Posted by sean at threshold5n.jpmorgan.com on May 22, 2002 at 10:03:29:
In Reply to: thanks anyway posted by jamievmi2 on May 22, 2002 at 07:30:11:
: i sort of have to police after my DP; he needs all the help he can get; I'm sort of the DP too.
Step one, get yourself a DP who knows what they're doing so that you can concentrate on the actors. With luck, said DP will have their own light meter as well. The good thing about video is that you can actually see how it's working, rather than having to look and guess and back it up with a light meter. But it's still not a bad thing to have on set. Actually, I know plenty of directors who like to have their own light meter on set. I don't see the point myself, but hey, that's cool.