Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
aire
English translation:
lead room / headroom
Added to glossary by
Bubo Coroman (X)
Nov 10, 2011 09:54
12 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Bubo Coroman (X)
dejar aire
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)
instructions for video recording
These are instructions for composing the picture:
Compagina planos generales con primeros planos.
Encaja bien la figura en la pantalla.
***Deja aire*** siguiendo un sentido lógico de dirección.
Evita objetos que se interpongan entre los personajes.
Graba siempre en horizontal.
Many thanks for your ideas.
Compagina planos generales con primeros planos.
Encaja bien la figura en la pantalla.
***Deja aire*** siguiendo un sentido lógico de dirección.
Evita objetos que se interpongan entre los personajes.
Graba siempre en horizontal.
Many thanks for your ideas.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | Set the lead room following... |
Ion Zubizarreta
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| 4 +5 | leave open space in the direction people are headed |
Jenni Lukac (X)
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| 3 | give it some air |
Daniel Frisano
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Proposed translations
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Ion Zubizarreta
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Spain
Audiovisual Translator - ENG>ESL/BAQ
Native in: Basque 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, English to Basque, Spanish to Basque, and 1 more.
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Set the lead room following...
I think that "lead room" would be the appropriate term in this context.
"Set The Lead Room. Lead room refers to the space you should put in front of a subject that is looking or moving left to right – or right to left. This can be a person standing still in profile speaking to someone who is off camera, or a car that’s moving as you pan or track with it. It’s common to put more lead room in front of the subject, but not so much that the subject’s back is against the frame behind it. The space in front is more important to the viewer than the space behind."
http://www.misteridigital.com/2010/rules-of-composition-in-t...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_room
"Set The Lead Room. Lead room refers to the space you should put in front of a subject that is looking or moving left to right – or right to left. This can be a person standing still in profile speaking to someone who is off camera, or a car that’s moving as you pan or track with it. It’s common to put more lead room in front of the subject, but not so much that the subject’s back is against the frame behind it. The space in front is more important to the viewer than the space behind."
http://www.misteridigital.com/2010/rules-of-composition-in-t...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_room
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thank you so much to all who answered and to Charles for the reference, which is what Ion's answer refers to, and his comment on Jenni's answer about it being an authentic Spanish expression (the text is newly written, in Spain)"
3 mins
Daniel Frisano
Italy
Italy
Italy
100% human translation, always
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, German to Italian, and 14 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
give it some air
whatever they mean in the original... it's not clear at all!
+5
8 mins
leave open space in the direction people are headed
It must be a bad SP translation of a poorly written original text:
Composing people pictures
www.kodak.com/.../PageQuerier.j... -
Open space: When a person moves across your camera's field of view, the final image ... Leave the open space in the direction in which the subject is headed. ... on Photography - Composition
www.azuswebworks.com/photography/compositi... - Traducir esta página
Direction of Movement; Diagonals; Rule of Thirds; YouTube Videos; More Videos ... it is best to leave space in front of the subject so it appears to be moving into, ...
Composing people pictures
www.kodak.com/.../PageQuerier.j... -
Open space: When a person moves across your camera's field of view, the final image ... Leave the open space in the direction in which the subject is headed. ... on Photography - Composition
www.azuswebworks.com/photography/compositi... - Traducir esta página
Direction of Movement; Diagonals; Rule of Thirds; YouTube Videos; More Videos ... it is best to leave space in front of the subject so it appears to be moving into, ...
Peer comment(s):
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Charles Davis
: I think it's an authentic Spanish expression in the video/TV world; see reference (which wouldn't fit here!)
9 mins
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Thanks, Charles. If pictures accompany this text it could make more sense.
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Helena Chavarria
12 mins
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Greetings and thanks, Nodi4.
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| agree |
Damian Hosford
: leave space, yes
2 hrs
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Cheers and thanks, Damian.
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Jorge Arteaga M.D.
2 hrs
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Thanks very much, Dr. Arteaga.
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eski
6 hrs
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Greetings and thanks, eski.
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Reference comments
22 mins
Reference:
aire = space at the edge of the frame (apparently)
This passage, from La Producción de Video en el Aula by Susana Espinosa & Eduardo Abbate, suggests that "dejar aire" means leave space at the edge of the frame:
"Lo que vemos en el visor o viewfinder de la cámara no es exactamente lo que veremos en el televisor, ya que éste no utilizará el 100% de los márgenes superior, inferior, derecho e izquierdo.
Por lo tanto, sea para títulos o sea para no cortar porciones de cabeza de una persona, debemos dejar «aire» en los márgenes, es decir, no dejar información importante cercana a cualquiera de los cuatro bordes".
http://books.google.es/books?id=9QfXXK0LXHoC&pg=PA84&lpg=PA8...
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Note added at 26 mins (2011-11-10 10:20:58 GMT)
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Another example, particularly relevant here, I think:
"La ley de la mirada
Esta sencilla regla afirma que toda persona o animal dentro de la foto debe de tener más espacio libre hacia su parte delantera que lo que ocupa su parte trasera [...]
Lo que dice la regla es que, si estás fotografiando un sujeto que mira en una dirección, debes dar más "aire", esto es, debe haber más espacio vacio en la dirección en la que mira que en la contraria."
http://www.dzoom.org.es/noticia-1407.html
"Lo que vemos en el visor o viewfinder de la cámara no es exactamente lo que veremos en el televisor, ya que éste no utilizará el 100% de los márgenes superior, inferior, derecho e izquierdo.
Por lo tanto, sea para títulos o sea para no cortar porciones de cabeza de una persona, debemos dejar «aire» en los márgenes, es decir, no dejar información importante cercana a cualquiera de los cuatro bordes".
http://books.google.es/books?id=9QfXXK0LXHoC&pg=PA84&lpg=PA8...
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Note added at 26 mins (2011-11-10 10:20:58 GMT)
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Another example, particularly relevant here, I think:
"La ley de la mirada
Esta sencilla regla afirma que toda persona o animal dentro de la foto debe de tener más espacio libre hacia su parte delantera que lo que ocupa su parte trasera [...]
Lo que dice la regla es que, si estás fotografiando un sujeto que mira en una dirección, debes dar más "aire", esto es, debe haber más espacio vacio en la dirección en la que mira que en la contraria."
http://www.dzoom.org.es/noticia-1407.html
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