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Question: What is the thing that filmmakers use, a lens you can look through to see how things would look in a camera!?
I've seen in it a few videos about film production, it's a little thing that hangs around your neck, so basically you can see how the scene will look in a camera, rather than just look at it regularly!. Www@QuestionHome@Com


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The thing you're talking about is aptly called a "director's viewfinder":
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Directors_v!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com