How do directors and cinematographers shooting on film know what anything is going to look like?Do they do test shots of everything in advance of actual filming to figure out the proper lighting and film development?Are any of these tests archived anywhere?Searching online is useless these days, I need good references and sources for this, not AI poisoned slop
>>4500336Uss a lightmeter and your eyes for a really long time and you'll get there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_tap
>>4500336It's a science and not really easy to fuck up once you know the formula. There is also a lot of flexibility in editing when it is slightly too bright or dark, and adjusting colors.
>>4500336Film for movie stock is a bit different than film stock for photography. The stuff is much more carefully calibrated for exact ISO and color characteristics. Usually you buy film like that in blocks, that is, large reels made from the same lot. You could do this in film photography too. The stuff Macy I also 64 but it will include something on it that gives you exact reading if it's out by a third of a stop or more like ISO 50 or ISO 80.You also do test bits of footage on the film testing out lighting etc etc and that's why you watch the dailies. To look at any weaknesses or errors in exposure or color balance
>>4500336You'd just get used to it. It's like how a lot of people that have been using cameras will know how the exposure will look based on the shutter speed, aperture and ISO without having to look at a light meters.Say you wanted a standard midday sunny scene, 1/250 with f/8 and 100-400ISO will look pretty good.
