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Osman Al Ahnaf · 2026

Writing

Notes from the edit bay.

Occasional essays on cutting, grading, drawing letters, and why those three things are the same thing.

  • March 2025 · 6 min read

    The cut is the story

    Editing isn't about hiding the seams — it's about choosing which seams the audience is allowed to feel.

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  • January 2025 · 4 min read

    Letters under directional light

    Notes from a month spent building physical type and photographing it like film stills.

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  • November 2024 · 8 min read

    Why teal and orange still works

    A defense of the most maligned color grade in cinema, and what it actually does to memory.

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