Chapter 10: Lighting

Question 1

barn doors

Answer 1

metal flaps mounted in front of a lighting instrument that control the spread of light beam

Question 2

baselight

Answer 2

even, nondirectional light necessary for the camera to operate optimally

Question 3

broad

Answer 3

a floodlight with a broadside, panlike reflector

Question 4

clip light

Answer 4

small internal reflector spotlight that is clipped to scenery or furniture with a gator clip

Question 5

color temperature

Answer 5

the standard by which we measure the relative reddishness or bluishness of white light indoor:3200 outdoor:5600 kelvin

Question 6

cookie

Answer 6

a popularization of the original term cucoloris. any pattern cut out of thin metal that when placed inside or in front of an ellipsoidal light produces a shadow

Question 7

dimmer

Answer 7

a device that controls the intensity

Question 8

ellipsoidal spotlight

Answer 8

spotlight that produces a very defined beam, which can be shaped with shutters

Question 9

flag

Answer 9

a thin rectangular sheet of metal, plastic etc used to block light from falling on a specific area

Question 10

floodlight

Answer 10

produces diffused light with a relatively undefined beam edge

Question 11

flourescent

Answer 11

lamps that generate light by activating a gas filled tube to give off ultraviolet radiation which lights up the phosphorus coating in the tube

Question 12

foot candle

Answer 12

the amount of light that falls on an object, one foot candle is the amount of light from a single candle that falls on a 1 square foot light source, 1 foot away from the candle

Question 13

fresnel spotlight

Answer 13

one of the most common spotlights named after the inventor of its lens, has steplike concentric rings