Lower the default camera angle

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#1

I want to lower the default camera angle after the player leaves a cutscene I created. After the cutscene, the player returns to full free camera control (default Roblox camera control settings), but I want it to be angled down more by default.

This is the angle after the cutscene ends and free camera control is given to the player

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This is the desired angle after the cutscene ends when free camera control is given

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How could I go about this process? Instructions or sample code would be appreciated.

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#2

Make a part at the angle then tween the camera cframe to it or manually change the cameras cframe which is harder

#3

You can lerp the Camera’s CFrame’s Angles to do this. Here’s some code from my game where I automatically change the Angle to a higher position for ease of platforming. The values can be changed to make it a lower camera angle:

local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local checkDebounce = false
local lastCameraCFrame
local pitchAngleNumber_degree = -20
local count = 0
local camera = game.Workspace.CurrentCamera
local run = nil
local countUpForAlpha = 0.02
 
local function moveCameraFunc()
	local countForMovingCamera = 0
	-- the below is used to make the camera move smoothly in combination with a lower alpha 
	run = RunService.PostSimulation:Connect(function(deltaTime)
		
        -- this below is here to stop the camera changing when the player moves their camera. For your use-case this likely isn't needed.
		if CameraInput_RobloxScript.getRotationActivated() == true or countForMovingCamera >= 1 or isTheGamePaused == true then
			run:Disconnect()
			run = nil
		end
		
        -- this is the main thing here. I still should test this myself, but the system seems to be working for moving the camera's angle only in one direction, or to an extent, which I what I personally wanted.
		local x,y,z = game.Workspace.CurrentCamera.CFrame:ToEulerAnglesXYZ()
		local goal = CFrame.Angles(math.rad(pitchAngleNumber_degree),0,0)
		camera.CFrame = camera.CFrame:Lerp(goal,countUpForAlpha*2)	
		countForMovingCamera = countForMovingCamera + countUpForAlpha/2.5
		
		task.wait(deltaTime)
		
	end)
	--print("done?!")
end

Edit: You can make the Alpha on the Lerp be 1 if you want the camera to instantly change to the value you want. For a cutscene, that might work fine, but changing a camera mid-game while the player is moving requires something more smooth.