whats this big ass thing for/

[prophet]

the white thing? reflector?

two cameras for more coverage to save money on two takes?

[kotte]

The white thing´s a reflector.
Two cameras saves time.

[prophet]

thanks foot

[Ghostboy]

Actually, to be exact, the big thing is a 20x silk for diffusion purposes.

[prophet]

so what does it do?

[kotte]

It's there to reflect the sun...you can't say it isn't.

[Ghostboy]

No, I didn't mean to say that's not what it's doing, I'm just saying it's a silk, not a reflector, and silks are generally used for diffusion.

[metroshane]

Ghostboy and Kotte are both right.  There is a chance that the filmmakers have a really bright light behind the silk on the right (out of frame)...which would make GB more right.  Otherwise, it's being used as a reflector..making Kotte more right.

2 cameras?  b/c they can.

[MacGuffin]

Right. It's reflecting the sun that case, but that's because it is a silk so the reflection won't be as harsh as if you had an actual reflector (like a mirror).

[prophet]

yeah a mirror would look to obvious i tryed it once when there was no light around and the picture came out really bright.

[Ravi]

When the 2 cameras are close to each other like that, is one of them a wide shot and one of them a close-up?

[SHAFTR]

I know that Kurosawa used 2 cameras when he shot scenes.

[prophet]

i saw something like that a few days ago in that yeah yeah yeahs video they put a light one it and mmakes the light soft good idea!

[mutinyco]

YOU'RE ALL WRONG. IT'S A BOARD FOR JESUS TO REFLECT HIS LIGHT ON MEL.

[prophet]

holey shit, your right. how didnt i see that? thanks