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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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Squeezer

Applications

A squeezer is a small box that has a dimmer control combined with an on/off switch (see figure 25-1). Squeezers are excellent for light control situations since they can be set to a particular light level and turned off and on while retaining that selected level. A squeezer can be used with most incandescent lights and many other electric devices (such as barber poles, old tape players, etc.).

The most common use of a squeezer is to control the light levels of practical lights (lights seen by the camera). This can be particularly useful to adjust the level of a practical to minimize lens flare. Since practicals are typically ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780240805467