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Originally Posted by Grog12
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Another thing to keep in mind is that typically they don't use dimmers in film lighting....they use...crap what are they called...basically pieces of scrim that cut down the light out put...available in singles and doubles. This is meant to keep you from Amber shifting any of your lights............................................ ........................................
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"Scrims" is what some of them are called, Scrims, Screens, flags, cookies, and cutters. here's a link for anyone interested.
http://www.dtcgrip.com/Rentals/rentalcover.htm
Usually when you rent a "movie Light" you get a little box, or sometimes bag, called a scrim bag. It's typically filled with little pieces of screen that will fit into the color holders. A lot of times the screens will be stuck together because of the Gaffers love of "Snot Tape".
There are also some other peices of fabric stretched on metal frames, usually white or silver called "Bounces". A bounce allows for dynamic filling by a first unit gaffer whilst the camera is rolling.
Dimmers are occasionally used, but typically in the form of an autotransformer, and again usually for color matching.
You don't use color frames in the movies either, you use C-47's or snot tape.