Trafo Wide-Screen Matte Box

hello and welcome to our guide to map boxes in this video we want to go over everything you need to know about map boxes and why they aren't just a way to make your camera look better and more professional so we'll be going over why we use them how to use them and some things that are worth thinking about when buying or renting a mapbox so what is a mapbox well you've probably seen several different sizes of them across a huge range of sets and that's because they are used across a massive range of productions and they have two key purposes the first is to help control the light coming into your lens this is done via the hood as well as the french flags which are the top flags and barn doors which are the side flags these can help control light coming into your lens quickly and easily which can help reduce or cut flare or glare consistently across your shots as well as increasing contra