Is there anything more nauseating than the use of ‘lens’ as a verb when talking about cinematographers? Example: “Chicago, lensed by Dion Beebe” – ugh. Not only does it actually make my skin crawl, it doesn’t even make that much sense. ‘Lit by’ would be better. But let’s stick to ’shot by’.
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One grenade
Ed Moore
I like this little bit of set politics, from a new blog I’ve been following, Polyblogimous (via the always-wonderful Blood, Sweat & Tedium).
Recently, I discussed using radios on set. We also have some hand signals we employ when using the radio would be a problem. One, that I learned early was when I was standing near the Craft Service table with all the other P.A.’s on a commercial. The 2nd A.D. waved to get all of our attention and then, with a really dramatic scowl, he made a motion like a slow-pitch softball pitcher lobbing the ball. This sign, I discovered, meant one grenade, which was shorthand for, “You assholes don’t belong all in the same place at the same time where one grenade could wipe out the entire production staff in one fell swoop.”