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Frame rate, shutter & time effects · Specialist

Shutter angle

ELI5

A cinema-camera setting controlling exposure time per frame and the amount of motion blur.

Used in conversation

“Let’s test the shutter angle before we lock the lighting approach.”

Pitch context

This term helps a treatment describe how the camera or light will shape the viewer's experience.

Why it matters: Explains what the image should look like and how it can be framed, captured and lit.

Connected terms

  • Frame rateFrame rate controls images captured per second; shutter controls each frame's exposure time and motion blur.
  • Shutter speedBoth set exposure time per frame; shutter angle expresses it relative to frame rate, while shutter speed expresses time directly.
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