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- Gaffer:
Electrician on a movie set; selects and adjusts lights as directed by the DP. Chapter 6.
- Gamma:
A constant color-correction factor applied to a video signal to compensate for nonlinear response of output devices such as television picture tubes. Appendix A.
- Gamma knee:
Controllable subset of gamma color-correction values. Appendix A.
- Gel:
Transparent optical material that changes the color of light passing through it. Chapter 6.
- Generator operator:
Gaffer who operates a gasoline-fueled electrical power source on a movie set. Chapter 6.
- Gimbal:
Mechanical device that allows a camera to remain level even if its mount is tipped. Chapter 9.
- Go wide:
Launch a major motion picture in thousands of theaters nationwide, or even worldwide, on the same ...
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