Where the rest lives

Four subjects that make a film feel real have their own topics.

• The honest, fallible operator: handheld written as the operator's body (see Camera and lens → The honest, fallible operator).

• The camera dose: one designed move, its size written twice (see Camera and lens → The camera dose).

• Blinks: a blink where a thought turns (see Performance → Blinks mark thought).

• Texture once: one grain per film, applied once in finishing; hard stops are judged before it (see The grade and texture → Texture once). Gate weave only for film-era looks (see The grade and texture → Gate weave, glow and halation).

Who is "filming" each scene, the capture, is part of the look line (see Light and look → The capture in the look line).