What is that?

[Mercedes Benzene]

Whenever I see a clip of a film studio, or someone directing a movie, etc, the director (or one of the other film lackies) always seems to hold up a gadget to the person before being filmed.

Does anyone know what it is? My best guess was some sort of light meter or something... but I want to know exactly what it does. It usually appears as a small gadget, maybe about the size of a camera, with a white circular instrument at the top.

Just curious...

[Buffy]

White bulb thingy: yah, that's a light meter.

 

They still use tape measures for focus pulling too...

 

Quiet on the set,

Buffy

[Mercedes Benzene]

Success! Thanks Buffy!

So, what exactly are light meters used for?

It seems like such a magical device. I picture it informing you "okay. the light is good. shoot."

...but I have a feeling that's not exactly how it works. :hihi:

 

I just found a link after searching "director's light meter".

The reason I couldn't find it before was that I just googled "light meter", and that turned up nothing. :lol:

Spectra Cine, Inc -Spectra Professional IV-A (The Most Accurate Meter Ever Built)

[Buffy]

Um, setting the shutter speed and the f-stop...haven't you ever used an SLR camera? Film (and actually video) is the same thing...

 

Why the heck is this in Computer Science? :hihi:

 

Clapper,

Buffy

[Mercedes Benzene]

Why the heck is this in Computer Science?

 

Under the description of the forum it says "gadgets". :hihi:

Sorry.

[Buffy]

We should probably fix that description...there's a relatively new forum called "Technology and Gadgets" now...

 

Frobbing the widget,

Buffy

[Mercedes Benzene]

True.... I guess I forgot about it.

Thanks for moving it.