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Timing, pacing & speed · Specialist

Speed ramp

ELI5

A changing playback speed that accelerates or slows within a shot.

Used in conversation

“Let’s review the speed ramp in the next edit session.”

Pitch context

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

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

When the words have to travel

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