A term for filmmakers who annoyingly leave the part of their hand going to camera to mark a certain amount of footage as good. Found commonly in skate videos, snowboard seshs, and other sport-like or trick-based footage.
*Mark does a kickflip off a 7 set*
(Shitty filmmaker) *spanks his hand on the lens and then leaves in the edit*
- He is now a lens spanker
*Simon Dumont does a kangaroo flip*
(Shitty filmmaker) *waves his hand in front of lens and leaves in the final edit*
- He is now a lens spanker
For further information, add this link to the end of youtube homepage, Donovan addresses this himself.
/watch?v=1lswsyr1JfI
(Shitty filmmaker) *spanks his hand on the lens and then leaves in the edit*
- He is now a lens spanker
*Simon Dumont does a kangaroo flip*
(Shitty filmmaker) *waves his hand in front of lens and leaves in the final edit*
- He is now a lens spanker
For further information, add this link to the end of youtube homepage, Donovan addresses this himself.
/watch?v=1lswsyr1JfI
by HYDRAL1K September 27, 2009