Final Flashcards
1
Q
Most common lens in light fixtures
A
Fresnel
2
Q
What attribute of a tungsten light is the most commonly used identification descriptor?
A
Wattage
3
Q
What is the most powerful type of Fresnel light available
A
18k HMI
4
Q
What unit is described as the “Jeep of Lights”
A
2k
5
Q
T or F
HMI Lights are extremely reliable and efficient
A
FALSE
6
Q
T or F
A brute arc can be either daylight or tungsten balanced
A
True
7
Q
T or F
Open faced lights are poorly suited to situations where bounce light is needed
A
True
8
Q
T or F
The PAR light is basically a car headlight that comes in a variety of beam patterns and wattages
A
True
9
Q
T or F
The MaxiBrute usually has 9 tungsten par bulbs and is a good low budget option when you need ‘tremendous punch’
A
True
10
Q
T or F
The difference between the MaxiBrute and a FAY light is that the FAY is daylight balanced
A
True
11
Q
T or F
HMI PARs are different from tungsten PARs in that the tungsten PARs have interchangeable lenses
A
False
12
Q
T or F
The studio soft light has the advantage of being easy to transport
A
False
13
Q
T or F
The leading manufacturer of fluorescent lights for film and video is not Kino Flo
A
False
14
Q
T or F
Ordinary fluorescent bulbs do not have a continuous spectrum and have a heavy spike in the green area
A
True
15
Q
T or F
It is generally acceptable to use lights with a CRI of above 80
A
False
16
Q
T or F
Cyc lights are open-faced lights
A
True
17
Q
T or F
A Musco is a small light sometimes used as a catch light
A
False
18
Q
T or F
If you are needing a very directional light that can be cut into a specific shape, a “source four” is a good option
A
True
19
Q
T or F
A roving light designed to run off of a battery belt is generically called a “sungun”
A
True
20
Q
T/F
A scrim will diffuse the light, 1 stop for red, 1/2 stop for green
A
False
21
Q
T/F
Bringing a light to set without scrims and barndoors is like wearing a T-shirt that says “I’m an amateur”
A
True
22
Q
If you are shooting at ISO 6400, which ISO will make the sensor half as sensitive to light?
A
3200
23
Q
If you have a shutter angle of 180 and a frame rate of 24fps, what will your shutter speed be? What is the closest approximation of this you can get on a DSLR?
A
___________
Stupid shutter angles
24
Q
If you have a shutter angle of 90 and a frame rate of 300fps, what will your shutter speed be?
A
________
25
How many stops darker will a .6ND filter make your exposure?
2
26
If you are working with 80 footcandles of light, how many foot candles would you need to make your scene 1 stop brighter?
80 more
| 160 total
27
If you are filming at f4, which aperture will allow twice as much light to pass through the lens?
F2.8
28
F-stop sequence from 1-64
1 1.4 2 2.8 4 5.6 8 11 16 22 32 45 64
29
T/F
| Directly frontal key lighting will flatten features and make the face look more round
True
30
two most common color balances
3200
| ______
31
2 most common ways to create separation between foreground and background
Light subject on dark background/dark subject on light background
Backlight
32
T/F
Lighting is one of the main tools you have to direct the viewers' attention within your frame or scene
33
T/F
| The author suggests that the tools at hand will determine whether or not you will be able to do good work
False
34
T/F
| You will generally wait until the day of filming to get a sense for how you would like to approach the scene
False
35
T/F
| The author feels that rehearsals are not that important for lighting a scene
False
36
Dead soldier
Extra lights set up and ready to use if needed
37
T/F
| A fill light must always be a soft light on the shadow side of the camera
False
38
T/F
| A hair light is a type of back light
True
39
T/F
| A kicker and a rim light are the same thing
False
40
What are the two variables that control the hardness of a light
Distance
| _________
41
T/F
| Smoke will not have a diffusing effect on light
False
42
T/F
| Scenes that have an overall sense of being brightly lit are said to be "low key"
False
43
T/F
Modulation is a term that is used to describe the effect of breaking light up, for example what happens when light goes through tree branches or blinds
True
44
DIT
__________
45
T/F
| The author suggests that the waveform monitor is the "light meter" of video
True
46
Vector scope provides information on
Color
47
T/F
| The author suggest that lighting for two camera is not that different than lighting for one
False
48
T/F
| F8 means that the diameter of the opening in the iris is 1/8 of the focal length of the lens
True
49
T/F
| Opening the aperture by two stops will double the amount of light passing through the lens
False
50
T/F
| Soft light sources fall off in brightness according to the inverse square law
False
51
T/F
| Once film has been exposed to light it is said to contain a "latent image"
True
52
T/F
With color negative film areas of bright exposure are clear or transparent on the negative after the film has been developed
True
53
T/F
| F11 passes more light than f8
False
54
What ISO is 1 stop more sensitive than 32?
64
55
T/F
| Gamma is the slope of the straight-line portion I of the characteristic curve and generally relates to contrast
True
56
T/F
The presence of a toe and shoulder in a film's characteristic curve mean that it does not have a linear response to light
True
57
What percentage of light does a gray card reflect?
________%
58
T/F
"Fall" describes what happens to the rest of the values in a scene once you have placed a certain element in the scene at a specific zone
True
59
Incident light meter
Measures the light from the source
| Ex. Metering the wall and having the proper exposure
60
Reflected light meter
Measures light from the scene/subject
| Ex. Metering someone's face and receiving a reading
61
T/F
| The zone system works in terms of grayscale values and cannot be applied to color images
False
62
T/F
| In many cases the palm of your hand can be used as a quick reference for mid tone exposure value
True
63
How many stops will .9ND compensate your exposure
3
64
T/F
| The colors that we perceive are a result of the ratios of the three primary colors that our eyes are sensitive to
True
65
T/F
| They Purkinje Effect is responsible for the convention that moonlight is blue in filmmaking
True
66
T/F
| Hue is the term that expresses the strength of the color
False
67
T/F
| Value is the term that expresses the bright/dark attribute of color
True
68
T/F
| On an additive color wheel, the color opposite green is yellow
False
69
T/F
The law of simultaneous contrast states that when colors are next to each other, the difference between them is minimized
False
70
T/F
| Me tamarisk is the phenomenon of colors matching under one light source, but appearing different under another source
True
71
The Kelvin system was named after
Lord Kelvin
72
Color temperature tells us what we need to know about the green magenta balance of light
False
73
T/F
| Sources with a CRI of above 90 are considered appropriate for photographic purposes
True
74
T/F
| Mired values are used to calculate color corrections
True
75
T/F
| Full CTO and Full CTB have equivalent absolute tired values, but one is + and one is -
True
76
T/F
| When using HMI lights it is often helpful to have 1/8 and 1/4 minus green and CTO on hand
True
77
Amps=___/___
Watts/volts
78
Electrical tie-ins can be dangerous
True
79
T/F
| Three phase power is the most common type for household use
False
80
T/F
| Voltage is often compared to pressure in a water pipe
True
81
T/F
| Batteries are not used for film lighting
False
82
How many paper amps would a 1000W light use
10
83
T/F
One of the ways you can get a large supply of electricity is by connecting directly to the inside of a breaker panel, but only a qualified electrician should do this
True
84
T/F
| A bull switch is fused power switch for the mains
True
85
T/F
| Feeder cable is the high capacity cable that comes from the generator or mains
True
86
T/F
| A "lunch-box" is a unit that accepts feeder cable and outputs camlok
False
87
T/F
| The current on the neutral is equal to the sum of the difference between the load on the hot legs
True
| Neutral should be 0
88
T/F
| Tungsten lights will run on DC if necessary
True
89
T/F
| When working in the rain it becomes less important to properly ground electrical equipment
False
90
T/F
| If a lighting control device is attached to the light, it is not part of the grips' responsibility
True
91
T/F
| A reflector is more useful than a 2.5k HMI is on a sunny day
True
92
When it is very windy, what should be done with reflectors when not in use
Lay them on the ground
93
Branchaloris
When branches used as "cookies" or "dingles" enter the frame
94
T/F
| A net is like a flag, but instead of opaque black duvetyne, they are covered with bobbinet
True
95
Which angle of tie down line is used in tying large frames down
Shallow angle
96
T/F
| When you order an overhead kit 'complete' it will come with a silk, a solid, a single net, and a double net
True
97
When tying down large frames, what should you tie to
Heavy sandbags
| Not permanent objects or the base of other stands
98
T/F
| Gobo arms have a grip head permanently attached to one end
True
99
T/F
| One of the advantages of a studded c-clamp is that it will not damage surfaces
False
100
A baby plate mounted to a half apple box is called a
Pigeon
101
T/F
| A camera wedge is smaller than a standard wedge
True
102
T/F
| Apple boxes only come in two sizes, full and half
False
103
Top decision maker on US shoots regarding lighting
DP
104
Top decision maker on British shoots regarding lighting
Lighting Director
105
Why should the G&E crew arrive on set early
To claim a good staging area
To prepare and organize equipment
To establish reputation as a dependable worker
106
T/F
| The DIT is part of the lighting crew
T/F
| Member of the G&E crew will be expected to have a basic set of specialized tools to do their job
107
T/F
| For the G&E crew, establishing a well-planned cable path can be a critical part of a successful day
True
108
Factors of exposure
Light
Lens
Shutter speed
Sensitivity
109
Light (factor of exposure)
Existing light
| Additional light
110
Lens (factor of exposure)
Filtration
| Aperture
111
Shutter speed (factor of light)
Frame rate
| Shutter angle
112
Sensitivity (factor of light)
Gain
| ISO/ASA
113
Shutter angle
Contributes to the temporal aesthetic of your work and has to do with how cinematic your work looks
114
Shutter speed
How long the camera allows light to come in before closing the shutter
115
All about the HMI
Great for night exteriors (CTB) and day exteriors
Hard light
Efficient: 800 joker is as powerful as 2k
Daylight balanced
Requires ballast
Expensive
116
Flag kit
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Single net
Double net
Duavtyne
Silk
Cookies (glue on/mesh)
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117
Pipe Example
Watts=water
Voltage=pressure
Ampacity=pipe size
118
Grifflon
Heavy duty tarp-white on one side black on the other
| Usually on the 6x6
119
What is bouncing light the same as
Diffusing light
120
What zone is the mid tone (gray)
| Scale 0-10
5
121
What zone is skin tone
5-7
122
Additive color system
RGB
