.

Put every passenger in their seat

Vehicle interiors are drawn front to back; regenerate an older one once if needed.

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Updated September 30, 2026