noun · / kri-ˈeɪ-tər və-ˈka-byə-ˌler-i /
The shared language of everyone who makes things — three thousand terms of craft, gear, technique, and process, each one defined in plain language.
The hour after sunrise and before sunset when sunlight turns warm, soft, and low in the sky — the most flattering natural light of the day.
“Shooting an engagement session, I schedule it for 90 minutes before sunset and place the couple with the sun behind them for a warm rim of backlight.”
How much of a scene is acceptably sharp from front to back — the difference between a subject that pops off a soft background and one lost in a busy frame.
The primary, brightest light that defines a subject's main shape and shadow pattern — the foundation every other light is balanced against.
Supplemental footage that covers cuts and illustrates the story beyond the primary A-roll — the shots that make an edit breathe.
The creative process of shaping a video's color and contrast to set its mood and a signature look — the layer that turns footage into a film.
The natural ambient sound of a recording space, captured on its own so an editor can patch the silent gaps between words without a jarring dead cut.
The empty area around a subject that gives it room to breathe and pulls the eye straight to it — often the most deliberate part of the frame.
The aesthetic quality of the out-of-focus areas in an image — especially the soft, rounded rendering of blurred highlights behind a subject.
A transition where one clip gradually fades out as the next fades in, overlapping in the middle — time, softened.
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