Job Description:

• 1) Evaluates motion picture film to determine characteristics, such as sensitivity to light, density, and exposure time required for printing, using sensitometer, densitometer, and timer lights: Threads film strip through sensitometer, exposes film to light, and reads gauges to determine film's sensitivity to light.

• 2) Threads film strip through densitometer and exposes film to light to determine density of film.

• 3) Computes amount of light intensity needed to compensate for density of film, using standardized formulas.

• 4) Exposes film strip to progressively timed lights to compare effects of various exposure times.

• 5) Examines developed film strip to determine optimal exposure time and light intensity required for printing.

• 6) Records test data and routes to FILM DEVELOPER and FILM PRINTER.

• 7) May be designated according to specialty as Densitometrist; Sensitometrist; Timer.