Crossword clues for shutter
shutter
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shutter \Shut"ter\, n.
One who shuts or closes.
A movable cover or screen for a window, designed to shut out the light, to obstruct the view, or to be of some strength as a defense; a blind.
A removable cover, or a gate, for closing an aperture of any kind, as for closing the passageway for molten iron from a ladle.
(Photog.) A mechanical device of various forms, attached to the aperture of a camera lens for opening and closing to expose the plate. It is usually designed so that the time during which the aperture is opened may be varied by a manual dial or by some automatic mechanism, thereby allowing proper exposure of a photographic film under different intensities of light.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1826, from shutter (n.). Related: Shuttered; shuttering.
1540s, "one who shuts" (see shut (v.)); meaning "movable wooden or iron screen for a window" is from 1680s. Photographic sense of "device for opening and closing the aperture of a lens" is from 1862.
Wiktionary
n. 1 One who shuts or closes something. 2 (context usually in the plural English) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light. 3 (context photography English) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in during taking a picture. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To close shutters covering. 2 To close up (a building or an operation) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.
WordNet
n. a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure
a hinged blind for a window
v. close with shutters; "We shuttered the window to keep the house cool"
Wikipedia
Shutter may refer to:
In photography, a shutter is a device that allows light to pass for a determined period, exposing photographic film or a light-sensitive electronic sensor to light in order to capture a permanent image of a scene. A shutter can also be used to allow pulses of light to pass outwards, as seen in a movie projector or a signal lamp. A shutter of variable speed is used to control exposure time of the film. The shutter is so constructed that it automatically closes after a certain required time interval. The speed of the shutter is controlled by a ring outside the camera, on which various timings are marked.
Shutter ( Thai: ชัตเตอร์ กดติดวิญญาณ) is a 2004 Thai horror film by Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom; starring Ananda Everingham, Natthaweeranuch Thongmee, and Achita Sikamana. It focuses on mysterious images seen in developed pictures.
The film was remade in 2008 under the same title.
Shutter is a 2008 American supernatural horror film directed by Masayuki Ochiai and starring Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor, and Megumi Okina. The film is a remake of the 2004 Thai horror film of the same name and was released on March 21, 2008. Despite a generally negative reaction, the film was a box office success grossing nearly 6 times its budget.
Shutter is a 2012 Indian Malayalam thriller film written and directed by theater actor and playwright Joy Mathew in his directorial debut. The film set and filmed in Kozhikode, stars Lal, Sreenivasan, Vinay Forrt, Sajitha Madathil and Riya Saira. Renganaath Ravee does the sound design, Hari Nair cranks the camera . The film notably features a poem by Pablo Neruda, set to music and sung by Shahabaz Aman. Biby Sam and Jacob Panikker composed the background score for the film.
Claimed to be a part of the new-wave in Malayalam cinema, the film is a satire about Indian laborers in the Gulf and is set within two days and a night in the city of Kozhikode. The film portrays unexpected incidents happening in two days and a night in the city of Kozhikode. The story centers around the mess created by three men — a Gulf Malayali, a film director and an auto driver — after they meet a strange woman in bizarre circumstance. The film is a moral suspense thriller and according to the director it is "poetical violence on celluloid".
The film had its Indian premiere at the 17th International Film Festival of Kerala and international premiere at the 9th Dubai International Film Festival. It won the Silver Crow Pheasant Award for Best Feature Film (Audience Prize) at the 17th International Film Festival of Kerala.
The film was a critical and commercial success, which led to its remakes Shutter (2014) in Marathi and Oru Naal Iravil (2015) in Tamil.
Shutter is a 2014 Marathi language thriller film that was directed by V. K. Prakash and is a re-make of the Malayalam 2012 film of the same name. The film had its world premiere on 17 September 2014 and will have a theatrical release on 3 July 2015. It stars Sachin Khedekar as a man that has recently returned from overseas, only to go through a series of unexpected situations.
Filming for Shutter was completed in March 2014. Prakash chose to alter some portions of the story from the original film, stating "It’s an adaptation. I have concentrated on the content and not the ‘setting’ of the story."
Usage examples of "shutter".
The doors to the admin building were locked, and the ground floor windows shuttered or barricaded.
Across the road, beyond the shuttered se afront kiosks, the sky was a dirty grey mass of rolling clouds, imitating the swell and froth of the sea.
Sr Alec sat up blinking as Seregil threw open the shutters early the next morning.
Jiggering the latch inside as quietly as he could, Alec opened the shutter and climbed through.
Still crouching, Yama closed and bolted the heavy slatted shutters of both windows, then pulled the arbalest bolt from the wall.
The house was not yet astir and the hall was dim behind the shutters that had been drawn for the night.
Next Tuesday at day-break I began to dance attendance at the corner of the Rue des Prouveres, and waited there till the servant came out to take down the shutters.
She turned on a light in the kitchen, which was visible through bifold shutters resting on the countertop.
Holmes edged his way round the wall and flinging the shutters together, he bolted them securely.
Van Dusen chuckled lowly as Bonhomme quickly secured the front door and lowered the steel hurricane shutters to protect the windows.
Their wheezing breath was loud in the shuttered quiet of the street, but he could hear the snarling brabble of voices not far off and the thudding sound of feet.
Smooth facets of buildings have given way to cobbly insides of concrete blasted apart, all the endless-pebbled rococo just behind the shuttering.
Similar diamonds defaced the shutters, the shop front, and the swan-shaped sign that hung above the door.
The gray morning twilight stole drearily through the closed shutter, and the lamp burned dim and dismal still.
You will not wonder, Watson, that my first act on entering your rooms was to close your shutters, and that I have been compelled to ask your permission to leave the house by some less conspicuous exit than the front door.