Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've always figured that it was just underexposure with some corrections when printing the film. I've never heard of a special filter. But then again, I've never heard of someone named Phong for most of my 62 years. :-) Phong wrote: > Horacio Sofi wrote: > >>"Fahrenheit 451" the film that Francois Truffaut >>directed in 1966, and the real flash point of paper. > > > Speaking of Truffault, one of the great movie makers > and certainly one of my favorite, in his "La Nuit Americaine" > (Day for Night), there is a mention (and key explanation > to the movie title) of a lens filter that allows shooting > a night time scene to be shot in full daylight. For 30 > years I have inquired off and on, but never actually find > out anything more about this filter. I wonder if anyone > here can shed some light about this filter, how it works, > etc. I am particularly interested in achieving the same > effect in still photography. Thanks much. > > And by the way, it is a great movie by one of my favorite > movie maker, with one of my first screen loves > (Jacqueline Bisset). Where does reality ends and > Hollywood begins ? Very timely question in this election > season. I may just have a few friends over and watch > Fahrenheit 451 and Day for Night one of these weekends > before election night. > > Anyway, any info on achieving a "day for night" effect > would be greatly appreciated. For once, doing it > in color would be great, but I would certainly try it > in B&W too. > > - Phong > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >