Lens·Tele
100mm
100mm starts to feel surveilled. Deep compression, no environment.
What it reads as
"we're watching from outside"
Every focal length carries an emotional read independent of subject. Filmmakers internalise this over years of watching films; the shorthand on this page is what we'd tell a director who's still building that intuition.
Best for
- tense observation
- Hitchcockian POV from across the street
- the still object
Pairs naturally with
Tele lenses isolate the subject. They're at their strongest in Tense and Melancholic tones, where compression doubles as emotional posture.
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Shoot a film at 100mm.
Studio's cinematography panel lets you pin 100mm as the default focal length on every block. Refine per scene as the film demands.
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