Shutter facts for kids

Shutter could mean:

Windows:

• Window shutter, a solid window covering used to block light and winds
• Hurricane shutter, a reinforced window shutter for protection in strong winds

Optical:

• Shutter (photography), a photographic device that administers the exposure by limiting the time over which light is admitted
• Movie projector shutter, used to interrupt the emitted light during the time the film is advanced to the next frame
• Stage lighting shutter, used to modify the light cast by a theatre light
• A device used to manipulate pulses of light in a signal lamp

Acoustic:

• Swell shutter, a flap used to control the flow of air through the pipes in a pipe organ

Movies:

• Shutter (Thai movie), a 2004 horror movie from Thailand
• Shutter (US movie), a 2004 movie from the United States
• Shutter (Short movie), a 2001 short movie by Jannu Alain Goldschmidt
• Shutter (2008 movie), a 2008 starring Joshua Jackson

Other

• Shuttering is the permanent closure of a building or business.

See also

In Spanish: Shutter para niños