1 The Director of Photography – an overview

Index 203
colour-compensating (CC) filters,
122–3, 128
colour-correction filters, 121–3,
128–9
coral, 129
enhancing, 132
fluorescent light correction, 132
fog filters, 130–1
double fog, 131
graduated, 129–30
low contrast, 130
matching shots, 132
nets, 131–2
neutral density, 130
pan glass, 133–4
polar screens, 132–3
pro-mist filters, 131
sepia, 129
skin tone warmer, 129
star filters, 131
ultra contrast, 130
Fixer, 67
Flare, 85–6
Fluorescent light correction
filters, 132
Focal length:
depth of field and, 139–41
emotional involvement and,
171–5
camera placement, 171
keeping the audience at arm’s
length, 172
subjective and objective shots,
172–5
frame size and, 166–7
normal focal length lenses, 176
Focus puller, 30–1
Focus tests, 152–3
Fog filters, 130–1
double fog, 131
Fog tests, 150
Fox Talbot, William Henry, 62–3
Frame leader, 148–9
Frame rates, 38–9, 101
television, 39, 101
Frame size, focal length and,
166–7
Framing:
diagonal framing, 163
in several formats, 163–5, 192–4
rule of thirds, 159–62
sixths, 162–3
solutions, 194–7
Full aperture, 177
Full negative, 32
Gaffer, 33
Gamma, 79–81
testing, 153
Gelatine support medium, 63, 64
Graduated filters, 129–30
Grain, 71
acceptable levels of, 72
Grey card, 115–19
as a messenger to laboratory, 115
controlling print density, 116–17
developments in, 118–19
intentional colour changes,
117–18
shifting colour, 117
Grip, 32–3
Guild calculator, 142–3
H and D curve, 77–9
Hair in the gate (HIG), 26
Head testing, 154
Herschel, Sir John, 62, 67
High definition (HD) television,
191, 198–9
digital presentation, 199
single-chip cameras, 199
three-chip cameras, 198–9
Hyperfocal distance, 141–2
Hypergonar lens, 180
Incident light meters, 103–4
Infinity test, 151
Infrared range finders, 30
ISO film speed, 79
Kelly calculator, 142–3
Kelvin, Lord William Thomson, 120
Key Kode, 74–5
Kodak grey card, 118–19, 155
Kodak perforation, 73
Laboratory, 82–91
cinema release prints, 87–8
contact printing, 84
film grading, 90
grey card as a messenger, 115
lab contact, 82
negative cutting, 86–7
long handled negative cut,
88–9
optical printers, 84–6
printer lights, 83–4
telecine grading, 90–1
Latent image, 66
Lenses, 49–61
characteristics of, 49–50
distortion, 59–61
chromatic aberration, 60–1
effect of, 59–60
fundamentals, 50
hypergonar lens, 180
long-focus lenses, 54–5
maximum aperture, 53–4
modern lens designs, 57–9
Cooke Lenses S4, 58–9