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Shutter

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Shutter may refer to:

Architecture

  • Window shutter, a solid window covering used for light control, privacy, security, protection against weather, and to enhance the aesthetics of a building
  • Roller shutter, a type of door or window shutter mainly used in retail shops, warehouses, and other facilities

Science and technology

  • Shutter (photography), a photographic device that administers the exposure by limiting the time over which light is admitted
  • Shutter, a device used to manipulate pulses of light in a signal lamp
  • Movie projector shutter, used to interrupt the emitted light during the time the film is advanced to the next frame
  • Remote shutter, in a selfie stick
  • Stage lighting shutter, used to modify the light cast by a theatre light
  • Bradbury–Nielsen shutter, a type of electrical ion gate that is used in the field of mass spectrometry

Films

  • Shutter (2004 film), a horror film from Thailand
  • Shutter, a 2007 short film starring Sonja Bennett
  • Shutter (2008 film), an American remake of the 2004 film, starring Joshua Jackson
  • Shutter (2012 film), an Indian thriller film
  • Shutter (2014 film), a Marathi-language thriller film

People

  • Rick Shutter, American drummer and percussionist

See also

  • Shuttering (disambiguation)
  • Shudder (disambiguation)
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