Hole mask
A hole mask (also Chichi , cucoloris ), in the film production , a thin, black plastic or wooden board cm of about 80 x 120, which is used to complex lighting effects to be generated. For this purpose, numerous shapes have been cut out of the board, which create the negative shade of deciduous trees, or the like. correspond. The hole mask is mounted on a tripod near a spotlight and then creates lively light spots in the subject. It differs from the gobo mainly in its size.
The extinguisher mask is particularly important for interior scenes that look very fake if only the flat light of normal headlights is used. The problem arises that the natural play of light in an interior (for example the incidence of light through a window) is too dark to be sufficient as lighting for a film scene. However, the artificial light used for brightening is so strong that it covers up the natural light effects. It is therefore necessary to simulate the natural light with the help of additional headlights, so that the desired lighting effects are stronger than the fill-in light and therefore remain visible in the film. Therefore, a hole mask with a particularly powerful headlight must also be used. One speaks of effect light .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cuculores. In: Lexicon of film terms . October 5, 2016, accessed July 20, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Julius von Harpen: hole mask. In: Lexicon of film terms . October 5, 2016, accessed July 20, 2019 .