1 The Director of Photography – an overview

Index 205
Scouting, 8–9
Scratch tests, 149–50
Seconic combined exposure meter,
105–6
Sensitometric curve, 77–9
three point image control and,
113–14
Sensitometry, 77–81
Sepia filters, 129
Set box, 26
70 mm film, 180–2
Shadow, 125–6
Sharpness, perceived, 50–3
Shipping film stock, 75–6
Short pitch, 73
Shutter, 40
Shutter speed, 101–2
Silver halide, 63, 64, 66–8
Sixths, 162–3
65 mm film, 180–1
Skin tone warmer filter, 129
Spot meters, 104–5
Pentax Digital Spotmeter, 104–5,
113
Star filters, 131
Steady tests, 147–8
Stores, 154–6
Subjective shots, 172–5
Sunlight, 125–6
Super 16 mm format, 138, 167
depth of field and, 138–9
Super 16 to 35 mm blow-ups,
137–8
festival prints and, 197
for television, 185, 189–91
16 � 9 television and, 191–2
history of, 189–91
Super 35 format, 182
Swarf, 26
Tape stick, 26
Technical recce, 8–9
Technical schedule, 23
Telecine grading, 90–1
Telephoto lenses, 54–5
Television:
16 � 9 television, 191–2
35 mm film depth of field, 138
aspect ratios, 183–5, 189–97
frame rates, 39, 101
framing in several formats, 192–4
framing solutions, 194–7
high definition (HD), 191, 198–9
image control, 114
lighting ratios, 107–10
Super 16 mm format, 138, 189–92
widescreen television, 138
Testing, 146–56
gamma testing, 153
lens testing, 150–3
focus tests at various distances,
152–3
infinity test, 151
resolution test, 151
non-film testing, 153–4
reasons for, 146
responsibility for, 146–7
stores, 154–6
tests involving shooting film,
147–50
camera steady tests, 147–8
fog tests, 150
frame leader, 148–9
scratch tests, 149–50
Thirds, rule of, 159–62
35 mm film:
depth of field, when only shown
on television, 138
Super 16 to 35 mm blow-ups,
137–8
35 mm frame, 177
Three-perforation pull-down, 178–9
Three-point image control, 111–14
for television, 114
sensitometric curve and, 113–14
Time-keeping, 33
Trainees, 24–5
Triplets, 61
Tripod testing, 153–4
Tungsten light:
colour correction, 126
colour temperature, 125
Two-perforation pull-down, 179–80
Ultra contrast filters, 130
Video assist, 25
Viewfinder, 43–4
Viewing glass, 133–4
Viewing screens, 45
Vision, persistence of, 37–8
Weston Master light meter, 103–4
Wide-angle lenses, 55
close-ups and, 171
Widescreen format, 178
Widescreen television, 138
Williamson camera mechanism, 41
Wratten filters, 126–7, 128–9
X-ray radiation, 75–6
Zeiss lenses, 54, 55, 57–8, 61
Zoom lenses, 55
distortion, 59