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Nuts and Bolts Filmmaking
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Nuts and Bolts Filmmaking

by Dan Rahmel
August 2012
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
360 pages
12h 22m
English
Routledge
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Gray Card Incident Meter

Applications

Light meters are critical for proper lighting whether you’re shooting on video or film. While instructions for properly using a light meter are beyond the scope of this book, it is important to describe why a meter is necessary. The growth of digital technology, monitors, and video assist has convinced some filmmakers that using a meter is unnecessary. Only after they’ve shot poorly lit footage or gone dramatically over the shooting schedule that it becomes apparent that a light meter is an investment well worth making.

The most basic lighting for scene simply makes everything important visible. Most notable ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780240805467