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Colour grading & look development · Working

Power window

Also called: window

ELI5

A shaped matte used to isolate an image region for colour adjustment.

Used in conversation

“The power window changes the audience’s experience, so judge it against the whole scene.”

Pitch context

You may encounter this in a series pitch, pilot process, writers' room or commissioning conversation.

Why it matters: Explains how recorded material becomes a finished, approved and technically deliverable work.

Connected terms

When the words have to travel

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