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98 Cards in this Set
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Proposal
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short, sweet, and to the point
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Treatment
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film as you see it written down, description, present tense
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budget
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accounting of what every aspect of the movie costs
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storyboard
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a sequential series of illustrations, stills, rough sketches and/or captions of events, as seen through the camera lens, that outline the various shots
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script
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the prescribed form as a series of master scenes, with all the dialogue provided and the essential actions and character movements described
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emulsion
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soft top layer of film stock, light sensitive material
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base
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firm flexible suport material that the emilsion rests on
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raw stock
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unexposed film: negative, reversal, color, and black & white
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negative
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most professional films, after film is developed renders a scene with reversed tonalities
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reversal
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show a normal image as soon as they are developed
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original camera negative
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any film that was shot by a camera, as opposed to a print or intermediate copy
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ASA
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specific number used to measure Film Speed. Same as I.E. and I.S.O. A.S.A. stands for American Standards Association, the organization that standardized the scale of measurement of film speed
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Film Speed
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sensitivity to light of a particular type of film for proper exposure
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contrast
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measures the seperation of tones (lights and darks) in an image
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perforations
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holes on side of the film used to progress fim through the camera
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key number
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numbers that track the footage, allow each frome of the film to be identified by number
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sprockets
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teeth on a roller designed to engage with the perforations in film
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film core
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plastic hub used to hold film without a reel
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film gate
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opening on a camera just behind the lens, through which a single frame is exposed
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aperture
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rectangle through which light from the lense shines, defines the border of the image. Diameter of the lense
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shutter
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blocks light from the film when it is moving between successive exposures
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claw
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pulls down each frame for film exposure and holds it steady in the film gate during exposure
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lense
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focuses light from the world into the film
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lense mount
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receptacle where the lense is attached to the camera
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pressure plate
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holds film flat during exposure
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aperture plate
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plate between the lense and the fillm
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viewfinder
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allows the camera operator to see what image is being recorded on the film
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rexflex viewfinder
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diverts light coming through the lense to a viewfinder
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mirrored shutter system
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light is diverted form the lense to a viewfinder screen by a mirror shtter
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beam-splitter system
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partially reflecting mirror or prism in the light path diverting some of the light to the viewfinder, takes some light away from film exposure
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diopter adjustment
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part of the viewfinding system that can be adjusted to compensate for your own particular eyesight, allowing you to see the groundglass clearly
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eyepiece
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what you use to see what you are shooting, problem with letting in extra light
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film chamber
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light-tight compartment that holds the film before and after it is exposed to the light
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motor
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supplies the power to run the film past the lense for exposure
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spring-wound
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type of motor that is hand-cranked before shooting
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electric
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type of motor
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supply reel
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reel with unexposed film
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take-up reel
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empty reel, used to gather up film after it has been exposed
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magazine
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detachable film chambers with one or two light-proof chambers that hold film
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exposure
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time x intensity
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variable shutter
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shutter angle can be narrowed to change the shutter speed
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standard speed
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film projection speed 24 fps
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slow motion
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shot at faster than 24 fps but projected as normal
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fast motion
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shot at slower than 24 fps but projected as normal
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undercranking
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to run the camera slower, producing fast motion
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time-lapse
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single frame shooting used to dramatically speed up action over a long period of time. Typically where a single frame is shot after a consistent pause
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Aaton
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quiet camera used to sync-sound filming (company name)
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Bolex
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16mm camera (company name)
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Arriflex
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camera company
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variable-speed motor
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runs a camera at speed faster or slower than sound speed, used in cameras not intended for sync sound work
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Barney
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used to dampen camera noise
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registration
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refers to the steadiness of the image, the cameras ability to expose each frame in the same place relative to the sprocket holes
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ditty bag
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cinematograpjers's or assisant's bag
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tripod
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three-legged camera support
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fluid head
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have a built-in hydraulic dampening device to make panning much easier
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focal plane
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where light rays are brought back to a point
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zoom lense
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have a range of focal lengths, allowing you to change focal length during a shot
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prime lenses
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have only one focal length (fixed focal length lenses)
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fast lenses
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fow low light filming, lens with a very wide maximum aperture (small f-stop number)
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slow lenses
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lens with a relatively small maximum aperture (large f-stop number), can’t let in a lot of light
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focal length
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distance from the lense to the focal plane, power of lense to bend light rays coming from the subject.
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perspective
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the rate at which objects become smaller the farther they are from the camera
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wide-angle
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shorter focal length than normal, 10mm (fish eye)
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standard
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normal or medium focal length, 25mm
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telephoto
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longer focal length than normal, long lense 75mm, extreme close up
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f-stop
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speed of the lense, ratio between the focal length of the lense and its diameter (aperature)
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iris diaphragm
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inside the lense, can close down to control the amount of light it lets through
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depth of field
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the zone, measured in in terms of near distance and far distance from the camera, where the image appears acceptable sharp
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circle of confusion
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any point that is nearer or farther from the camera than the plane of critical focus registers as a circle on film instead of a point
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sharpness
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how clear the image can be
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flare
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caused by light striking the lens and either fogging the image, or causing a little row of polygons (the silhouette of the iris) to appear from the light hitting the surfaces of the many elements in the lens
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incident light
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amount of light falling on the objects
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reflective light
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light that is reflected from the object, measured with a reflected light sensor at the camera
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key light
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brightest light, casts the primary shadow
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fill light
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fills in the shadows cast by the key light without casting shadows of its own
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backlight
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placed on the opposite side of the subject from the camera, produces highlights on hair/back of subject
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ambient light
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the natural light (usually soft) or surrounding light around a subject in a scene
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available light
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the naturally-existing light in an off-set location
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hi-light
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the use of thin beams of light to illuminate selected or limited parts of the subject
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intensity
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decreases the further from the light source you go
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color temperature
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measurement of the color of light, and film is very sensitive to color temperature
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lighting contrast
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relationship in light intensity between the brightly lit areas and the shadow areas
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diffusion
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spreads the light, disrupts the hard parallel rays and cuts down the light's intensity
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soft-light
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light is less directional
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head
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small round clamp, usually used in conjunction with an arm on a C-Stand
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tungsten
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artificial light
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quartz
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bulbs that employ a tungstn filament surrounded by halogen gas encased in a quartz glass bulb
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halogen
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the gas contained in the lamp of a Quartz Light, which prolongs the life of the tungsten filament
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barndoors
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block the beam from going where you don't want it
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flood
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a lamp that provides general diffuse lighting on a studio set
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spot
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most controllable kind of lighting
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reflector
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a white or silver card used for soft indirect lighting of the subject by bouncing light off the card. Can also be used to provide a gentle brightening of shadow areas
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space blanket
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foil sheet taped to make an excellent reflecting surface on a dark or colored wall
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flag
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large black cloth on a frame used on a shoot to keep light out of part of the composition
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scrim
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circular wire mesh screens that can be placed in front of a lighting unit to reduce the intensity
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silk
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white silk material mounted on frames, they cut down the light while diffusing it somehow
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3-point lighting
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use key light, fill light, and back light
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day for night
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shooting night scenes during the day, by using filters and underexposure
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