Image
A still frame is a description. Everything you leave out gets invented.
- Subject
- Who or what, and in what state. “A woman” is a placeholder; “a woman shielding her eyes from low sun” is a picture.
- Setting
- Where it is, and roughly when. A time of day does more work than a list of adjectives.
- Light
- Direction and quality. Backlit, overcast, single hard source — this is what separates a photograph from a render.
- Framing
- How close, and from where. Close-up, wide, low angle, over the shoulder.
- Style
- A medium and a treatment: 35mm film, flat vector, watercolour. Name one, not five.
- What to leave out
- The thing the engine keeps adding that you do not want — text on the image, extra people, a logo.