Nevada Film Office: In filmmaking, scrims are metal wire mesh devices that are placed in front of a light source to reduce its intensity while also maintaining its color temperature and quality. They come in a variety of sizes and shapes but when used on set, they are commonly disc-shaped. When lights are dimmed, they can either become warmer or bluer depending on the type of bulb, but if this is an undesired effect, scrims are the perfect alternative.
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At first I thought this was about theatrical scrims, however much to my surprise these were about the metal scrim filter often used in the film and photography business. Much of this is not applicable to us, since we rely heavily on our dimmers to control intensity, however the video does make a good note about color temperature as a function of intensity. Generally, as intensity goes down, the color gets warmer, which may be undesirable depending on the situation. These scrim filters could come into play when knocking down the intensity of an instrument when you know you don't need the intensity it can output. This is, of course, a DANGEROUS GAME, and again doesn't help the fact that we change intensities constantly throughout a performance. If you only have 120V, then I do think this could be useful, but just not in our industry.
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