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Cinematic techniques

A visual bible of camera, light, time, and editing — each entry explains the grammar of the shot, when to use it, and a prompt you can run in Studio. 177 techniques indexed. The gallery below shows techniques with EchoClip-generated previews only.

Framing and Shot Size

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Choker Shot (bcu)Close-up (cu)Cowboy Shot Cut-ins Cutaway Establishing Shot Extreme Close-up (ecu)Extreme Long Shot (els)Full Body (ws)Gesture

Camera Angles

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Bird's-eye View Dutch Angle Eye Level First-person Fourth Wall Ground Level High Angle Hip Level Incline Low Angle Object POV

Lighting

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Available Light Backlight Blue Hour Bounce Light Broad Lighting Butterfly Lighting Cameo Lighting Candlelight Chiaroscuro Cross Lighting Dappled Light Epiphany Eye Light Fill Light

Composition

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Architexture Asymmetry Centered Composition Central Framing Clean Frame Diagonal Composition Dirty Frame Figure-ground Foreground Interest Frame Within Frame

Lenses and Optics

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135mm Telephoto 14mm Ultra-wide 200mm Long Telephoto 24mm Wide 35mm Moderate Wide 50mm Normal 85mm Portrait Anamorphic Fisheye Macro

Color and Film Look

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Bleach Bypass Color Shift Cool Blue Cross Process Day For Night Desaturation Filmic Faded Hyper-saturation Monochrome Moonlight Gel

Time and Motion

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Boomerang Bullet Time Fast Motion Freeze Frame Frozen In Motion Infinite Loop Long Take Low Shutter Moonwalk Motion Blur Slow Motion

In-Camera and Optical Effects

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Altered State Anamorphic Flare Anthropo Argus Bokeh Bubbles Chromatic Aberration Cinemagraph Collage Cyclope Datamosh Deep Focus Diorama Distortions Double Exposure Duplication Echo Print Feedback Film Grain

Editing and Transitions

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Axial Cut Crash Cut Cross-cutting Dissolve Fade In / Fade Out Flash Cut Fragments Graphic Match Invisible Cut Iris

Atmosphere and Weather

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Atmospheric Haze Dust And Sand Dust Motes Fog Mist Ocean Rain Smoke Snow Sparks And Embers Steam

Genre Looks

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Animation Arthouse Blockbuster Gloss BTS Cinéma Vérité Cosmic Horror Documentary Dreamcore Dystopian Film Noir

Viral Looks

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2000s Paparazzi 3D Render Acid Action Figure Agamemnon Akrill Blue Depth Broken Mirror Canvas Casual Monster Slayer Cold Vision Comic Dolphin Ride Fairytale Castle Fallen Angel