Day-for-Night
Directors often shoot scenes in the daytime that are later changed to night scenes, a technique called day-for-night. Why not just shoot at night? Although many advances have been made in film sensitivity with the advent of digital filmmaking, it’s still harder to shoot at night and achieve a proper exposure. Directors often shoot in the daytime and rely on matte artists and compositors to make the transformation in post-production.
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