Cinematography, organized

Remember how you made the shot.

FrameRecipe keeps the finished frame together with the camera, lens, light, exposure, setup photographs, and diagram behind it.

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A warmly lit cinematic interior frame
Recipe 024Night Interior
CameraSony VENICE 2 · Atlas Mercury 42mm
ExposureT2.8 · 800 EI · 4300K
KeyARRI M18 · ½ Grid · 12 ft
The problem

The frame stays.
The details fade.

A setup comes together through dozens of decisions. Six months later, the image is easy to remember. The placement, distances, settings, and modifiers are not.

FrameRecipe preserves the setup while it is still in front of you.

Which lens?01
What stop?02
How far was the key?03
What was the negative?04
Where was the camera?05
The Recipe

One frame. The complete setup behind it.

FINISHED FRAME · RECIPE 024Quiet Interior
Camera
Sony VENICE 2
Atlas Mercury 42mm · 800 EI · 4300K
Lighting
Key — ARRI M18
½ Grid · 5600K · 12 ft → subject · 8 ft high
Negative — 12×12 Solid
Camera right · Combo stand
Exposure
T2.8Subject
−2Face fill
4.8fc
3 setup photos1 diagram
Lighting diagram

The plan is connected to the Recipe.

Not a disconnected sketch. Every camera, light, modifier, height, and distance comes from the technical record you already made.

RecordPlaceRecreate
Quiet Interior · Lighting PlanRecipe 024
BACKGROUND WALL / WINDOWSUBJECTA-CAMERAVENICE 2 · 42MMKEY · M185600K · 12 FT½ GRIDNEGATIVE12×12 SOLIDFILL · LITEMAT 4BOUNCECAMERA MOVE
Emits lightShapes / blocksSoftens
Behind the scenes view of a warm interior cinematography setup
01 · PhotographSave each setup view
02 · IdentifyLight, exposure, measure
03 · ContinueNo wizard. Stop anytime.
Capture the setup

Document it while it is still standing.

Take the BTS photo, identify the key, record the distance, then take the next view. FrameRecipe carries forward the camera, lens, project equipment, and everything the Recipe already knows.

Enter it once. Use it wherever it belongs.

Built for the way cinematographers think

Technical, without becoming a form.

01

Camera + Lens

A-CameraSony VENICE 2
LensAtlas Mercury 42mm · T2.8
Exposure800 EI · 24 fps · 180°
White balance4300K
02

Lighting

KeyARRI M18
Modifier½ Grid
Placement12 ft · 8 ft high
Color5600K
03

Exposure

T2.8Subject
−2Face fill
−2⅔Background
+1⅓Practical
04

Project Equipment

A · VENICE 2B · Sony FX3Atlas MercuryARRI M18LiteMat 4Astera Titan

A production can have several cameras, changing lenses, and a shared pool of lights. Each Recipe records only what it actually used.

Built for memory

Your memory keeps the frame.
FrameRecipe keeps the recipe.

You shot it six months ago. Now you can reconstruct it.

From set to archive

Your working memory becomes a body of knowledge.

Every Recipe adds to a searchable personal archive of lighting choices, lenses, cameras, modifiers, exposure decisions, and setups worth repeating.

Lighting setupsFind every setup built around an M18.
LensesRecall how the 42mm framed each location.
ExposureCompare the ratios you return to.
TechniquesKeep the decisions that made the image work.
FrameRecipe

Make the frame.
Keep the recipe.

A professional cinematography archive for the images you make and the knowledge behind them.

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