Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At ABC (1960's era) where one guy was turning the knob and another was watching the change on a monitor we commonly used Woof to indicate when we'd hit the mark. Meow, on the other hand, I never heard except in the context of someone being catty. >2006-09-23-20:32:29 Mark Rabiner: >> Or the head off an old 135 Elmar or Hektor. >> Woof! > >My girlfriend, who works in cable news, was wandering by the other day as a >director and crew were trying to set things up for a fancy new set. The >camera was being zoomed or tracked in, then the director said, "Woof." > >Someone else watching commented that this was really old-school; that >back in the day, "woof" and even "meow" were camera commands that one >might hear. I couldn't find a reference to the cat noises, but I did >find a reference to "woof": > > Really, I believe that in order to maximize your ability on camera you > need to learn the tools, the talk and the trade. The tools, such as the > focus and zoom controls, are there to get the job done. Master them. The > talk is the lingo you'll hear over your headset from the director. "Push > in" means the same thing as "Zoom in" and "Woof" can mean the same thing > as "Stop". > > http://www.anthonycoppedge.com/resources/article.cfm?ArticleID=33 > >...and if it's on the Internet, it must be true. > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Dick