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Shutter angle

Meaning in film & television, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In film & television, shutter angle means: A way of expressing exposure time as an angle relative to one frame cycle, affecting motion blur.

In Turkish: örtücü açısı

How it is used

Camera crews choose shutter angle alongside frame rate; the same angle can mean different exposure times.

Example sentences

  1. We reduced the shutter angle to make the fight movements look sharper.

    A shorter exposure reduces blur in each moving frame.

  2. The shutter angle stayed fixed when we changed the frame rate.

    A fixed angle does not guarantee a fixed exposure duration.

Common collocations

  • adjust the shutter angle
  • 180-degree shutter angle
  • shotOne continuous piece of film recorded from the moment the camera starts until it stops, or the piece of it that appears between two cuts.
  • cinematographerThe head of the camera and lighting departments, who decides with the director how the film will look: framing, lenses, camera movement and light.

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