Movie Training & Film Making Tips – Volume 7
Movie Training & Film Making Tips – Volume 7
In this installment of Film Making tips, we’re going to finish up our list of terms. Please note, there are a lot more than these. They’re just some that I felt you should know.
ND – Neutral Density is a type of gel or filter that decreases the light level while not affecting the color temperature. ND filters are commonly used on exterior shoots on bright days.
PA – Production assistant. The PA is the lowest position on a set and usually acts as a gofer for everything from food to supplies.
Par – The term PAR refers to a specific type of light bulb (parabolic reflector bulb) where the reflector is sealed into the bulb such as a household flood bulb.
Power balancing – The process of balancing power on a generator that has multiple phases. General rule of thumb is to keep all legs within 50 amps of each other.
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Prep day – The day before principal photography where the electrical staff organizes the equipment, the truck, and all of the gels.
Reversal film – Also called positive film (as opposed to negative), reversal film captures the actual image instead of a negative version of the image. Common slide film is an everyday example of reversal film.
Room tone – The background noise of the room when no one is talking. The soundman must take about 30 seconds of room tone to make sure that in post-production work (such as an ADR session).
Scrim – Used to cut the amount of light from a light without diffusing it. Usually consists of a steel frame with a tight weave metal grid inside.
Selective focus – Using an aperture setting to provide shallow depth-of-field thereby keeping only the selected actor or object in focus while blurring the
foreground and background.
Soft box – Light box fixture that casts a soft warm light. Soft boxes are often hand-made by the DP and are used to provide flattering wraparound light for the actor’s faces, eye lights, or light reflective surfaces.
Soft focus – The image captured is diffuse and slightly fuzzy. This technique generally uses a special filter and is often used either for a dream sequence or to soften the lines and wrinkles of an actress or actor.
Video village – Location of 1 or more monitors that show the camera image. Often set up for the director to examine framing or when a small set is being used and a minimum of personnel can be near the shooting.
Wall plate – Also called a pigeon plate or nail-on plate, a wall plate mounts to a surface with nails or screws and provides a mount for a light fixture, camera, or
clamp.
Wild track – Sound footage that is taken without accompanying film footage being shot. Often a wild track is extra dialogue (such as ‘Look out below!’) that occurs off camera and will be added in post-production.
There you go. I hope you find these useful.
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