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# Mocap Recording Guidelines

Guidelines and best practices for recording mocap to create a Style Clone.

## Overview

Good, general-purpose Style Clones require 10 minutes of recorded mocap data. The data must follow our dance card shot list, covering a range of motion and speeds in the exact style you want to create.

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The more variety the better — our model learns best from seeing a range of different motions.
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## Key Guidelines

* A full mocap dataset for a Style Clone must total around **10 minutes**.
* Each take should be between **30-60 seconds**.
* The actor must **maintain the style** throughout the entire take.
* Maintain a **consistent idle pose** across all takes.

## Shot List

Our shot list consists of **7 Mandatory** dance cards and 3 optional dance cards. 

These dance cards are designed to provide varied coverage for the range of movement states your style may need to perform. They are also designed to allow the actor to focus on keeping the style consistent, without worrying about hitting specific angles or speeds.

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[Dance Card Shot List](/documentation/style-cloning/reference/dance-card-shot-list.md)
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## Speed Ranges

Some dance cards must be recorded in various speed ranges for our training model and depending on how your style moves. Our recommended ranges are:

* **Walk** — up to 2 m/s
* **Jog** — 2 to 4 m/s
* **Run** — 4+ m/s

Speed variations are flexible. **Only record the speed ranges your style needs**. 

Actors don't need focus on maintaining an exact speed; velocities within their given speed range suffices.

## Next Steps

Visit the [Shot List](#shot-list) to understand what animations to shoot. Once you're finished recording, check out [Data Preparation](/documentation/style-cloning/reference/data-preparation.md) for help preparing and cleaning the raw mocap data.