How would I go about making it so that the camera faces the front of the player?

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I’m creating a cutscene, and I want the camera to face the front of the player, or the opposite of the back of the player.

With or without the camera moving with the player, help would be appreciated.
This is my current script -

local part = workspace:WaitForChild(“Shidou”)
local finished = true

part.Touched:Connect(function(part)

if finished == false then return end
if part.Parent:IsA(“Model”) and part.Parent:FindFirstChild(“Humanoid”) then
local character = part.Parent
local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(character)
if player then
if finished == true then
finished = false
game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 0
local remote = game.ReplicatedStorage.shidou
remote:FireServer(character)
local animation = Instance.new(“Animation”)
animation.AnimationId = “rbxassetid://102719620025576”
local camera = workspace.Camera
camera.CameraSubject = character.Torso
game.Chat:Chat(player.Character.Head, “Huh?”, Enum.ChatColor.Red)
local animator = character.Humanoid.Animator
local anim = animator:LoadAnimation(animation)
camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Attach
anim:Play()
anim:AdjustSpeed(0.35)
task.wait(1.5)
game.Chat:Chat(player.Character.Head, “My back is to the ball and I am not close enough but…”, Enum.ChatColor.Red)
task.wait(1.25)
game.Chat:Chat(player.Character.Head, “My cells… They’re telling me…”, Enum.ChatColor.Red)
task.wait(1)
anim:AdjustSpeed(0.6)
task.wait(.25)
game.Chat:Chat(player.Character.Head, “To score a…”, Enum.ChatColor.Red)
anim:AdjustSpeed(0.45)
task.wait(1.25)
game.Chat:Chat(player.Character.Head, “SUPER GOAL!”, Enum.ChatColor.Red)
task.wait(1.5)
anim:AdjustSpeed(0.8)
task.wait(2)
camera.CameraSubject = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Humanoid
game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 16
camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Custom
task.wait(1)
finished = true
end
end
end
end)

As of now, it follows the player, however, it currently automatically faces the back of the player. I know you have to use Scriptable camera type however I’m not good with CFrame. So again, it would be forced to look at the front of the player.

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local part = workspace:WaitForChild("Shidou")
local running = false -- Switched the logic from seeing if the cutscene is finished to see if the cutscene is still running to make code easier to read

part.Touched:Connect(function(part)

	if running == true then return end
	if part.Parent:IsA("Model") and part.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
		local character = part.Parent
		local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(character)
		if player then
			if running ~= true then
				running = true
				
				-- Anchor the HumanoidRootPart instead of changing the walkspeed to 0 to lock the character in place
				character.HumanoidRootPart.Anchored = true
				local remote = game.ReplicatedStorage.shidou
				remote:FireServer(character)
				local animation = Instance.new("Animation")
				animation.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://102719620025576"
				
				
				-- Use currentCamera instead of workspace.Camera, as currentCamera is the camera specifically being used by the local player
				local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
				camera.CameraSubject = character.Torso
				game.Chat:Chat(player.Character.Head, "Huh?", Enum.ChatColor.Red)
				local animator = character.Humanoid.Animator
				local anim = animator:LoadAnimation(animation)
				
				-- Set the camera type to be scriptable
				camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
				
				-- We can use a new CFrame called "offset" to place the camera where we want it relative to where the character is by multiplying it by the humanoid root part's CFrame
				local offset = CFrame.new(0,3,-10)
				local cameraPlacement = (character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * offset)
				
				-- The first argument is to say where the camera should be in the world, and the second argument is where the camera should be pointed towards
				local cameraPos = CFrame.lookAt(cameraPlacement.Position, character.Head.Position)
				
				
				camera.CFrame = cameraPos
				
				
				
				anim:Play()
				anim:AdjustSpeed(0.35)
				task.wait(1.5)
				game.Chat:Chat(player.Character.Head, "My back is to the ball and I am not close enough but…", Enum.ChatColor.Red)
				task.wait(1.25)
				game.Chat:Chat(player.Character.Head, "My cells… They’re telling me…", Enum.ChatColor.Red)
				task.wait(1)
				anim:AdjustSpeed(0.6)
				task.wait(.25)
				game.Chat:Chat(player.Character.Head, "To score a…", Enum.ChatColor.Red)
				anim:AdjustSpeed(0.45)
				task.wait(1.25)
				game.Chat:Chat(player.Character.Head, "SUPER GOAL!", Enum.ChatColor.Red)
				task.wait(1.5)
				anim:AdjustSpeed(0.8)
				task.wait(2)
				
				camera.CameraSubject = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Humanoid
				character.HumanoidRootPart.Anchored = false
				camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Custom
				
				task.wait(1)
				running = false
			end
		end
	end
end)

I specifically used CFrame.lookAt in this script, however I would highly recommend you read the documentation on CFrames here as they’re incredibly useful to know when it comes to making games:
CFrame | Documentation - Roblox Creator Hub

If you have any questions let me know!

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